17th September BESIKTAS - MARSEILLE

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• This is priced as a comfortable favourite. Besiktas is the shortest price on a book of 1.75 / 3.90 / 4.33 (1 / X / 2), an implied 54.0%. Across the three outcomes the book reads 54.0% / 24.2% / 21.8% on an overround of 5.9%.

• In the league table Besiktas sit 32nd on 0 points (0W 0D 0L) with Marseille 16th on 0 points (0W 0D 0L).

• Besiktas read W-W-W-L-L-W across their last 6 in all competitions, most recent first (4W 0D 2L) — a strong recent run.

• Marseille read L-L-L-W-W-W across their last 6 in all competitions, most recent first (3W 0D 3L) — patchy.

• Head to head the record reads 1-0-1 — Besiktas wins, draws, then Marseille wins. Their last meeting finished Besiktas - Marseille: 2-1.

• Besiktas team news: Junior Olaitan recovered from an injury to be included in the squad for the Erzurumspor match at the weekend.

• Besiktas team news: However, Ridvan Yilmaz will be unavailable for this Europa League game due to a thigh injury.

• Marseille team news: Despite their loss to Rennes, Marseille may choose to keep their starting XI unchanged.

• Marseille team news: Tochukwu Nnadi is the only confirmed absentee for Thursday's match.

• Besiktas are without 1 — Ridvan Yilmaz (Out - injured).

• Marseille are without 1 — Tochukwu Nnadi (Out - injured).

• Early lineups are in: Besiktas set up 4-1-4-1 against 4-2-3-1. See the pitch graphic above for the full XI.

• Besiktas lean hardest on Leandro Trossard (7.2), Alexander Nübel (7.2), Amir Murillo (7.2) on our Player Index — how much of the side's football each man accounts for, out of 10. It measures involvement and cover, not performance.

• Ridvan Yilmaz is out for Besiktas — index 6.5, against 8.1 for the best cover we hold at his position. Well covered.

• Marseille lean hardest on Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (8.5), Emerson (8.5), Amine Harit (8.5) on our Player Index — how much of the side's football each man accounts for, out of 10. It measures involvement and cover, not performance.

• The projected score for this one is Besiktas 2 - 1 Marseille, a home win by 1 with 3 goals in it — on the right side of the 2.5 line.

• The read: Besiktas at 1.75 is the side the market is with, and nothing in the data above argues against it.

• This analysis is generated automatically from BTFNews odds, market and statistical data at 08:50 on 16th September 2026. It is information, not advice — always check team news before the off.