Murat Erdogan opened the scoring for the visitors in the 59th minute and Herve Tum made it two 18 minutes from time.

Selcuk Sahin netted a consolation penalty a minute from time after Sivasspor substitute Murat Sozgelmez had been sent off five minutes after coming off the bench.

The victory put Sivasspor a point above Besiktas, who have a game in hand.