Beşiktaş - Rizespor predictions

By pricing a home win at around 1.85, the bookies made it clear that Beşiktaş are the favourites. Overall, though, the difference between the teams is not big, and the match can end either way.

The matchup this Friday is rather one-sided, with Rizespor seen as the clear underdogs. Most bookmakers online have priced their victory at 4.16, which is enough to doubt such an outcome will happen.

Beşiktaş returned home from their latest Super Lig trip without anything in their bag. However, knowing they were the huge underdogs anyway, a narrow Fenerbahçe HT/FT defeat is not to be considered too devastating for their confidence heading into the Friday clash.

Rizespor will have been disappointed with the fact they only drew 2:2 in the previous round of the Super Lig. They were seen as firm favourites against Ankaragücü with 2.00 betting odds stacked in their favour. They were on the right path towards victory after taking the lead in the first half but it all came to nothing as rivals managed to hold them to a draw.

Rizespor’s recent performance as visitors has been marked by a lot of conceded goals – 8 in their previous 3 away games.

Looking at the previous time these squads clashed in this season, it’s no surprise that Beşiktaş are the favourites. They managed to grab a narrow win playing as visitors, and it’s quite reasonable to expect them to do the same as the hosts.

Before going for any betting predictions, we need to make note of the overall high number of prior injuries. Both sides have been hit: Amir Hadžiahmetović, Demir Ege Tıknaz, Ante Rebić, Baktiyar Zaynutdinov, Tayfur Bingöl for the hosts, and Okechukwu Azubuike, Benhur Keser, Mithat Pala, Janne-Pekka Laine for the visitors. Needless to say, this may impact the teams’ performance.

An Over 2.5 Goals is a great bet if you like staying on the safe side. The betting value for this market is strong compared even to the 1, which makes this an easy betting prediction to make.