Celtic vs Besiktas - prediction, team news, lineups

Celtic's hunt for their archetypal constituent successful the Europa League league signifier resumes erstwhile they invited Besiktas to Celtic Park connected Thursday.

The hosts are 35th successful the array aft 3 consecutive defeats, portion the visitors are eighth and unbeaten aft 3 matches.

Match preview

Celtic person experienced a 2026-27 packed with inconsistent spells, underwhelming performances and subpar results, peculiarly successful European competition. 

The Bhoys catastrophically failed to suffice for the Champions League aft squandering a 4-0 pb against LASK Linz to suffer 5-4 connected aggregate, marking 1 of the astir miserable nights successful the club's modern memory. 

Martin O'Neill's broadside were subsequently demoted to the Europa League, wherever their misery has continued, with Celtic presently sitting 35th successful the 36-team array with nary points aft 3 consecutive defeats.

Alongside their disastrous Europa League form, which has seen them concede 9 goals and people conscionable 3 times successful 3 games, Celtic besides caput into Thursday's lucifer disconnected the backmost of different disappointing decision astatine the weekend. 

Celtic were handed a 2-0 nonaccomplishment by Falkirk connected Sunday, marking the sixth decision successful their past 10 matches crossed each competitions, alongside lone 3 wins during that time. 

As the unit continues to emergence connected O'Neill, the manager volition beryllium hopeless for his broadside to bounce backmost from Sunday's decision and unafraid their archetypal points of the 2026-27 Europa League campaign.

However, Celtic volition instrumentality connected a Besiktas broadside that stay undefeated successful the league signifier frankincense far, having claimed 2 wins and 1 gully from their 3 fixtures. 

Vincenzo Italiano's broadside claimed a peculiarly notable 4-1 triumph implicit Marseille connected matchday one, followed by a 3-2 triumph against Hoffenheim and 2-2 gully with Crystal Palace, leaving them eighth successful the standings with 7 points.

While they stay unbeaten successful this competition, Besiktas person endured an inconsistent caller tally of results successful the Turkish Super Lig, with 2 wins, 2 defeats and a gully successful their past five. 

All 3 times Besiktas person dropped points during that tally came erstwhile playing distant from home, portion they person really won lone 4 of their 9 distant games crossed each competitions this season. 

Despite their struggles connected the road, Besiktas volition beryllium assured of capitalising connected Celtic's antiaircraft vulnerabilities successful the Europa League, with the Bhoys conceding 9 times successful 3 games and the visitors scoring 9 successful their 3 league signifier fixtures.

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Team News

Celtic are contending with wounded issues to Alistair Johnston and Yang Hyun-Jun, portion the remainder of the squad should beryllium disposable for selection. 

After suffering a 2-0 decision to Falkirk past clip out, O'Neill could determine to marque galore changes to the starting 11 for this game, meaning the likes of Kasper Hogh, Sebastian Tounekti and Benjamin Nygren could start.

Meanwhile, the visitors volition beryllium without Orkun Kokcu and Fabio Miretti owed to injuries, with Umit Akdag besides unavailable aft receiving a reddish paper successful the gully with Crystal Palace. 

Dusan Vlahovic is Besiktas' apical scorer successful the Turkish Super Lig with 7 goals, and the striker is apt to pb the enactment and proceed his hunt for a archetypal extremity successful the Europa League. 

Celtic imaginable starting lineup:

Johnstone; Donovan, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Tierney; Baur, McGregor; Duran, Nygren, Tounekti; Hogh

Besiktas imaginable starting lineup:

Nubel; Murillo, Agbadou, Topcu, Yilmaz; Cerny, Olaitan, Ozcan, Ndidi, Trossard; Vlahovic

We say: Celtic 1-2 Besiktas

Besiktas whitethorn not person the champion grounds connected the roadworthy this term, but with Celtic's ongoing struggles, particularly defensively successful this competition, alongside the visitors' goalscoring abilities, the distant broadside could unafraid the triumph here.

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