Beşiktaş beat Kocaelispor 2-1 in the Turkish Süper Lig

Beşiktaş secured a 2-1 win over Kocaelispor, in the match played as part of the seventh round of the Turkish Süper Lig for the 2026/27 season.

Orkun Kökçü opened the scoring for Beşiktaş in the 18th minute, before Show equalised for Kocaelispor in the 27th minute. Minutes before the end of the first half, Dušan Vlahović scored the winning goal for Beşiktaş from a penalty kick in the 31st minute.

Statistically, Beşiktaş dominated possession with 60 percent compared to 40 percent for Kocaelispor, and completed 440 passes with 87 percent accuracy compared to 291 passes with 79 percent accuracy for the visitors.

Beşiktaş recorded 16 shots, divided between 6 on target, 9 off target and one blocked shot, while Kocaelispor had 11 attempts, including 6 on target, 3 off target and two blocked shots. The expected goals rate stood at 2.24 for Beşiktaş compared to 1.51 for Kocaelispor.

One Beşiktaş player received a yellow card compared to two for Kocaelispor, and the match did not see any red cards.

With this win, Beşiktaş rose to fifth place with 12 points from 6 matches, while Kocaelispor dropped to sixth place also with 12 points from 6 matches.