Celtic 4-0 Linfield: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 19 July 2017

Result

Celtic 4-0 Linfield

Champions League · Wednesday 19 July 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Celtic 4-0 Linfield: match report

Celtic beat Linfield 4-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 19 July 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Scott Sinclair opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Celtic's goals came from Scott Sinclair (4'), Tom Rogic (46'), Scott Sinclair (54') and Stuart Armstrong (90+2'). Linfield did not score.

Discipline: Celtic received no yellow cards; Linfield received 2 yellow cards.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Celtic lined up in a 4-3-3 and Linfield in a 3-5-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Celtic win, 0 draws and 0 for Linfield.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Scott SinclairCeltic · 1-0
  • 41'Yellow card · R. GarrettLinfield
  • 46'Goal · Tom RogicCeltic · 2-0
  • 54'Goal · Scott SinclairCeltic · 3-0
  • 72'Yellow card · J. StewartLinfield
  • 90+2'Goal · Stuart ArmstrongCeltic · 4-0

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Celtic 1, draws 0, Linfield 0.

Team news

Celtic line-up (4-3-3)

Craig Gordon, Mikael Lustig, Olivier Ntcham, Jozo Simunovic, Kieran Tierney, Callum McGregor, Tom Rogić, Scott Brown, James Forrest, Moussa Dembélé, Scott Sinclair

Linfield line-up (3-5-2)

Adam Carroll, Chris Casement, Mark Haughey, Mark Stafford, Andrew Mitchell, Niall Quinn, Stephen Lowry, Jamie Mulgrew, Robert Garrett, Paul Smyth, Andrew Waterworth