Celje 2-3 Sabah: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 17 July 2025
Result
Celje 2-3 Sabah
Europa League · Thursday 17 July 2025, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Celje 2-3 Sabah: match report
Celje lost to Sabah 2-3 in the Europa League on Thursday 17 July 2025. The half-time score was 1-1.
Joy-Lance Mickels opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Celje's goals came from Franko Kovacevic (19', penalty), Damjan Vuklisevic (49') and Nikita Iosifov (108'). Sabah scored through Joy-Lance Mickels (9'), Joy-Lance Mickels (63') and Joy-Lance Mickels (66').
Discipline: Celje received 4 yellow cards; Sabah received 4 yellow cards.
This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Celje lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sabah in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joy-Lance Mickels of Sabah (7.2), ahead of Andrej Kotnik (6.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Celje win, 0 draws and 0 for Sabah.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Joy-Lance Mickels
- 19'Penalty goal · Franko Kovacevic
- 35'Yellow card · Franko Kovacevic
- 37'Yellow card · Ivan Lepinjica
- 41'Yellow card · Rahman Dashdamirov
- 49'Goal · Damjan Vuklisevic
- 63'Goal · Joy-Lance Mickels
- 66'Goal · Joy-Lance Mickels
- 76'Yellow card · Joy-Lance Mickels
- 80'Yellow card · Steve Solvet
- 102'Yellow card · Juanjo Nieto
- 108'Goal · Nikita Iosifov
- 120+2'Yellow card · Simon Sluga
- 120+4'Yellow card · Damjan Vuklisevic
Head-to-head
Team news
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Celje line-up (4-3-3)
Simon Sluga, Juanjo Nieto, Damjan Vuklisevic, Artemijus Tutyškinas, Zan Karnicnik, Milot Avdyli, Mark Zabukovnik, Mario Kvesic, Nikita Iosifov, Franko Kovacevic, Danijel Sturm
Sabah line-up (4-2-3-1)
Stas Pokatilov, Rahman Dashdamirov, Ygor Nogueira, Steve Solvet, Akim Zedadka, Anatoliy Nuriyev, Khayal Aliyev, Ivan Lepinjica, Abdulakh Khaybulayev, Joy-Lance Mickels, Pavol Safranko