Celtic 4-2 FC Utrecht: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 29 January 2026
Result
Celtic 4-2 FC Utrecht
Europa League · Thursday 29 January 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 3-1
Celtic 4-2 FC Utrecht: match report
Celtic defeated FC Utrecht 4-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 29 January 2026. The half-time score was 3-1.
Benjamin Nygren opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Celtic's goals came from Benjamin Nygren (6'), an own goal by Nick Viergever (10'), Arne Engels (19', penalty) and Auston Trusty (66'). FC Utrecht scored through Dani de Wit (44') and Adrian Blake (62').
Discipline: Celtic received 2 yellow cards; FC Utrecht received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Celtic were 32nd on 8 points from 7 and FC Utrecht 9th on 17 points from 13. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Celtic lined up in a 4-4-2 and FC Utrecht in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Arne Engels of Celtic (8.0), ahead of Benjamin Nygren (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Celtic win, 0 draws and 1 for FC Utrecht.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Benjamin Nygren
- 10'Own goal · Nick Viergever
- 19'Penalty goal · Arne Engels
- 33'Yellow card · Hyun-jun Yang
- 39'Yellow card · Arne Engels
- 44'Goal · Dani de Wit
- 62'Goal · Adrian Blake
- 64'Yellow card · Souffian El Karouani
- 66'Goal · Auston Trusty
Head-to-head
Team news
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Celtic line-up (4-4-2)
Kasper Schmeichel, Colby Donovan, Auston Trusty, Liam Scales, Kieran Tierney, Hyun-jun Yang, Arne Engels, Callum McGregor, Sebastian Tounekti, Daizen Maeda, Benjamin Nygren
FC Utrecht line-up (4-2-3-1)
Vasilios Barkas, Niklas Vesterlund, Mike van der Hoorn, Nick Viergever, Derry Murkin, Alonzo Engwanda, Gjivai Zechiël, Adrian Blake, Dani de Wit, Yoann Cathline, Miguel Rodríguez