The key facts

  • Besiktas — 7 points and 8th place, Crystal Palace — 4 points and 15th in the league phase table.
  • Mata's goal in the 6th minute was disallowed after VAR due to offside.
  • Umut Akdag was sent off in the 77th minute for a foul on Jørgen Strand Larsen.

Course of the match

Besiktas hosted Crystal Palace in Matchday 3 of the Europa League league phase and drew 2:2, keeping their unbeaten start: previously the Turks had beaten Marseille and Hoffenheim, while Palace had three points from two matches. In the 6th minute Jean-Philippe Mata scored from close range, but after a VAR review the goal was disallowed for offside. In the 39th minute the hosts lost Fabio Miretti to injury; he was replaced by Salih Ozcan.

Goals

In first-half stoppage time, Wilfred Ndidi latched onto Ozcan's long pass from his own half, ran clear and beat goalkeeper Walter Benitez with a left-footed strike — 1:0. After the break Palace equalised in the 51st minute: Yeremy Pino finished a low pass from Anan Khalaili. Four minutes later Mata capitalised on a mistake by Tiago Djalo, who played an inaccurate back pass, and struck into the top corner — 1:2. In the 73rd minute substitute Junior Olaitan picked up the ball outside the box, beat two opponents and restored parity with a powerful shot into the bottom corner — 2:2.

Sending-off and outcome

Four minutes after Besiktas' equaliser the hosts were down to ten men: Umut Akdag received a straight red card for a foul on substitute Jørgen Strand Larsen. Despite being a man down, the hosts held on for the draw and extended their unbeaten run in the competition to three matches. Besiktas, with seven points, moved up to eighth place in the league phase table, Crystal Palace, with four points, to 15th.

Other results of the matchday

On the same matchday: Ararat-Armenia — AZ Alkmaar 0:4, Dinamo Zagreb — NEC Nijmegen 2:4, Ferencvaros — Torreense 4:1, Juventus — Rennes 2:2, Lech — Sunderland 1:1, OFI — Bayer 0:2, Sturm — Marseille 1:0, Union Saint-Gilloise — Hapoel Be'er Sheva 4:0, Bournemouth — Milan 3:0, Celtic — Celta 1:2, Hoffenheim — Lyon 3:0, Jagiellonia — Anderlecht 0:3, Lillestrom — Real Sociedad 0:6, Celje — Salzburg 2:2, Olympiacos — Sparta 1:0, Omonia — Benfica 1:4, Viktoria Plzen — Levski 1:2.