GLASGOW. Celtic beat Feyenoord to win 2-1. A goal from G. Lagerbielke was decisive in the 90min. It was Celtic to strike first with a penalty of Luis Palma at the 33′. Then it was a goal in the 82′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Gustaf Lagerbielke gave the win to Celtic in the 90′ minute with a goal.
The match was played at the Celtic Park stadium in Glasgow on Wednesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Benoît Bastien who was helped by Hicham Zakrani and Aurélien Berthomieu. The 4th official was Jérémie Pignard. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 4.97 degrees Celsius or 40.95 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Celtic was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Feyenoord that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Feyenoord had a more offensive attitude with 57 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 8 were on target. Anyway, Celtic was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Celtic shot 13 times, 7 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Feyenoord shot 19 times, 8 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Celtic received 2 yellow cards (Alistair Johnston and Greg Taylor). Talking about the opposition, Feyenoord received 3 yellow cards (Quinten Timber, Ramiz Zerrouki and Yankuba Minteh ).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After this encounter, Celtic has 4 points to remain in the 4th place. On the opposite side, Feyenoord will stays with 6 points to hold in the 3rd place.
Next matches
Celtic – Formation
Celtic adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Brendan Rodgers decided to play with the following team: Hyun-jun Yang, Joe Hart , Alistair Johnston , Stephen Welsh , Liam Scales , Greg Taylor , Matt O’Riley , Tomoki Iwata , Callum McGregor , Mikey Johnston , Kyogo Furuhashi and Luis Palma .
The home team had on the bench: Gustaf Lagerbielke , David Turnbull, Odin Thiago Holm, Hyeon-gyu Oh , Paulo Bernardo , Scott Bain, Joe Morrison, James Forrest , Anthony Ralston, Mitchel Frame and Nathaniel Phillips.
Celtic could not rely on the presence of Mitchel Frame (injured), Gustaf Lagerbielke (injured) and Paulo Bernardo (injured).
Substitutions
Celtic made 4 changes: Mikey Johnston for James Forrest (68′), Kyogo Furuhashi for Hyeon-gyu Oh (68′), Stephen Welsh for Gustaf Lagerbielke (75′) and Tomoki Iwata for Paulo Bernardo (19′).
Player of the match: Liam Scales
The most impressive player for Celtic was Liam Scales even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 69 passes (93% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.
Feyenoord – Formation
Also Feyenoord adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Arne Slot played with: Justin Bijlow , Lutsharel Geertruida , Thomas Beelen , David Hancko , Quilindschy Hartman , Ramiz Zerrouki , Quinten Timber , Igor Paixão , Calvin Stengs , Luka Ivanusec , Santiago Gimenez .
These were the players on the bench: Yankuba Minteh , Ayase Ueda , Javairô Dilrosun , Thomas van den Belt , Timon Wellenreuther, Leo Sauer, Kostas Lamprou, Ondrej Lingr, Gernot Trauner, Marcos López, Mats Wieffer and Antoni Milambo .
Substitutions
Feyenoord made 5 changes: Luka Ivanusec for Ayase Ueda (67′), Thomas Beelen for Javairô Dilrosun (79′), Calvin Stengs for Mats Wieffer (55′), Igor Paixão for Yankuba Minteh (54′) and Quinten Timber for Thomas van den Belt (55′).
Player of the match: Justin Bijlow
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Feyenoord was the goalkeeper: Justin Bijlow. His rating is 7.34. He performed 5 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Champions League.
- RB Leipzig – Young Boys – 2-1
- Crvena Zvezda – Manchester City – 2-3
- Atlético Madrid – Lazio – 2-0
- Celtic – Feyenoord – 2-1
- Borussia Dortmund – Paris Saint Germain – 1-1
- Newcastle United – Milan – 1-2
- Porto – Shakhtar Donetsk – 5-3
- Antwerp – FC Barcelona – 3-2