Match Report
Beşiktaş went into the game 28th in the table on 9 points; Athletic Club sat 2nd on 19 — a 10-point gap. Beşiktaş had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 22nd in the league over the last five rounds against 28th overall. Per game in the league, Beşiktaş were scoring 1.25 and conceding 1.88, Athletic Club 1.88 and 0.88, against a competition average of 1.42 goals per team per game.
Beşiktaş carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this.
Beşiktaş Park in Istanbul staged the fixture, a ground that holds 42,590. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 4-1.
Goal scorers
Beşiktaş: Rafa (78'), Milot Rashica (17'), Milot Rashica (60'), João Mário (90') · Athletic Club: Unai Gómez (45')