Sunday , 16 August 2026

Celtic FC vs SK Sturm Graz, Europe 2025-26 LEAGUE STAGE

UEFA Europa League · 2025-26
Celtic FC
2 – 1
Full Time
SK Sturm Graz
Thu 23 Oct 2025 · 19:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Celtic FC vs SK Sturm Graz — Europe .

Match Details

  • Referee Juan Martinez Munuera (Spain)
6 games this season 🟨 0.7/game ⚽ 2.8 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21
2 Aston Villa FC 8 21
3 FC Midtjylland 8 19
4 Real Betis Balompié 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 Ferencvárosi TC 8 15
13 Nottingham Forest FC 8 14
14 FC Viktoria Plzeň 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 Fenerbahçe 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

1
Celtic FC 1 games · Avg 3.0 goals SK Sturm Graz
Last 5 meetings
2025-10-23 Celtic FC 2–1 SK Sturm Graz

Recent Form

Celtic FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 Oct SK Sturm Graz H 2–1 W
19 Oct Dundee FC A 0–2 L
05 Oct Motherwell FC H 3–2 W
02 Oct Sporting Clube de Braga H 0–2 L
27 Sep Hibernian FC H 0–0 D
24 Sep FK Crvena Zvezda A 1–1 D
SK Sturm Graz
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 Oct Celtic FC A 1–2 L
02 Oct Rangers FC H 2–1 W
24 Sep FC Midtjylland A 0–2 L
26 Aug FK Bodo/Glimt H 2–1 W
20 Aug FK Bodo/Glimt A 0–5 L
29 Jan RB Leipzig H 1–0 W

Season Stats

Celtic FC SK Sturm Graz
#21 Position #26
11 Points 7
8 Played 8
3 / 2 / 3 W / D / L 2 / 1 / 5
13 Scored 5
15 Conceded 11
-2 GD -6
1.38 PPG 0.88
38% Win % 25%

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
10% Clean Sheets
Celtic FC this season
25% Clean Sheets
SK Sturm Graz this season

Celtic FC are 21st (11 pts). SK Sturm Graz are 26th (7 pts).

Top Scorers (This Season)

Celtic FC
Benjamin Nygren 4 G 1 A
Reo Hatate 3 G 1 A
SK Sturm Graz
Otar Kiteishvili 3 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' That's the starting whistle at . Ninety minutes of football awaits between Celtic FC and SK Sturm Graz.
  • Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 2-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Celtic FC Lineups

SK Sturm Graz Lineups

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.03 Celtic FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.89 SK Sturm Graz xG
I would bet for: Celtic FC to win 59%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Celtic FC59% Draw23% SK Sturm Graz18%
Actual: Celtic FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes52% 0% No48%
Avg goals/match: 2.92
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 79%
21%
± 2.5 55%
45%
± 3.5 33%
67%
± 4.5 18%
82%

Double Chance

Celtic FC or Draw
83%
Draw or SK Sturm Graz
41%
Celtic FC or SK Sturm Graz
77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Celtic FC44% Draw42% SK Sturm Graz14%
Actual: SK Sturm Graz win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 0
10.9%
1 – 1
10.6%
1 – 0
10.3%
2 – 1
Actual
3 – 0
7.2%
0 – 0
7.1%
3 – 1
6.5%
2 – 2
4.3%
1 – 2
4.2%
0 – 1
4.1%
4 – 0
3.6%
4 – 1
3.3%

Asian Handicap — Celtic FC

Handicap Celtic FC covers Push SK Sturm Graz covers
-2.5 20% — 80%
-2 20% 19% 61%
-1.5 39% — 61%
-1 39% 23% 38%
-0.5 62% — 38%
+0.5 85% — 15%
+1 85% 10% 5%
+1.5 95% — 5%
+2 95% 4% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

Celtic FC keeps clean sheet
41% ✓
SK Sturm Graz keeps clean sheet
14% ✓

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