Black Eagles started their Europa League opener as the better side and took an early lead through İlhan Fakılı when he finished off a brilliant one-two with Junior Olaitan after 15 minutes. Keyliane Abdallah answered back for the visitors Marseille in the 29th-minute, and the teams were locked in a 1-1 draw at the break. Looking like a different team, Beşiktaş took complete charge of the game after the restart. First, Vaclav Cerny buried Orkun Kökçü’s splendid pass into the far corner, and then Michael Amir Murillo hammered home a powerful header to make it 3-1 for the home side midway through the second half. However, the high-flying Black Eagles were not done as they scored again ten minutes before time with Ernest Poku and secured their first league phase victory.