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Celtic FC vs FC Red Bull Salzburg, Europe 2018-19 GROUP STAGE

UEFA Europa League · 2018-19
Celtic FC
1 – 2
Full Time
FC Red Bull Salzburg
Thu 13 Dec 2018 · 20:00 UTC Celtic Park HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 19' Jerome Onguene
Y 87' Andre Ramalho
Filip Benkovic 88' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Celtic FC vs FC Red Bull Salzburg — Europe at Celtic Park.

Match Details

  • Referee Olivier Thual
  • Referee Ruddy Buquet
  • Referee Guillaume Debart
  • Referee Julien Pacelli
  • Referee Jerome Brisard
  • Referee Benjamin Pages

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

2
Celtic FC 2 games · Avg 3.5 goals FC Red Bull Salzburg
Last 5 meetings
2018-12-13 Celtic FC 1–2 FC Red Bull Salzburg 2018-10-04 FC Red Bull Salzburg 3–1 Celtic FC

Recent Form

Celtic FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
13 Dec FC Red Bull Salzburg H 1–2 L
08 Dec Kilmarnock FC H 5–1 W
05 Dec Motherwell FC A 1–1 D
29 Nov Rosenborg BK A 1–0 W
24 Nov Hamilton Academical FC A 3–0 W
11 Nov Livingston FC A 0–0 D
FC Red Bull Salzburg
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
13 Dec Celtic FC A 2–1 W
29 Nov RB Leipzig H 1–0 W
08 Nov Rosenborg BK A 5–2 W
25 Oct Rosenborg BK H 3–0 W
04 Oct Celtic FC H 3–1 W
20 Sep RB Leipzig A 3–2 W

Season Stats

Celtic FC FC Red Bull Salzburg
#21 Position #31
11 Points 6
8 Played 8
3 / 2 / 3 W / D / L 2 / 0 / 6
13 Scored 10
15 Conceded 15
-2 GD -5
1.38 PPG 0.75
38% Win % 25%

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
10% Clean Sheets
Celtic FC this season
13% Clean Sheets
FC Red Bull Salzburg this season

Celtic FC are 21st (11 pts). FC Red Bull Salzburg are 31st (6 pts).

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Celtic FC is hosting FC Red Bull Salzburg for another epic battle.
  • 5' The travelling FC Red Bull Salzburg supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 10' Celtic FC 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.
  • 15' 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.
  • 19' FC Red Bull Salzburg receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 19.
  • 21' Time for substitution for Celtic FC. Mikael Lustig is replaced by Kristoffer Ajer.
  • 26' It looks like no one’s ball. FC Red Bull Salzburg is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 31' Andreas Ulmer needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 36' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 36 minutes.
  • 41' 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 Munas Dabbur suffering a number of foals already.
  • 46' Another substitution for Celtic FC to replace Scott Sinclair by Scott Brown on 46 minute.
  • 51' Celtic FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 51.
  • 56' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Enock Mwepu made 222 appearances and scored 2 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 58' Another substitution for Celtic FC to replace Ryan Christie by Jules Ntcham on 58 minute.
  • 63' 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.
  • 67' FC Red Bull Salzburg is taking the lead after the goal scored by Munas Dabbur on 67.
  • 72' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Celtic FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 74' The FC Red Bull Salzburg manager makes a substitution. Takumi Minamino departs to be replaced by Fredrik Gulbrandsen.
  • 78' What a strike from Fredrik Gulbrandsen! The score is 0-2.
  • 80' FC Red Bull Salzburg manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Christoph Leitgeb is hanging Enock Mwepu on the field on 80 minute.
  • 85' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 87' Andre Ramalho is having his name booked by the referee on 87.
  • 88' The referee calls foul for Filip Benkovic. He receives a Yellow card.
  • 90' GOAL! Jules Ntcham scores on 90.
  • 90' The FC Red Bull Salzburg manager makes a substitution. Munas Dabbur departs to be replaced by Smail Prevljak.
  • With this win, FC Red Bull Salzburg is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Celtic FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Brendan Rodgers

FC Red Bull Salzburg Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Marco Rose

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Munas Dabbur 3
Munas Dabbur 2
Fredrik Gulbrandsen 1
Odsonne Edouard 1
Takumi Minamino 1
Odsonne Edouard 1
Takumi Minamino 1
Jules Ntcham 1

Head to Head

2018-12-13 Celtic FC 1–2 FC Red Bull Salzburg 2018-10-04 FC Red Bull Salzburg 3–1 Celtic FC

Celtic FC Form

2018-12-13 Celtic FC 1–2 FC Red Bull Salzburg L 2018-12-08 Celtic FC 5–1 Kilmarnock FC W 2018-12-05 Motherwell FC 1–1 Celtic FC D 2018-11-29 Rosenborg BK 0–1 Celtic FC W 2018-11-24 Hamilton Academical FC 0–3 Celtic FC W 2018-11-11 Livingston FC 0–0 Celtic FC D

FC Red Bull Salzburg Form

2018-12-13 Celtic FC 1–2 FC Red Bull Salzburg W 2018-11-29 FC Red Bull Salzburg 1–0 RB Leipzig W 2018-11-08 Rosenborg BK 2–5 FC Red Bull Salzburg W 2018-10-25 FC Red Bull Salzburg 3–0 Rosenborg BK W 2018-10-04 FC Red Bull Salzburg 3–1 Celtic FC W 2018-09-20 RB Leipzig 2–3 FC Red Bull Salzburg W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.21 Celtic FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.1 FC Red Bull Salzburg xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 79% + Both teams to score 77%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Celtic FC39% Draw23% FC Red Bull Salzburg38%
Actual: FC Red Bull Salzburg win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes77% 0% No23%
Avg goals/match: 4.31
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 98%
2%
± 1.5 93%
7%
± 2.5 79%
21%
± 3.5 61%
39%
± 4.5 43%
57%

Double Chance

Celtic FC or Draw
62%
Draw or FC Red Bull Salzburg
61%
Celtic FC or FC Red Bull Salzburg
77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Celtic FC33% Draw36% FC Red Bull Salzburg31%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
7%
2 – 2
6.9%
2 – 1
6.8%
1 – 2
Actual
3 – 2
5.1%
3 – 1
4.9%
2 – 3
4.8%
1 – 3
4.4%
3 – 3
3.6%
2 – 0
3.4%
0 – 2
3.1%
4 – 2
2.8%

Asian Handicap — Celtic FC

Handicap Celtic FC covers Push FC Red Bull Salzburg covers
-2.5 12% — 88%
-2 12% 12% 76%
-1.5 24% — 76%
-1 24% 17% 59%
-0.5 41% — 59%
+0.5 63% — 37%
+1 63% 16% 21%
+1.5 79% — 21%
+2 79% 11% 10%
+2.5 90% — 10%

Clean Sheet

Celtic FC keeps clean sheet
13% ✓
FC Red Bull Salzburg keeps clean sheet
12% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.