After resting some of their clutch players such as Cenk Tosun, Ryan Babel, Oğuzhan Özyakup and Pepe for the Champions League, the Black Eagles started attacking from the opening whistle and went on to win a penalty-kick on 11 minutes, but the Portuguese forward Quaresma failed to convert it. It was Quaresma's first miss in 7 years. Recovering quickly, Beşiktaş kept the pressure on for the rest of first half, yet the score still remained nil-nil at the interval. With some help from the bench and a late red card to the visitors, the attacks of the Senol Güneş’ lads intensified in the closing minutes, but the Akhisar goalkeeper Milan Lukac produced a series of brilliant saves to salvage a point for his team on the road.