AC Sparta Praha vs Celtic FC, Europe 2020-21 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
AC Sparta Praha vs Celtic FC — Europe at Generali Arena.
- AC Sparta Praha 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Celtic FC 8 games · 11 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Tobias Stieler
- Referee Dominik Schaal
- Referee Florian Badstubner
- Referee Mike Pickel
25 games this season 🟨 0.6/game ⚽ 3.8 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21 2 Aston Villa FC 8 21 3 FC Midtjylland 8 19 4 Real Betis Balompie 8 17 5 FC Porto 8 17 6 Sporting Clube de Braga 8 17 7 SC Freiburg 8 17 8 AS Roma 8 16 9 KRC Genk 8 16 10 Bologna FC 1909 8 15 11 VfB Stuttgart 8 15 12 Ferencvarosi TC 8 15 13 Nottingham Forest FC 8 14 14 FC Viktoria Plzen 8 14 15 FK Crvena Zvezda 8 14 16 RC Celta de Vigo 8 13 17 PAOK Thessaloniki FC 8 12 18 Lille OSC 8 12 19 Fenerbahce SK 8 12 20 Panathinaikos AO 8 12 21 Celtic FC 8 11 22 PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad 8 10 23 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 8 10 24 SK Brann 8 9 25 BSC Young Boys 8 9 26 SK Sturm Graz 8 7 27 FCSB Bukarest 8 7 28 Go Ahead Eagles 8 7 29 Feyenoord Rotterdam 8 6 30 FC Basel 1893 8 6 31 FC Red Bull Salzburg 8 6 32 Rangers FC 8 4 33 OGC Nice 8 3 34 FC Utrecht 8 1 35 Malmo FF 8 1 36 Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 8 1 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Nov Celtic FC H 4–1 W 05 Nov Celtic FC A 4–1 W 29 Oct AC Milan A 0–3 L 22 Oct Lille OSC H 1–4 L 15 Aug Trabzonspor A 1–2 L 08 Aug Trabzonspor H 2–2 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Nov AC Sparta Praha A 1–4 L 21 Nov Hibernian FC A 2–2 D 08 Nov Motherwell FC A 4–1 W 05 Nov AC Sparta Praha H 1–4 L 29 Oct Lille OSC A 2–2 D 25 Oct Aberdeen FC A 3–3 D Key Stats
100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history10% Clean Sheets
Celtic FC this season -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. Celtic FC kicks off things out of here…
- 5' Supporters expect more eagerness from Borek Dockal, as he is very good at scoring at Generali Arena with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
- 10' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 15' Odsonne Edouard puts Celtic FC on the lead.
- 20' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 25' AC Sparta Praha seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 26' What a strike from David Hancko! The score is 1-1.
- 29' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Andreas Vindheim.
- 34' Christopher Jullien needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 38' Lukas Julis puts AC Sparta Praha on the lead.
- 43' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 48' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 53' It’s high time Vaclav Kotal made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 57' Ladislav Krejci was booked on 57.
- 62' The travelling Celtic FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 66' It is a substitution in AC Sparta Praha team. David Hancko is replaced by Filip Soucek on 66 minute.
- 71' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 76' AC Sparta Praha manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Ladislav Krejci is hanging Michal Travnik on the field on 76 minute.
- 80' Goal! Lukas Julis scores his 5 goal in 46 matches.
- 82' Another change for Celtic FC made on 82 minute. Odsonne Edouard leaves to be changed by Patryk Klimala.
- 86' Srdan Plavsic has so much to prove this time. He replaces David Moberg-Karlsson on 86 minute.
- 89' It’s a booking for AC Sparta Praha player. Filip Soucek gets a Yellow card.
- Full Time. AC Sparta Praha beats Celtic FC
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Lineups
AC Sparta Praha Lineups
Starting XI
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David Hancko ↓ Filip Soucek 66'
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- 10
- 15
- 25
- 8
- 1
- 5
- 7
- 37
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39
Lukas Julis ↓ Martin Minchev 86'
Bench
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Ladislav Krejci ↑ 76'
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- 29
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Srdan Plavsic ↑ 86'
- 28
- 52
- 77
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Martin Minchev ↑ 86'
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Filip Soucek ↑ 66'
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- 43
Coach Vaclav KotalCeltic FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 27
- 2
- 93
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Scott Brown C ↓ Tom Rogic 66'
- 42
- 21
- 29
- 35
- 22
- 17
- 44
Bench
- 4
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Tom Rogic ↑ 66'
- 6
- 52
- 65
- 10
- 1
- 3
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Patryk Klimala ↑ 82'
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Coach Neil Lennon -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Lukas Julis 5 Srdan Plavsic 1 Leigh Griffiths 1 Ladislav Krejci 1 Odsonne Edouard 1 David Hancko 1 AC Sparta Praha Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 42.27 AC Sparta Praha xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.43 Celtic FC xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 70% + Both teams to score 68%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: AC Sparta Praha winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.7Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 96% 4% ± 1.5 88% 12% ± 2.5 70% 30% ± 3.5 50% 50% ± 4.5 31% 69% Double Chance
AC Sparta Praha or Draw 78%Draw or Celtic FC 44%AC Sparta Praha or Celtic FC 78%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: AC Sparta Praha win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 8.9%2 – 1 8.8%3 – 1 6.6%2 – 0 6.4%2 – 2 6.2%1 – 2 5.6%1 – 0 5.2%3 – 0 4.7%3 – 2 4.7%4 – 1 Actual0 – 0 3.7%0 – 1 3%Asian Handicap — AC Sparta Praha
Handicap AC Sparta Praha covers Push Celtic FC covers -2.5 18% — 82% -2 18% 17% 65% -1.5 35% — 65% -1 35% 20% 45% -0.5 55% — 45% +0.5 77% — 23% +1 77% 13% 10% +1.5 90% — 10% +2 90% 7% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
AC Sparta Praha keeps clean sheet 25% ✓Celtic FC keeps clean sheet 11% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

