Celtic FC vs FC Red Bull Salzburg, Europe 2018-19 GROUP STAGE
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Celtic FC vs FC Red Bull Salzburg — Europe at Celtic Park.
- Celtic FC 8 games · 11 pts (2025/26)
- FC Red Bull Salzburg 8 games · 6 pts (2025/26)
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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 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 Date Opponent H/A Score Result 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 history10% Clean Sheets
Celtic FC this season13% Clean Sheets
FC Red Bull Salzburg this seasonCeltic FC are 21st (11 pts). FC Red Bull Salzburg are 31st (6 pts).
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Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Celtic FC to score. At the same time, FC Red Bull Salzburg does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' 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.
- 10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
- 15' Celtic FC is showing some good football. However, Celtic FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 19' The referee calls foul for Jerome Onguene. He receives a Yellow card.
- 21' The Celtic FC manager makes a substitution. Mikael Lustig departs to be replaced by Kristoffer Ajer.
- 26' It looks surprising FC Red Bull Salzburg does not make any changes. Tom Rogic has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 31' 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.
- 36' 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 Jerome Onguene suffering a number of foals already.
- 41' 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.
- 46' The supporters are chanting for Scott Brown. He replaces Scott Sinclair on 46 minute.
- 51' FC Red Bull Salzburg is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 56' 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.
- 58' The whistle greets Ryan Christie as he departs to be replaced by Jules Ntcham.
- 63' Andre Ramalho needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 67' Goal! Munas Dabbur scores his 48 goal in 222 matches.
- 72' It looks like no one’s ball. Celtic FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 74' FC Red Bull Salzburg manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Fredrik Gulbrandsen is hanging Takumi Minamino on the field on 74 minute.
- 78' What a strike from Fredrik Gulbrandsen! The score is 0-2.
- 80' It is a substitution in FC Red Bull Salzburg team. Enock Mwepu is replaced by Christoph Leitgeb on 80 minute.
- 85' Supporters expect more eagerness from Filip Benkovic, as he is very good at scoring at Celtic Park with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
- 87' A meaty challenge results in booking for Andre Ramalho on 87.
- 88' A meaty challenge results in booking for Filip Benkovic on 88.
- 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.
- Another three points for FC Red Bull Salzburg.
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Celtic FC
Starting XI- 18
- 23
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11
Scott Sinclair ↓ Scott Brown 46'
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- 42
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- 32
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17
Ryan Christie ↓ Jules Ntcham 58'
Bench-
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Scott Brown ↑ 46'
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Jules Ntcham ↑ 58'
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35
Kristoffer Ajer ↑ 21'
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Coach Brendan RodgersFC Red Bull Salzburg
Starting XI- 18
- 16
- 17
- 33
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9
Munas Dabbur ↓ Smail Prevljak 90'
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- 13
- 22
- 6
- 15
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45
Enock Mwepu ↓ Christoph Leitgeb 80'
Bench-
11
Smail Prevljak ↑ 90'
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24
Christoph Leitgeb ↑ 80'
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Fredrik Gulbrandsen ↑ 74'
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Coach Marco Rose -
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