Celtic FC vs AZ, Europe 2021-22 QUALIFICATION ROUND 3
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Overview
Standings
# 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
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 18 Aug AZ H 2–0 W 12 Aug FK Jablonec H 3–0 W 08 Aug Dundee FC H 6–0 W 05 Aug FK Jablonec A 4–2 W 31 Jul Heart of Midlothian FC A 1–2 L 28 Jul FC Midtjylland A 1–2 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 18 Aug Celtic FC A 0–2 L 14 Aug RKC Waalwijk A 0–1 L 16 May Heracles Almelo H 5–0 W 13 May FC Groningen A 0–0 D 08 May Fortuna Sittard H 1–0 W 01 May RKC Waalwijk A 3–1 W Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history10% Clean Sheets
Celtic FC this season -
Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at Celtic Park. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Ismaila Soro made 4 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 12' GOAL! Kyogo Furuhashi scores on 12.
- 17' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Timo Letschert suffering a number of foals already.
- 22' It looks like no one’s ball. Celtic FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 27' Celtic FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 32' The travelling AZ supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 37' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. AZ needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 42' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 47' It looks surprising Celtic FC does not make any changes. Vangelis Pavlidis has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 49' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Dani de Wit.
- 54' AZ started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 54.
- 58' Another change for Celtic FC made on 58 minute. Liel Abada leaves to be changed by Odsonne Edouard.
- 61' Goal! James Forrest scores his 53 goal in 406 matches.
- 63' Celtic FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 68' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 72' AZ manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Hakon Evjen is hanging Albert Gudmundsson on the field on 72 minute.
- 75' Celtic FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Adam Montgomery is hanging Kyogo Furuhashi on the field on 75 minute.
- 80' It is a substitution in AZ team. Vangelis Pavlidis is replaced by Ernest Poku on 80 minute.
- 83' The referee shows Celtic FC player a Yellow card on 83.
- 88' Celtic FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Ismaila Soro is hanging David Turnbull on the field on 88 minute.
- Full Time. Celtic FC beats AZ
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Lineups
Celtic FC Lineups
Starting XI
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18
Tom Rogic ↓ James McCarthy 75'
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- 42
- 56
- 8
- 3
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14
David Turnbull ↓ Ismaila Soro 88'
- 57
- 4
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11
Liel Abada ↓ Odsonne Edouard 58'
Bench
- 26
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James McCarthy ↑ 75'
- 30
- 6
- 29
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22
Odsonne Edouard ↑ 58'
- 10
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12
Ismaila Soro ↑ 88'
- 41
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54
Adam Montgomery ↑ 75'
- 1
Coach Ange PostecoglouAZ Lineups
Starting XI
- 8
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6
Fredrik Midtsjo ↓ Jordy Clasie 72'
- 4
- 22
- 10
- 12
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21
Vangelis Pavlidis ↓ Ernest Poku 80'
- 2
- 17
- 25
- 28
Bench
- 3
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20
Jordy Clasie ↑ 72'
- 31
- 1
- 23
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18
Hakon Evjen ↑ 72'
- 16
- 27
- 29
- 24
- 15
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36
Ernest Poku ↑ 80'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Kyogo Furuhashi 2 James Forrest 1 Callum McGregor 1 Zakaria Aboukhlal 1 Head to Head
Celtic FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.78 Celtic FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.6 AZ xGI would bet for: Celtic FC to win 62% + Under — clean sheet likely 62%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Celtic FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.38Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 89% 11% ± 1.5 69% 31% ± 2.5 42% 58% ± 3.5 22% 78% ± 4.5 10% 90% Double Chance
Celtic FC or Draw 86%Draw or AZ 38%Celtic FC or AZ 76%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Celtic FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 0 15.7%2 – 0 Actual0 – 0 11.1%1 – 1 10.5%2 – 1 8.6%3 – 0 8.3%3 – 1 5.2%0 – 1 4.6%4 – 0 3.7%1 – 2 2.8%2 – 2 2.6%4 – 1 2.4%Asian Handicap — Celtic FC
Handicap Celtic FC covers Push AZ covers -2.5 18% — 82% -2 18% 20% 62% -1.5 38% — 62% -1 38% 26% 36% -0.5 64% — 36% +0.5 89% — 11% +1 89% 8% 3% +1.5 97% — 3% +2 97% 2% 0% +2.5 100% — 0% Clean Sheet
Celtic FC keeps clean sheet 55% ✓AZ keeps clean sheet 18% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.