Ajax 1-0 Celtic: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 17 September 2015
Result
Ajax 1-0 Celtic
Europa League · Thursday 17 September 2015, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Ajax 1-0 Celtic: match report
Ajax defeated Celtic 1-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 17 September 2015. It was 1-2 at half-time.
N. Bitton opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Ajax's goals came from Viktor Fischer (24') and Lasse Schöne (84'). Celtic scored through N. Bitton (8') and Mikael Lustig (42').
Discipline: Ajax received 1 yellow card; Celtic received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Ajax lined up in a 4-3-3 and Celtic in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nemanja Gudelj of Ajax (8.1), ahead of Kris Commons (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Ajax wins, 1 draw and 1 for Celtic.
Key events
- 8'Goal · N. Bitton
- 24'Goal · Viktor Fischer
- 42'Goal · Mikael Lustig
- 55'Yellow card · E. Izaguirre
- 64'Yellow card · Mikael Lustig
- 67'Yellow card · Stefan Johansen
- 73'Second yellow · E. Izaguirre
- 84'Goal · Lasse Schöne
- 89'Yellow card · T. Serero
Head-to-head
Team news
Ajax line-up (4-3-3)
Jasper Cillessen, Joël Veltman, Jaïro Riedewald, Kenny Tete, Mitchell Dijks, Viktor Fischer, Daley Sinkgraven, Nemanja Gudelj, Davy Klaassen, Ahmad Nurosadi, Anwar El Ghazi
Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Craig Gordon, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Jozo Simunovic, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera, Mikael Lustig, Nir Bitton, Scott Brown, Kris Commons, Stefan Johansen, James Forrest, Leigh Griffiths