LIVE EXPLANATION: Celtic - Beşiktaş | UEFA Europa League Week 4 Challenge

Beşiktaş will be the guest of Scottish representative Celtic in the fourth week of the UEFA Europa League.

The match, which will be played at Celtic Park in Glasgow, will start at 23.00 GMT.

Referee Sascha Stegemann from the German Football Federation will referee the match. Stegemann's assistants will be Christof Günsch and Marco Achmüller. The fight will be broadcast live on TRT 1.

Beşiktaş, which did not lose in the last 3 weeks of the Europa League, is in the 8th place with 2 wins, 1 draw and 7 points. Celtic, one of the strongest clubs in Scotland, has no wins in the UEFA Europa League. Having lost all three of their matches, Celtic is in the 35th place as one of the four teams without points.

TOP 11'S

Celtic: Johnstone, Lotomba, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Tierney, McGregor, Baur, Nygren, Forrest, Tounekti, Hogh.

Beşiktaş: Nübel, Murillo, Agbadou, Emirhan, Ouattara, Salih, Olaitan, Trossard, Cerny, Poku, Oh.

ORKUN KÖKÇÜ WILL BE IN THE CENTER

Beşiktaş captain Orkun Kökçü, who recovered from his injury, was included in the camp squad announced before the Celtic match.

The national football player, who was injured in the match against Hoffenheim in the second week of the UEFA Europa League and had been away from the team for a while, had started training with the team.

Beşiktaş Coach Vincenzo Italiano announced at the press conference that Orkun Kökçü will be on the bench against Celtic.

Regarding Orkun's return to the team, the Italian coach said, "We were missing Miretti and Orkun. We were missing their passing quality, last balls, reading the game and shooting. I think we got positive results even when they were not there. Orkun will be on the bench tomorrow. We want to give him time and activate him. I hope tomorrow's plans go as we want and he will join us." he said.

Thus, Orkun Kökçü, who has recovered from his injury, is expected to play against Celtic.

HIS ANKLE WAS NOT TWISTED IN EUROPE

Besiktas, which made its fans happy with consecutive successful results in Europe this season, won 7 of the 9 matches it played in the organization, including the qualifying rounds.

Beşiktaş beat Midtjylland 1-0 and 2-0 in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League, and beat Hradec Kralove 1-0 in the next round. Besiktas, who beat Kauno Zalgiris 3-0 in the first match in the play-off round and then lost 1-0 in the rematch, managed to beat Olympique Marseille 4-1 in the first week of the Europa League and Hoffenheim 3-2 in the second week.

Besiktas, who drew 2-2 with Crystal Palace in their last match, celebrated scoring 17 times and found the ball in their own net 6 times.

BEŞİKTAŞ WILL STAGE IN EUROPE FOR THE 268TH TIME

Beşiktaş, which will host Scottish representative Celtic, will play its 268th match in European cups.

The black-and-white football team won 104 of the 267 matches it previously played in European cups.

Beşiktaş drew with its rivals in 51 of the matches in question and lost in 112 matches.

The black-whites, who celebrated scoring 365 times in their European adventure, conceded 401 goals.

HE REPRESENTED Türkiye 47 TIMES

Beşiktaş represented Türkiye abroad 47 times, including the qualifying rounds, in the European cup adventure that started in 1959.

Beşiktaş took part in the European Champion Clubs' Cup and UEFA Champions League 19 times, the European Cup Winners' Cup 7 times, the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League 19 times and the UEFA Conference League 2 times.