After seeing their early shots saved by the home side’s goalkeeper, the undeterred Black Eagles jumped ahead 1-0 on 16 minutes when Georges Nkoudou slammed the ball into an empty net from near the 6-yard line. Sergen Yalçın’s lads were a goal up at half-time. A solo goal from Gökhan Töre at the outset of the second half doubled Beşiktaş’ lead before Rachid Ghezzal put the game away for the visitors with a superb effort from outside the box in the 75th-minute. A couple of late Rizespor goals from İsmail Köybaşı and Damjan Djokovic set the table for some late-game drama but did not change the outcome.