Aston Villa 4-2 Celtic: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 29 January 2025
Result
Aston Villa 4-2 Celtic
Champions League · Wednesday 29 January 2025, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-2
Aston Villa 4-2 Celtic: match report
Aston Villa beat Celtic 4-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday 29 January 2025. It was 2-2 at half-time.
Morgan Rogers opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Morgan Rogers (3'), Morgan Rogers (5'), Ollie Watkins (60') and Morgan Rogers (90+1'). Celtic scored through Adam Idah (36') and Adam Idah (38').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 14th on 13 points from 7 and Celtic 22nd on 12 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Celtic in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Adam Idah of Celtic (8.6), level with Jacob Ramsey (8.6).
Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read L-W-D-L-W and Celtic's W-D-D-W-D.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Morgan Rogers
- 5'Goal · Morgan Rogers
- 36'Goal · Adam Idah
- 38'Goal · Adam Idah
- 60'Goal · Ollie Watkins
- 67'Missed penalty · Ollie Watkins
- 90+1'Goal · Morgan Rogers
Team news
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Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Boubacar Kamara, Lucas Digne, Lamare Bogarde, Youri Tielemans, Leon Bailey, Morgan Rogers, Jacob Ramsey, Ollie Watkins
Celtic line-up (4-3-3)
Kasper Schmeichel, Alistair Johnston, Auston Trusty, Liam Scales, Greg Taylor, Arne Engels, Callum McGregor, Reo Hatate, Nicolas Kühn, Adam Idah, Hyun-jun Yang