Celtic vs Leverkusen 2021-22 UEFA Europa League, Group Stage

FT
0 - 4

25': Piero Hincapié
35': Florian Wirtz
58': Lucas Alario (P)
90'+4': Amine Adli

Introduction

Celtic are hosting Bayer Leverkusen at Celtic Park, Glasgow, Scotland, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Europa League.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
25': Goal! Celtic 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mitchel Bakker.
35': Goal! Celtic 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Paulinho with a through ball following a fast break.
41': Mitchel Bakker (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+2': First Half ends, Celtic 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2.
50': Tomas Rogic (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
57': Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
58': Goal! Celtic 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3. Lucas Alario (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
65': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nadiem Amiri replaces Charles Aránguiz.
65': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Karim Bellarabi replaces Moussa Diaby.
66': Substitution, Celtic. Nir Bitton replaces Tomas Rogic.
66': Substitution, Celtic. James McCarthy replaces Callum McGregor.
74': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Patrik Schick replaces Lucas Alario.
74': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Amine Adli replaces Florian Wirtz.
74': Substitution, Celtic. Albian Ajeti replaces Kyogo Furuhashi.
74': Substitution, Celtic. Giorgos Giakoumakis replaces David Turnbull.
79': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Panagiotis Retsos replaces Paulinho.
90'+4': Goal! Celtic 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4. Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Nadiem Amiri following a fast break.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Celtic 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Europa League

Venue: Celtic Park
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Attendance: 55,436

UEFA Europa League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS

Full Table

Statistics

B04		CEL
11	Fouls	9
1	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
3	Offsides	2
4	Corner Kicks	6
6	Saves	7
45.5	Possession	54.5
18	SHOTS	18
11	ON GOAL	6
0.6	On Target %	0.3
1	Penalty Goals	0
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
400	Accurate Passes	490
482	Passes	573
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
3	Accurate Crosses	3
11	Crosses	21
0.3	Cross %	0.1
55	Long Balls	46
29	Accurate Long Balls	24
0.5	Long Balls %	0.5
4	Blocked Shots	4
12	Effective Tackles	8
15	Tackles	14
0.8	Tackle %	0.6
7	Interceptions	10
16	Effective Clearances	10
16	Clearances	10

Line-Ups

Celtic (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
15	Joe Hart (GK)
4	Carl Starfelt
20	Cameron Carter-Vickers
54	Adam Montgomery
56	Anthony Ralston
18	Tom Rogic
14	David Turnbull
42	Callum McGregor
8	Kyogo Furuhashi
17	Jota
11	Liel Abada

Substitutes:

Liam Shaw, Ismaila Soro, Liam Scales, Giorgos Giakoumakis, Vasilios Barkas, Albian Ajeti, Nir Bitton, Osaze Urhoghide, Stephen Welsh, Scott Bain, James McCarthy.

Bayer Leverkusen (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Lukas Hradecky (GK)
33	Piero Hincapié
4	Jonathan Tah
5	Mitchel Bakker
30	Jeremie Frimpong
27	Florian Wirtz
10	Kerem Demirbay
20	Charles Aránguiz
13	Lucas Alario
7	Paulinho
19	Moussa Diaby

Substitutes:

Andrey Lunev, Nadiem Amiri, Maximilian Neutgens, Panagiotis Retsos, Daley Sinkgraven, Karim Bellarabi, Amine Adli, Odilon Kossounou, Patrik Schick.

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