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Europa League · League phase, matchday 3 Match report

Beşiktaş 2-2 Crystal Palace: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

Beşiktaş crest Beşiktaş
2-2Full time
Crystal Palace crest Crystal Palace
Tüpraş Stadyumu, İstanbul

Our picks against the result

5 of 12 right

  • Result Crystal Palace win39% 2-2
  • Double chance Beşiktaş or Crystal Palace (12)75% 2-2
  • Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.559% 4 goals
  • More corners Beşiktaş58% Crystal Palace (1-3)
  • Yellow cards Around average 3 yellow cards · league 3.6
  • Yellow cards 3 yellow cards 3.5 Over53% 4.5 Under66% 5.5 Under81%
  • Corners Around average 4 corners · league 9.8
  • Corners 4 corners 8.5 Over60% 9.5 Under51% 10.5 Under62%

Match stats

Beşiktaş Crystal Palace
  • 2 Goals 2
  • 2 Yellow cards 1
  • 1 Red cards 0
  • 1 Corners 3

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Beşiktaş vs Crystal Palace is the Europa League league-phase tie at Tüpraş Stadyumu on Thursday 22 October 2026, matchday 3. Our model picks a Crystal Palace win and, on the double chance, Beşiktaş or Crystal Palace to win with no draw.

Why this pick?

Our model leans on its strength ratings, which place Crystal Palace clearly above Beşiktaş and clearly above the Europa League average, and its goal model reads the matchup the same way. The case against is real: over their last five, Beşiktaş have spent more time in the opposition box and got more shots away than the league norm, while Palace's own attacking output has been only around average. What carries the pick is how far apart the ratings sit, which the model judges clearly heavier than those counterpoints. The call is narrow, though.

Form guide

Beşiktaş

  • L 0-2 at Trabzonspor (A) Süper Lig · 19 Oct
  • W 3-2 at Hoffenheim (A) Europa League · 15 Oct
  • W 2-1 vs Kocaelispor (H) Süper Lig · 11 Oct
  • L 2-3 at Amed Sportif (A) Süper Lig · 20 Sep
  • W 4-1 vs Marseille (H) Europa League · 17 Sep

Crystal Palace

  • L 0-5 at Brighton & Hove Albion (A) Premier League · 18 Oct
  • L 2-3 at Lyon (A) Europa League · 15 Oct
  • W 3-1 vs Nottingham Forest (H) Premier League · 11 Oct
  • D 0-0 at Leeds United (A) Premier League · 20 Sep
  • W 4-0 vs Lech Poznań (H) Europa League · 17 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

BeşiktaşCrystal Palace
Attack 54 83 3.5 goals per match this season3.0 goals per match this season
Defence 40 80 1.5 conceded per match this season1.5 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Europa League clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.

Head-to-head

Beşiktaş and Crystal Palace have not met in our records since 2010.

Europa League so far

#Team PWDLGoalsGDPts
4 Beşiktaş 2 200 7:3 +4 6
15 Crystal Palace 2 101 6:3 +3 3

Positions in our table of 36 clubs, before kick-off. Full table

Match facts

Competition
Europa League, League phase, matchday 3
Kick-off
Venue
Tüpraş Stadyumu, İstanbul

Questions and answers

What was the score of Beşiktaş vs Crystal Palace?

Beşiktaş 2-2 Crystal Palace in the Europa League (League phase, matchday 3) on Thursday 22 October 2026.

Was the OptimaGoal prediction for Beşiktaş vs Crystal Palace right?

No: our result pick was Crystal Palace win, and the score after 90 minutes was 2-2. 5 of our 12 picks and markets for this match were right.

How many cards and corners were there in Beşiktaş vs Crystal Palace?

3 yellow cards (Beşiktaş 2, Crystal Palace 1), 1 red card (Beşiktaş 1, Crystal Palace 0) and 4 corners (Beşiktaş 1, Crystal Palace 3).

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