Beşiktaş to play 268th European match at Celtic in Europa League week four

Beşiktaş will play their 268th match in European competitions when they visit Celtic in the fourth week of the UEFA Europa League on Thursday, 5 November, according to the Turkish outlet Fotomac. The match is scheduled to kick off at 23:00 and will be broadcast live and unencrypted on TRT 1, with German referee Sascha Stegemann appointed to officiate.

In their previous 267 European matches, Beşiktaş recorded 104 wins, 51 draws and 112 defeats, scoring 365 goals and conceding 401. The Celtic fixture will be their 143rd match in the UEFA Europa League; they have won 64 of their first 142 in the competition, drawn 26 and lost 52, scoring 226 goals and conceding 186.

It will also be Beşiktaş's 134th away match in European competitions. In their first 133 away games they recorded 36 wins and 24 draws, with 73 defeats, scoring 154 goals and conceding 248. The report notes that Beşiktaş have reached the European quarter-finals three times, most recently in the 2016-17 Europa League, when they were eliminated by Olympique Lyonnais on penalties.

The source lists the starting line-ups as follows. Celtic: Johnstone, Donovan, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Tierney, Baur, McGregor, Nygren, Hassan, Duran, Hogh. Beşiktaş: Nübel, Murillo, Agbadou, Emirhan, Ouattara, Salih, Ndidi, Olaitan, Cerny, Trossard, Hyeongyu Oh.