Celtic vs Braga 2025-26 UEFA Europa League, League Phase

Celtic

FT
0 - 2

Braga

20': Ricardo Horta
85': Gabriel Martínez

Celtic have goal ruled out in Europa loss to Sporting Braga

Kelechi Iheanacho was on the wrong end of a hugely controversial handball decision before Braga wrapped up a 2-0 Europa League win over Celtic on Thursday.

Match Commentary

13': Yanis da Rocha (Sporting Braga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
20': Goal! Celtic 0, Sporting Braga 1. Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Jean-Baptiste Gorby.
45': Substitution, Celtic. Marcelo Saracchi replaces Colby Donovan.
45': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Víctor Gómez replaces Yanis da Rocha.
65': Substitution, Sporting Braga. João Moutinho replaces Florian Grillitsch.
67': Substitution, Celtic. Arne Engels replaces Benjamin Nygren.
67': Substitution, Celtic. Reo Hatate replaces Paulo Bernardo.
70': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Rodrigo Zalazar replaces Ricardo Horta.
71': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Diego Rodrigues replaces Pau Víctor.
77': Substitution, Celtic. James Forrest replaces Daizen Maeda.
81': Substitution, Celtic. Dane Murray replaces Kieran Tierney because of an injury.
81': Marcelo Saracchi (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
82': Substitution, Sporting Braga. Gabri Martínez replaces Amine El Ouazzani.
85': Goal! Celtic 0, Sporting Braga 2. Gabri Martínez (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
89': Liam Scales (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+6': Second Half ends, Celtic 0, Sporting Braga 2.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Europa League

Venue: Celtic Park
Location: Glasgow, Scotland

UEFA Europa League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD
+3	Panathinaikos	1	3
+2	Dinamo Zagreb	1	3
+2	FC Midtjylland	1	3
+1	Ludogorets Razgrad	1	3

Full Table

Statistics

BRAG		CEL
9	Fouls	15
1	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	1
5	Corner Kicks	7
3	Saves	4
44.1	Possession	55.9
13	SHOTS	9
6	ON GOAL	3
0.5	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
390	Accurate Passes	520
470	Passes	591
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
1	Accurate Crosses	6
13	Crosses	23
0.1	Cross %	0.3
58	Long Balls	40
25	Accurate Long Balls	20
0.4	Long Balls %	0.5
5	Blocked Shots	3
12	Effective Tackles	8
20	Tackles	15
0.6	Tackle %	0.5
4	Interceptions	9
32	Effective Clearances	29
32	Clearances	29

Line-Ups

Celtic (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Kasper Schmeichel (GK)
5	Liam Scales
20	Cameron Carter-Vickers
63	Kieran Tierney
51	Colby Donovan
42	Callum McGregor
28	Paulo Bernardo
8	Benjamin Nygren
17	Kelechi Iheanacho
23	Sebastian Tounekti
38	Daizen Maeda

Substitutes:

Reo Hatate, Marcelo Saracchi, Johnny Kenny, Arne Engels, Yang Hyun-Jun, Auston Trusty, Luke McCowan, Viljami Sinisalo, James Forrest, Michel Ange Balikwisha, Dane Murray, Anthony Ralston.

Braga (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Lukas Hornicek (GK)
6	Carvalho
26	Bright Arrey-Mbi
14	Gustaf Lagerbielke
27	Florian Grillitsch
29	Jean-Baptiste Gorby
5	Leonardo Lelo
41	Yanis Da Rocha
9	Amine El Ouazzani
18	Pau Víctor
21	Ricardo Horta

Substitutes:

Alaa Bellarouch, Tiago Sá, João Moutinho, Gabriel Martínez, Diego Rodrigues, Sikou Niakate, João Marques, Rodrigo Zalazar, Fran Navarro, Sandro Vidigal, Víctor Gómez, João Aragão.