BUDAPEST. Celtic bested Ferencváros.
The match was played at the Groupama Aréna stadium in Budapest on Thursday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Fábio José Costa Veríssimo who was helped by Rui Teixeira and Pedro Ribeiro. The 4th official was André Filipe Domingues Narciso. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 8.1 degrees Celsius or 46.53 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.
Match Statistics
- 45 Ball Possession 55
Shots
- 15 Total 12
- 4 On Target 5
- 7 Off Target 6
- 4 Shots blocked 1
- 109 Attack 118
- 47 Dangerous attack 49
- 82 Ball safe 91
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 6
Fouls
- 16 Total 11
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Celtic was in firm control of the ball 55% while Ferencváros was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Celtic was more aggressive with 49 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Celtic won the match.
Ferencváros shot 15 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Celtic shot 12 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Ferencváros received 1 yellow card (S. Mmaee). Talking about the opposition, Celtic received 1 yellow card (S. Welsh).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After playing this match, Ferencváros will stay with 0 points to stay in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Celtic will have 6 points to stay in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Europa League, Ferencváros will host Bayer 04 Leverkusen on the 9th of December with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (0 draws).
Celtic will host Real Betis on the 9th of December with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Real Betis (0 draws).
Ferencváros – Formation
Ferencváros
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90'
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Ferencváros started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Peter Stöger decided to play with the following team: Ádám Bogdán , Somália , Miha Blažič , Samy Mmaee , Eldar Ćivić , Bálint Vécsei , Aissa Laïdouni , Oleksandr Zubkov , Kristoffer Zachariassen , Tokmac Nguen and Myrto Uzuni .
The home team had on the bench: Regő Szánthó , Adnan Kovačević, Henry Wingo, Róbert Mak , Endre Botka, Dominik Csontos, Marijan Čabraja , Stjepan Lončar , S. Mergl and Ryan Mmaee .
Substitutions
Ferencváros made 5 changes: K. Zachariassen for R. Mak (67′), T. Nguen for R. Mmaee (67′), E. Civic for M. Cabraja (73′), B. Vecsei for S. Loncar (73′) and O. Zubkov for R. Szantho (81′).
Best player: Myrto Uzuni
The player that probably impressed the most for Ferencváros was Myrto Uzuni.
His rating is with 1 goal, 31 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 3. He performed 3 crosses.
Celtic – Formation
Celtic
Celtic started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Talking about the opposition, Angelos Postecoglou played with: Joe Hart , Anthony Ralston , Cameron Carter-Vickers , Stephen Welsh , Josip Juranović , Nir Bitton , Liel Abada , David Turnbull , Callum McGregor , Jota and Kyogo Furuhashi .
These were the players on the bench: Dane Murray, O. Oluwayemi, Osaze Urhoghide, James McCarthy , Giorgos Giakoumakis , Liam Scales, Michael Johnston , A. Montgomery, Liam Shaw, Scott Bain, James Forrest and Ismaila Soro.
Celtic could not rely on the presence of J. McCarthy (injured) and L. Scales (injured).
Substitutions
Celtic made 5 changes: K. Furuhashi for G. Giakoumakis (70′), L. Abada for J. Forrest (70′), Jota for M. Johnston (70′), N. Bitton for J. McCarthy (78′) and S. Welsh for L. Scales (89′).
Best player: David Turnbull
The most impressive player for Celtic was David Turnbull even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 51 passes (82% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 11. He performed 7 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
- Dinamo Zagreb – Rapid Vienna – 3-1
- Ferencváros – Celtic – 2-3
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Real Betis – 4-0
- Olympique Marseille – Lazio – 2-2
- Crvena Zvezda – Midtjylland – 0-1
- Sporting Braga – Ludogorets – 4-2
- Antwerp – Fenerbahçe – 0-3
- Leicester City – Spartak Moskva – 1-1
- Genk – West Ham United – 2-2
- Galatasaray – Lokomotiv Moskva – 1-1
- Olympiakos Piraeus – Eintracht Frankfurt – 1-2
- Legia Warszawa – Napoli – 1-4
- Monaco – PSV – 0-0
- Real Sociedad – Sturm Graz – 1-1
- Brøndby – Rangers – 1-1
- Olympique Lyonnais – Sparta Praha – 3-0
