Besiktas’ Shinji Kagawa likely to start next match

Shinji Kagawa will most likely return to Besiktas’ starting eleven for the league match against Alanyaspor on 13 May, according to Turkish media Fanatik.

Besiktas were beaten by Galatasaray in the Istanbul derby on 5 May. Manager Senol Gunes was criticised for his decision to start Necip Uysal, Jeremain Lens and Dorukhan Tokoz, while benching Kagawa, Ricardo Quaresma and Adriano.

Should Kagawa start, it will be his first since the match against Sivasspor on 22 April. Besiktas are expected to start with Adem Ljajic in the central attacking midfield spot, with Quaresma on the right and Kagawa on the left.

P Team M W D L P 1 Galatasaray 31 18 9 4 63 2 Istanbul Basaksehir 31 18 9 4 63 3 Besiktas 31 17 8 6 59 4 Trabzonspor 31 16 8 7 56 5 Yeni Malatyaspor 31 12 8 11 44 6 Alanyaspor 31 12 6 13 42 7 Antalyaspor 32 12 6 14 42 8 Konyaspor 31 9 14 8 41 9 Rizespor 31 9 13 9 40 10 Kasimpasa 31 11 5 15 38 11 Sivasspor 31 9 10 12 37 12 Fenerbahce 31 8 13 10 37 13 Kayserispor 31 9 10 12 37 14 Ankaragucu 31 10 7 14 37 15 Goztepe 31 10 3 18 33 16 Bursaspor 32 6 15 11 33 17 Erzurum BB 31 7 11 13 32 18 Akhisar Belediyespor 31 6 7 18 25

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