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Celtic FC vs FK Shakhtar Donetsk, Champions League 2022-23 GROUP STAGE

Tue 25 Oct 2022 · 19:00 UTC Celtic Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Celtic FC vs FK Shakhtar DonetskChampions League at Celtic Park.

Match Details

  • Referee Serdar Gozubuyuk
  • Referee Jeroen Manschot
  • Referee Pol van Boekel
  • Referee Dennis Higler
  • Referee Joost van Zuilen
  • Referee Johan Balder
7 games this season 🟨 1.3/game 4.0 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Head-to-Head

2
Celtic FC 2 games · Avg 2.0 goals FK Shakhtar Donetsk

Recent Form

DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
25 Oct FK Shakhtar Donetsk H 1–1 D
22 Oct Heart of Midlothian FC A 4–3 W
15 Oct Hibernian FC H 6–1 W
11 Oct RB Leipzig H 0–2 L
08 Oct St. Johnstone FC A 2–1 W
05 Oct RB Leipzig A 1–3 L
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
25 Oct Celtic FC A 1–1 D
11 Oct Real Madrid CF H 1–1 D
05 Oct Real Madrid CF A 1–2 L
14 Sep Celtic FC H 1–1 D
06 Sep RB Leipzig A 4–1 W
07 Dec FC Sheriff Tiraspol H 1–1 D

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)
0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

  • 0' We are underway at Celtic Park. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
  • 5' It’s high time Igor Jovicevic made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 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' 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 Cameron Carter-Vickers suffering a number of foals already.
  • 20' 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.
  • 25' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 30' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FK Shakhtar Donetsk needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 31' FK Shakhtar Donetsk player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 34' Goal! Giorgos Giakoumakis scores his 56 goal in 127 matches.
  • 39' FK Shakhtar Donetsk is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 44' Reo Hatate needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 49' It looks like no one’s ball. Celtic FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 50' FK Shakhtar Donetsk player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 55' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FK Shakhtar Donetsk that had 203 games and scored 100 goals.
  • 56' It’s a booking for FK Shakhtar Donetsk player. Taras Stepanenko gets a Yellow card.
  • 57' Time for substitution for FK Shakhtar Donetsk. Lassina Franck Traore is replaced by Danylo Sikan.
  • 58' Goal! Mykhailo Mudryk scores his 9 goal in 203 matches.
  • 63' The travelling FK Shakhtar Donetsk supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 65' Another change for Celtic FC made on 65 minute. Sead Haksabanovic leaves to be changed by Daizen Maeda.
  • 66' Another change for Celtic FC made on 66 minute. Liel Abada leaves to be changed by James Forrest.
  • 71' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 76' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Greg Taylor made 260 appearances and scored 8 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 81' FK Shakhtar Donetsk started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 81.
  • 84' The whistle greets Reo Hatate as he departs to be replaced by David Turnbull.
  • 89' It looks surprising Celtic FC does not make any changes. Matt O'Riley has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 90' Oleksandr Zubkov was booked on 90.
  • 90' Time for substitution for FK Shakhtar Donetsk. Mykhailo Mudryk is replaced by Ivan Petryak.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-1.

Lineups

H2H

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.43 Celtic FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.21 FK Shakhtar Donetsk xG
I would bet for: Celtic FC or FK Shakhtar Donetsk 72%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Celtic FC43% Draw28% FK Shakhtar Donetsk29%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes54% 0% No46%
Avg goals/match: 2.64
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 91%
9%
± 1.5 74%
26%
± 2.5 48%
52%
± 3.5 27%
73%
± 4.5 13%
87%

Double Chance

Celtic FC or Draw
71%
Draw or FK Shakhtar Donetsk
57%
Celtic FC or FK Shakhtar Donetsk
72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Celtic FC29% Draw47% FK Shakhtar Donetsk24%
Actual: Celtic FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
Actual
1 – 0
9.2%
0 – 0
9.2%
2 – 1
8.5%
0 – 1
7.6%
1 – 2
7.2%
2 – 0
7.1%
2 – 2
5.2%
0 – 2
5.1%
3 – 1
4.1%
3 – 0
3.3%
1 – 3
2.9%

Asian Handicap — Celtic FC

Handicap Celtic FC covers Push FK Shakhtar Donetsk covers
-2.5 8% 92%
-2 8% 12% 80%
-1.5 20% 80%
-1 20% 21% 59%
-0.5 41% 59%
+0.5 70% 30%
+1 70% 17% 13%
+1.5 87% 13%
+2 87% 9% 4%
+2.5 96% 4%

Clean Sheet

Celtic FC keeps clean sheet
31%
FK Shakhtar Donetsk keeps clean sheet
25%

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