Celtic vs Beşiktaş prediction and preview

Celtic vs Beşiktaş

Europa League · Thursday 5 November 2026, 20:00 UTC · Celtic Park, Glasgow

Celtic · Beşiktaş · Europa League predictions

The Europa League fixture between Celtic and Beşiktaş is scheduled for Thursday 5 November 2026 at 20:00 UTC at Celtic Park in Glasgow. Celtic sit 35th on 0 points after 3 matches, while Beşiktaş are 8th in the table with 7 points from 3.

Celtic have collected 1 win, 0 draws and 4 defeats from their last 5 league games; Beşiktaş have 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat over the same stretch. Over their last 5, Celtic have scored 1.4 and conceded 2.6 goals per game, with 5 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 4. Beşiktaş average 2.2 scored and 1.0 conceded across their last 6, with 2 clean sheets.

Celtic are without Alistair Johnston (injury). Beşiktaş list 6 absentees, including Orkun Kökçü (injury), Milot Rashica (suspension) and Ernest Poku (injury). Orkun Kökçü and Milot Rashica have featured heavily in recent matches. Sascha Stegemann is the appointed referee. Across 201 earlier matches in our data the average is 4.0 yellow cards per game and 0.2 penalties per game, and home sides won 32% of those games.

Bookmaker prices give Beşiktaş a slight edge. Probabilities describe uncertainty; they are not guarantees.