Match Report
Beşiktaş went into the game 3rd in the table on 9 points; Lokomotiv Moskva sat 1st on 11 — a 2-point gap. Beşiktaş ranked just 24th in the league on five-round form despite their 3rd table position. Per game in the league, Beşiktaş were scoring 1.17 and conceding 1, Lokomotiv Moskva 2 and 1.17, against a competition average of 1.3 goals per team per game.
11 matches unbeaten backed Beşiktaş's arrival, having scored in 14 consecutive games. Lokomotiv Moskva carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 8 consecutive games.
The match was played at Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadı in Istanbul (capacity 2,500). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.