Beşiktaş travel to face Kasımpaşa in the Turkish Süper Lig on Sunday 1 November, entering the match fourth in the table with 21 points from ten games, according to BBC. The hosts sit seventh on 16 points, having drawn four of their ten fixtures. BBC published the table and both starting lineups ahead of kick-off.
Beşiktaş have won seven and lost three of their ten league matches, scoring 19 goals and conceding 10 for a goal difference of nine. Kasımpaşa have four wins, four draws and two defeats, with 13 goals scored and 10 conceded. The two sides are separated by five points but only three places.
Why it matters
The gap between the clubs in the standings is narrow enough that a Kasımpaşa win would pull them level with Beşiktaş on points, at least until other results are counted. For Beşiktaş, the match is a chance to keep pace with the top three. Galatasaray lead the division on 25 points, Amed are second on 23 and Trabzonspor third on 22, all after ten matches. A defeat would leave Beşiktaş vulnerable to being caught from below, with Fenerbahçe, Çorum, Kasımpaşa and Kocaelispor all on 16 points before Sunday's fixtures.
The table also shows how tight the middle of the division is. Four clubs are tied on 16 points from seventh to tenth place, and Göztepe sit ninth on 15. At the bottom, Samsunspor, Eyüpspor and Gençlerbirliği occupy the relegation places, with Eyüpspor on three points from ten games.
How the teams line up
BBC lists Vincenzo Italiano as Beşiktaş manager. His starting eleven begins with goalkeeper Nübel, behind a back four of Murillo, Agbadou, Topçu and Ridvan Yılmaz. Topçu wears the captain's armband. Salih Özcan anchors the midfield, with Cerny, Olaïtan, Ndidi and Trossard ahead of him, and Vlahovic leads the attack.
Beşiktaş's bench includes goalkeepers Alemdar and Bulut, defenders Tiago Djaló and Yasin Özcan, midfielders Fakılı, Kartal Yılmaz and Ouattara, forward Kılıçsoy and striker Oh Hyeon-Gyu. Rashica is also listed among the substitutes.
Kasımpaşa are managed by Emre Belözoğlu, per BBC. Gianniotis starts in goal, with Cláudio Winck, Arous, Ilie and Karapo forming the defence. Demirbay plays as the defensive midfielder, joined by Rak-Sakyi, Hajradinovic, Elson Mendes and Kol, with Benedyczak as the striker. Hajradinovic captains the side.
The home substitutes are Bayram, Boz, Dağbaşı, Deniz, Diarra, Müjde, Rafferty, Jessen, Yalçın and Yanar.
Form and the race above
Beşiktaş's last six league results, read from oldest to newest by BBC, run win, win, loss, win, loss, win. Kasımpaşa's sequence over the same span is draw, win, draw, loss, win, win, meaning they enter the match on back-to-back victories.
At the top, Galatasaray have eight wins, one draw and one loss, with the best points total in the division. Amed are unbeaten in ten, with seven wins and two draws, and Trabzonspor have seven wins, one draw and two defeats. Beşiktaş are the only side in the top four without a draw. Fenerbahçe, in fifth, have scored 24 goals, the joint-highest tally in the league alongside Trabzonspor, but have lost four times.
The standings BBC published were last updated at 16:29 on 1 November 2026. The top four positions carry European qualification: first place goes to the Champions League, second to the Champions League qualifiers, third to the Europa League qualifiers and fourth to the Conference League qualifiers. The bottom three places mean relegation.
What to watch: whether Beşiktaş can hold their place in the European spots, or whether Kasımpaşa close the five-point gap on home turf.
