Celtic 0-1 Anderlecht: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 5 December 2017
Result
Celtic 0-1 Anderlecht
Champions League · Tuesday 5 December 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Celtic 0-1 Anderlecht: match report
Celtic were beaten by Anderlecht 0-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 5 December 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal was an own goal by Jozo Simunovic in the 62nd minute, credited to Anderlecht.
Discipline: Celtic received 1 yellow card; Anderlecht received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Celtic were 2nd on 16 points from 11 and Anderlecht 79th on 0 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Celtic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Anderlecht in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Frank Boeckx of Anderlecht (7.8), level with Adrien Trébel (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Celtic wins, 0 draws and 1 for Anderlecht.
Going into the match Celtic's last five read L-L-L-W-L and Anderlecht's L-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 62'Own goal · Jozo Simunovic
- 89'Yellow card · Olivier Ntcham
Head-to-head
Team news
Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Craig Gordon, Mikael Lustig, Jozo Simunovic, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera, Kieran Tierney, Callum McGregor, Scott Brown, James Forrest, Stuart Armstrong, Scott Sinclair, Moussa Dembélé
Anderlecht line-up (4-3-3)
Frank Boeckx, Dennis Appiah, Sami Qaeid, Uros Spajic, Ivan Obradović, Leander Dendoncker, Sven Kums, Adrien Trébel, Pieter Gerkens, Sofiane Hanni, Henry Onyekuru