UEFA Europa League · League Stage - 4 
Our pick Home win Correct result
Celtic under pressure to halt Europa League slide against Beşiktaş
Celtic arrive on a run of three straight defeats and sit on zero points after three Europa League matches. Beşiktaş, seven points ahead, offer a stern test at Celtic Park.
📍 Celtic Park
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Match report
Final result: Celtic 3-2 Beşiktaş.
Match statistics (home team first). Shots: 10–15; Shots on target: 6–4; Corners: 5–7; Expected goals: 1.23–1.62.
Goals
- 54' Junior Olaitan · Beşiktaş
- 62' Callum Osmand · Callum McGregor · Celtic
- 78' Camilo Duran · Callum Osmand · Celtic
- 85' Orkun Kökçü · Ernest Poku · Beşiktaş
- 87' Camilo Duran · Celtic
Cards
- 60' Benjamin Nygren · Celtic
- 90+4' Amir Murillo · Beşiktaş
- 90+5' Emirhan Topçu · Beşiktaş
Match stats
⭐ Top-rated player: C. Durán (Celtic) 8.9
Ratings and statistics: API-Football.
Confirmed lineups
Celtic · 4-2-3-1
- 26S. JohnstoneG
- 3J. LotombaD
- 20C. Carter-VickersD
- 5L. ScalesD
- 63K. TierneyD
- 22M. BaurM
- 42C. McGregorM
- 49J. ForrestM
- 8B. NygrenM
- 17S. TounektiM
- 9K. HøghF
Coach: M. O'Neill
Beşiktaş · 4-2-3-1
- 1A. NübelG
- 62A. MurilloD
- 12E. AgbadouD
- 53E. TopçuD
- 11K. OuattaraD
- 15J. OlaitanM
- 6S. ÖzcanM
- 18V. ČernýM
- 19L. TrossardM
- 17E. PokuM
- 9Oh Hyeon-GyuF
Coach: V. Italiano
Match facts
Recent form
Last 5 league games, latest on the right
Goals per game
| · | Scored | Conceded |
|---|---|---|
| Celtic | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Beşiktaş | 1.9 | 0.7 |
League position
| Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Beşiktaş | 3 | +4 | 7 |
| 35 | Celtic | 3 | -6 | 0 |
Absences
Celtic
- Out L. Emenalo · Off the roster
- Out A. Johnston · Inactive
- Out Jota · Off the roster
- Out S. Mheuka · Off the roster
- Out A. Trusty · Inactive
- Out Yang Hyun-Jun · Hamstring Injury
- Out J. van den Berg · Off the roster
Beşiktaş
- Out U. Akdag · Red Card
- Out C. Keles · Off the roster
- Out O. Kokcu · Foot Injury
- Out F. Miretti · Injury
PreviaXI model
Model confidence: Open game
- Expected goals (model)
- 1.53 – 1.48
- Double chance
- 12 · 75%1X 64% · X2 61%
- Over 2.5 goals
- 58%Over 1.5: 81% · Over 3.5: 36%
- Both teams score
- 61%
- Clean sheet
- 23% – 22%Celtic–Beşiktaş
- Half-time result
- X · 39%1 31% · 2 30%
- Half-time / full-time
- 1/1 · 23%2/2 21% · X/X 14%
- Expected corners
- 11.06.5 – 4.5 · Over 9.5: 64%
- Expected cards
- 4.32.2 – 2.1 · Over 3.5: 61%
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG), results and match statistics from the last two seasons. For information only. How our model works →
Celtic need a response
Celtic’s most recent Europa League match ended in defeat, extending a run that has left them 35th of 36 teams on zero points after three games. At Celtic Park, they face a Beşiktaş side sitting eighth on seven points, with the visitors seven points and 27 places above them. The pressure is clear: Celtic need to stop the slide and begin collecting points.
Form points in opposite directions
Celtic have lost three matches in a row. Across their three Europa League games, they have scored three goals and conceded nine, with no clean sheets; their two home matches in the competition have both ended in defeat.
Beşiktaş are unbeaten in three, and their latest Europa League outing finished level. Across their last five matches in the competition, they recorded three wins, a draw and a defeat, scoring 12 goals and conceding six. Their Europa League record across nine matches is seven wins, one draw and one defeat, with five clean sheets. These figures cover Europa League matches only, not either team’s overall season form.
Absences across both squads
Celtic are without Yang Hyun-Jun through a hamstring injury. L. Emenalo, Jota, S. Mheuka and J. van den Berg are also unavailable, while A. Johnston and A. Trusty are inactive.
For Beşiktaş, U. Akdag is missing through suspension, O. Kokcu has a foot injury and F. Miretti is injured. C. Keles is also unavailable.
A narrow edge for Celtic
The gap in the standings and Beşiktaş’s stronger European results make the visitors a dangerous opponent, particularly against a Celtic defence that has conceded nine times in three competition matches. But Celtic’s home setting gives them a chance to respond, and the statistical model leans slightly towards the hosts in what could be a close game.
Our prediction
Celtic’s need for a result should bring urgency, while Beşiktaş have shown more consistency in Europe. The model favours Celtic narrowly, with home advantage and the prospect of chances at both ends pointing to a tight win.
Celtic 2-1 Beşiktaş
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