Besiktas reclaims league’s top spot in shutout

Istanbul club leads Turkish league by 2 points with 3 matches to go

By Satuk Bugra Kutlugun

ANKARA (AA) – A shutout win Monday by Besiktas helped it reclaim the spot in the Turkish Spor Toto Super Lig.

Strikers Cenk Tosun and Vincent Aboubakar etched their names on the scoresheet for the Black Eagles in 65th minute and extra time to seal the 2-0 win against Bursaspor.

The victory improved Besiktas' points total to 68, two better than second-place Medipol Basaksehir, with only three matches left in the season.

Medipol Basaksehir briefly took the points lead Saturday after it edged out a 2-1 win versus Genclerbirligi.

Here are the full results of round 31 in the league:

Kayserispor - Atiker Konyaspor: 2-1

Kasimpasa - Caykur Rizespor: 4-2

Medipol Basaksehir - Genclerbirligi: 2-1

Adanaspor - Trabzonspor: 1-1

Fenerbahce - Antalyaspor: 0-1

Osmanlispor - Akhisar Belediyespor: 0-4

Aytemiz Alanyaspor - Kardemir Karabukspor: 4-2

Gaziantepspor - Galatasaray: 1-2

Bursaspor - Besiktas: 0-2

Standings as of 7 a.m. (0400GMT) Tuesday:

	Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts.
1.	Besiktas	31	20	8	3	61	29	32	68
2.	Medipol Basaksehir	31	19	9	3	60	27	33	66
3.	Fenerbahce	31	16	9	6	54	29	25	57
4.	Galatasaray	31	17	4	10	58	37	21	55
5.	Trabzonspor	31	14	7	10	37	31	6	49
6.	Antalyaspor	31	14	7	10	38	38	0	49
7.	Kasimpasa	31	12	7	12	45	42	3	43
8.	Akhisar Bld.	31	12	6	13	38	39	-1	42
9.	Genclerbirligi	31	10	10	11	29	31	-2	40
10.	Atiker Konyaspor	31	10	10	11	36	40	-4	40
11.	Aytemiz Alanyaspor	31	12	4	15	52	58	-6	40
12.	Karabukspor	31	11	6	14	33	41	-8	39
13.	Osmanlispor	31	9	11	11	36	37	-1	38
14.	Kayserispor	31	10	6	15	44	54	-10	36
15.	Bursaspor	31	10	5	16	30	53	-23	35
16.	Caykur Rizespor	31	7	6	18	39	52	-13	27
17.	Gaziantepspor	31	7	5	19	29	55	-26	26
18.	Adanaspor	31	6	6	19	30	56	-26	24

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