Besiktas vs Maccabi Tel Aviv Prediction & Betting Tips (28 November)

Besiktas' first steps in this Europa League have been quite delicate this season. The Turkish club in fact completely missed the point during the first two days played against Ajax Amsterdam 4-0 and Eintracht Frankfurt 1-3. But he was then able to raise his head in the next two matches by carrying out a small hold-up on the Lyon pitch 0-1 then winning in pain against Malmö 2-1. These two successes therefore allowed him to return to 18th place in the ranking. At the same time, the Istanbulites are not much more prominent in their own championship where they are only in 5th position in the ranking. Beaten by Galatasaray 2-1 and Kasimpasa 1-3 then held in check, before the break, by Basaksehir 0-0, Ciro Immobile's teammates will try to revive against Goztepe on Sunday.

Opposite, the situation is much more problematic in this Europa League for Maccabi Tel Aviv. Because after 4 days, the Israeli club still could not afford a single point and was successively dominated by Braga 2-1, Midtjylland 0-2, Real Sociedad 1-2 and finally by Ajax Amsterdam 5-0 at the start of the month and it is logically in 35th position in the ranking out of 36. We must therefore accelerate quite clearly for this team in order to even consider the dams. On the other hand, in the championship, Maccabi is close behind Beitar Jerusalem which is leader. Victorious over Ihoud Bnei Sakhnin before the break 0-4, Tel Aviv will face Maccabi Bnei Raina at the start of the week.

Besiktas must deal with the absences of rarely used defender Uysal and that of their top scorer Ciro Immobile. The Italian's absence is problematic since he has scored 8 goals in 10 league games as well as 2 goals in this competition. For his part, the Englishman Oxlade Chamberlain was not included on the list of players authorized to play in the competition. On the other hand, the very good Portuguese midfielder Gedson Fernandes is available, he who scored 4 goals in C3 this year and 3 in the league. Also pay attention to the Portuguese Rafa (3 goals in the league) and the Albanian Mucy (3 goals).

Opposite, everyone is on deck on the Maccabi Tel Aviv side since the infirmary is completely empty. We should therefore notably find in this formation the former Bordeaux player Sissokho in midfield where he occupies a starting position as does the Israeli international Peretz in particular. With his 4 goals scored in the league but also in this Europa League, the young prospect Turgeman is the best offensive asset of this formation.