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UEFA Europa League logoUEFA Europa LeagueMatchday 3

Celtic vs Celta Vigo 1-2

  • Mika Baur47'
  • Javier Rodríguez Galiano68'
  • Javier Rodríguez Galiano71'
Kick-off
Thu, 22 Oct 2026 · 19:00 (UTC)
Venue
Celtic Park, Glasgow
Referee
Georgi Nikolov Kabakov

Match timeline

  1. 90+2’Yellow cardCeltic crestCelticColby Donovan
  2. 89’Yellow cardCeltic crestCelticOliver Sorensen
  3. 85’Yellow cardCeltic crestCelticLiam Scales
  4. 85’SubstitutionCelta Vigo crestCelta VigoJavi Galán ONHugo Alvarez Antunez OFF
  5. 85’SubstitutionCelta Vigo crestCelta VigoAndrés Antañón Vieites ONJavier Rueda García OFF
  6. 80’SubstitutionCeltic crestCelticSebastian Tounekti ONCamilo Duran OFF
  7. 79’SubstitutionCeltic crestCelticOliver Sorensen ONMika Baur OFF
  8. 77’SubstitutionCelta Vigo crestCelta VigoPablo Durán Fernández ONFerran Jutglà OFF
Show 9 earlier events
  1. 73’SubstitutionCeltic crestCelticKasper Hogh ONHaissem Hassan OFF
  2. 71’Goal!Celta Vigo crestCelta VigoJavier Rodríguez Galiano1 – 2
  3. 68’Goal!Celta Vigo crestCelta VigoJavier Rodríguez GalianoAssist: Hugo Alvarez Antunez1 – 1
  4. 67’Yellow cardCeltic crestCelticM. O'Neill
  5. 63’SubstitutionCelta Vigo crestCelta VigoIlaix Moriba ONHugo Burcio OFF
  6. 63’SubstitutionCelta Vigo crestCelta VigoWilliot Swedberg ONIago Aspas OFF
  7. 58’SubstitutionCeltic crestCelticJames Forrest ONCallum Osmand OFF
  8. 47’Goal!Celtic crestCelticMika Baur1 – 0
  9. 23’Yellow cardCeltic crestCelticCamilo Duran
  10. 1’Kick-off

Key stats

Celtic crestCelticCelta VigoCelta Vigo crest
  • 44%Possession56%
  • 8Shots22
  • 0.59xG1.27
  • 4Shots on Target4
  • 2Corners6
  • 10Fouls5
  • 3Offsides2
  • 2Saves3
  • 490Passes649
  • 4Yellow Cards0

Lineups

Confirmed selections

Celtic crestCeltic4 - 2 - 3 - 1

  1. 26Johnstone
  2. 51Donovan
  3. 47Murray
  4. 5Scales
  5. 63Tierney
  6. 42McGregor
  7. 22Baur
  8. 23Hassan
  9. 8Nygren
  10. 19Osmand
  11. 11Durán

Substitutions

  1. 58’↑49 J. Forrest↓19 C. Osmand
  2. 73’↑9 K. Høgh↓23 H. Hassan
  3. 79’↑18 O. Sørensen↓22 M. Baur
  4. 80’↑17 S. Tounekti↓11 C. Durán

Unused substitutes 61 J. Haney, 62 Liam Kennedy, 3 J. Lotomba, 33 S. McArdle, 14 L. McCowan, 21 A. Oxlade-Chamberlain, 56 A. Ralston, 1 V. Sinisalo

Coach M. O'Neill

Celta Vigo crestCelta Vigo3 - 4 - 3

  1. 13Radu
  2. 20Rodríguez
  3. 21Cáceres
  4. 3Alonso
  5. 17Rueda
  6. 30Burcio
  7. 14Febas
  8. 5Carreira
  9. 10Aspas
  10. 9Jutglà
  11. 23Álvarez

Substitutions

  1. 63’↑6 I. Moriba↓30 H. Burcio
  2. 63’↑19 W. Swedberg↓10 Iago Aspas
  3. 77’↑ Pablo Durán Fernández↓9 Ferran Jutglà
  4. 85’↑22 Javi Galán↓ Hugo Alvarez Antunez
  5. 85’↑ Andrés Antañón Vieites↓ Javier Rueda García

Unused substitutes 35 G. Miller, 18 Yoel Lago, 4 A. Faye, 11 Pablo Durán, 24 C. Driouech, 1 A. Bayındır, 28 Andrés Antañón, 16 Hugo González, 31 Ángel Arcos

Coach Claudio Giráldez

Match facts

Competition
UEFA Europa League
Round
Matchday 3
Date
Thu, 22 Oct 2026
Kick-off
19:00 (UTC)
Venue
Celtic Park, Glasgow
Referee
Georgi Nikolov Kabakov
Celtic coach
M. O'Neill
Celta Vigo coach
Claudio Giráldez

League table

UEFA Europa League

#TeamPWDLGDPts
1Benfica crestBenfica4400+1012
2Bournemouth crestBournemouth4400+912
3Ferencvarosi TC crestFerencvarosi TC4400+812
4Union St. Gilloise crestUnion St. Gilloise4310+810
5Juventus crestJuventus4310+710
27Celta Vigo crestCelta Vigo4103-23
32Celtic crestCeltic4103-53

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Last 5 matches, all competitions

Celtic crest

Celtic

  1. L
  2. L
  3. W
  4. L
  5. W
Celta Vigo crest

Celta Vigo

  1. L
  2. W
  3. D
  4. L
  5. W

Player ratings

  1. 1M. Baur7.7
  2. 2L. Scales7.0
  3. 3D. Murray6.8
  4. 4K. Tierney6.7
  5. 5Colby Donovan6.6
  6. 6C. McGregor6.6
  7. 7C. Osmand6.5
  8. 8C. Durán6.4
  9. 9H. Hassan6.4
  10. 10B. Nygren6.3
  11. 11J. Forrest6.2
  12. 12S. Johnstone6.2
  13. 13S. Tounekti6.1
  14. 14K. Høgh6.0
  15. 15O. Sørensen5.9
  16. 16J. Haney0.0
  17. 17Liam Kennedy0.0
  18. 18J. Lotomba0.0
  19. 19S. McArdle0.0
  20. 20L. McCowan0.0
  21. 21A. Oxlade-Chamberlain0.0
  22. 22A. Ralston0.0
  23. 23V. Sinisalo0.0
  1. 1Javi Rodríguez8.9
  2. 2Marcos Alonso7.2
  3. 3W. Swedberg7.1
  4. 4Hugo Álvarez7.0
  5. 5Aleix Febas6.9
  6. 6S. Cáceres6.8
  7. 7Ferran Jutglà6.8
  8. 8H. Burcio6.7
  9. 9Pablo Durán6.7
  10. 10Iago Aspas6.6
  11. 11Sergio Carreira6.6
  12. 12Javi Rueda6.5
  13. 13Javi Galán6.5
  14. 14Andrés Antañón6.4
  15. 15I. Moriba6.4
  16. 16I. Radu6.2
  17. 17Ángel Arcos0.0
  18. 18A. Bayındır0.0
  19. 19C. Driouech0.0
  20. 20A. Faye0.0
  21. 21Yoel Lago0.0
  22. 22G. Miller0.0
  23. 23Hugo González0.0

Match ratings from API-Football, out of 10.

MVP of the match

Javi Rodríguez
8.9

Javi Rodríguez

Celta Vigo crestCelta Vigo

2
Goals
0
Assists

Rated 8.9, the best on the pitch — 2 goals in 90 minutes.

Team form comparison

Last 5 matches, all competitions

Celtic crestCeltic
W-D-L
2-0-3
Scored / match
2.2
Conceded / match
1.8
Celta Vigo crestCelta Vigo
W-D-L
2-1-2
Scored / match
1.6
Conceded / match
0.8

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How the fans called it

  • Celtic crestCeltic0%
  • Draw0%
  • Celta Vigo crestCelta VigoResult0%

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What happened

Match report

Celta Vigo came from behind to beat Celtic 2-1 in Glasgow after Javier Rodríguez Galiano struck twice in the space of three minutes. Celtic had led through Mika Baur, but the visitors turned it around quickly and held on.

The first half finished goalless, with the breakthrough coming from Baur on 47 minutes. James Forrest had already come on for Callum Osmand on 58 minutes before Celtic went in front, and the half-time score had been Celtic 0-0 Celta Vigo.

Celta Vigo levelled in the 68th minute when Javier Rodríguez Galiano finished from Hugo Alvarez Antunez, then made it 2-1 on 71 minutes for his second of the match. Celta Vigo had made two changes on 63 minutes, bringing on Ilaix Moriba and Williot Swedberg, and used two more on 85 minutes. Celtic also changed things, but could not find a second goal, with Haissem Hassan replaced by Kasper Hogh on 73 minutes, Mika Baur by Oliver Sorensen on 79 minutes and Camilo Duran by Sebastian Tounekti on 80 minutes.

Celta Vigo had 56% of the ball, 649 passes to Celtic’s 490 and 22 shots to eight, while both sides had four shots on target. The visitors also led 1.27 to 0.59 on xG, won six corners to two and had three saves to Celtic’s two. Celtic had more fouls, 10 to five, and were caught offside three times to two.

Celtic were booked four times, with Camilo Duran cautioned on 23 minutes, M. O'Neill on 67, Liam Scales on 85 and Colby Donovan in the second minute of stoppage time. Celta Vigo finished without a booking.

Match record

Competition
UEFA Europa League
Round
Matchday 3
Kick-off
Venue
Celtic Park, Glasgow
Referee
Georgi Nikolov Kabakov
Match ID
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17 events

  1. 23’Yellow cardCeltic crestCelticCamilo Duran
  2. 47’Goal!Celtic crestCelticMika Baur1 – 0
  3. 58’SubstitutionCeltic crestCelticJames Forrest ONCallum Osmand OFF
  4. 63’SubstitutionCelta Vigo crestCelta VigoIlaix Moriba ONHugo Burcio OFF
  5. 63’SubstitutionCelta Vigo crestCelta VigoWilliot Swedberg ONIago Aspas OFF
  6. 67’Yellow cardCeltic crestCelticM. O'Neill
  7. 68’Goal!Celta Vigo crestCelta VigoJavier Rodríguez GalianoAssist: Hugo Alvarez Antunez1 – 1
  8. 71’Goal!Celta Vigo crestCelta VigoJavier Rodríguez Galiano1 – 2
  9. 73’SubstitutionCeltic crestCelticKasper Hogh ONHaissem Hassan OFF
  10. 77’SubstitutionCelta Vigo crestCelta VigoPablo Durán Fernández ONFerran Jutglà OFF
  11. 79’SubstitutionCeltic crestCelticOliver Sorensen ONMika Baur OFF
  12. 80’SubstitutionCeltic crestCelticSebastian Tounekti ONCamilo Duran OFF
  13. 85’Yellow cardCeltic crestCelticLiam Scales
  14. 85’SubstitutionCelta Vigo crestCelta VigoJavi Galán ONHugo Alvarez Antunez OFF
  15. 85’SubstitutionCelta Vigo crestCelta VigoAndrés Antañón Vieites ONJavier Rueda García OFF
  16. 89’Yellow cardCeltic crestCelticOliver Sorensen
  17. 90+2’Yellow cardCeltic crestCelticColby Donovan