Malmö FF 2-0 Beşiktaş: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 4 October 2018

Result

Malmö FF 2-0 Beşiktaş

Europa League · Thursday 4 October 2018, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Malmö FF · Beşiktaş · Europa League predictions

Malmö FF 2-0 Beşiktaş: match report

Malmö FF defeated Beşiktaş 2-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 4 October 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Malmö FF's goals came from an own goal by Caner Erkin (53') and Markus Rosenberg (76', penalty). Beşiktaş did not score.

Discipline: Malmö FF received 2 yellow cards; Beşiktaş received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Malmö FF were 87th on 4 points from 3 and Beşiktaş 6th on 16 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Malmö FF lined up in a 4-4-2 and Beşiktaş in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Johan Dahlin of Malmö FF (7.8), ahead of Markus Rosenberg (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Malmö FF win, 0 draws and 1 for Beşiktaş.

Going into the match Malmö FF's last five read L-W-D and Beşiktaş's W-W-D-L-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45'Yellow card · Fouad BachirouMalmö FF
  • 53'Own goal · Caner ErkinMalmö FF · 1-0
  • 58'Yellow card · PepeBeşiktaş
  • 66'Yellow card · G. MedelBeşiktaş
  • 70'Yellow card · Rasmus BengtssonMalmö FF
  • 76'Penalty goal · Markus RosenbergMalmö FF · 2-0
  • 76'Yellow card · Caner ErkinBeşiktaş

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Malmö FF 1, draws 0, Beşiktaş 1.

Team news

Malmö FF line-up (4-4-2)

Johan Dahlin, Andreas Vindheim, Lasse Nielsen, Rasmus Bengtsson, Behrang Safari, Anders Christiansen, Fouad Bachirou, Oscar Lewicki, Søren Rieks, Markus Rosenberg, Arnór Traustason

Beşiktaş line-up (4-2-3-1)

Loris Karius, Gökhan Gönül, Pepe, Domagoj Vida, Caner Erkin, Gary Medel, Necip Uysal, Gökhan Töre, Adem Ljajic, Jeremain Lens, Vágner Love