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Celtic vs Celta Vigo: match report
Celtic hosted Celta Vigo at Celtic Park on Thursday 22 October 2026, in the Europa League (round 3). Celtic are without 3 players (Cameron Carter-Vickers, Yang Hyun-Jun, Alistair Johnston); Celta Vigo are missing 5 (Álvaro Núñez, Borja Iglesias, Carl Starfelt and others). Georgi Kabakov is the referee, averaging 4.3 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.1.
Result and scorers
Celtic 1-2 Celta Vigo. Goals: Mika Baur 47' for Celtic; Javi Rodríguez 68' for Celta Vigo; Javi Rodríguez 71' for Celta Vigo. Attendance: 48,374.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 23' Yellow card: Camilo Durán (Celtic)
- 47' Goal: Mika Baur (Celtic) 1-0
- 68' Goal: Javi Rodríguez (Celta Vigo) 1-1
- 71' Goal: Javi Rodríguez (Celta Vigo) 1-2
- 85' Yellow card: Liam Scales (Celtic)
- 89' Yellow card: Oliver Sørensen (Celtic)
- 90'+2' Yellow card: Colby Donovan (Celtic)
Match stats (contains the result)
| 43.7% | Possession | 56.3% |
| 8 | Shots | 22 |
| 4 | Shots on target | 4 |
| 2 | Corners | 6 |
| 10 | Fouls | 5 |
| 3 | Offsides | 2 |
| 2 | Saves | 3 |
| 4 | Yellow cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
Celtic 4-2-3-1
Coach: Martin O'Neill
- 26 Sam Johnstone GK
- 51 Colby Donovan DEF
- 47 Dane Murray DEF
- 5 Liam Scales DEF
- 63 Kieran Tierney DEF
- 42 Callum McGregor MID
- 22 Mika Baur MID
- 23 Haissem Hassan FWD
- 8 Benjamin Nygren MID
- 19 Callum Osmand FWD
- 11 Camilo Durán FWD
Bench
- 49 James Forrest FWD
- 9 Kasper Waarts Høgh FWD
- 18 Oliver Sørensen MID
- 17 Sebastian Tounekti FWD
- 1 Viljami Sinisalo GK
- 56 Anthony Ralston DEF
- 3 Jordan Lotomba DEF
- 61 Joseph Haney DEF
- 21 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain MID
- 62 Liam Kennedy MID
- 14 Luke McCowan MID
- 33 Sean McArdle MID
Celta Vigo 3-4-3
Coach: Claudio Giráldez
- 13 Ionuț Radu GK
- 20 Javi Rodríguez DEF
- 21 Sebastián Cáceres DEF
- 3 Marcos Alonso DEF
- 17 Javi Rueda MID
- 14 Aleix Febas MID
- 30 Hugo Burcio MID
- 5 Sergio Carreira MID
- 10 Iago Aspas FWD
- 9 Ferrán Jutglà FWD
- 23 Hugo Álvarez FWD
Bench
- 6 Ilaix Moriba MID
- 19 Williot Swedberg FWD
- 11 Pablo Durán FWD
- 22 Javi Galán DEF
- 28 Andrés Antañón FWD
- 1 Altay Bayındır GK
- 4 Abdoulaye Faye DEF
- 18 Yoel Lago DEF
- 35 Germain Milla MID
- 31 Ángel Arcos FWD
- 24 Couhaib Driouech FWD
- 16 Hugo González FWD
Injuries and suspensions
Celtic
- Cameron Carter-Vickers injury, back About 1-2 weeks
- Yang Hyun-Jun injury, back Late October 2026
- Alistair Johnston injury, back About a week
Celta Vigo
- Álvaro Núñez injury, back Late November 2026
- Borja Iglesias injury, back Late November 2026
- Carl Starfelt injury, back Early November 2026
- Miguel Román injury, back Early November 2026
- Jones El-Abdellaoui injury, back Mid January 2027
Previous meetings
- Thursday 12 December 2002: Celta Vigo 2-1 Celtic
- Thursday 28 November 2002: Celtic 1-0 Celta Vigo