Celtic 3-1 RB Leipzig: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 5 November 2024

Result

Celtic 3-1 RB Leipzig

Champions League · Tuesday 5 November 2024, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Celtic 3-1 RB Leipzig: match report

Celtic defeated RB Leipzig 3-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 5 November 2024. The half-time score was 2-1.

Christoph Baumgartner opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Celtic's goals came from Nicolas Kühn (35'), Nicolas Kühn (45+1') and Reo Hatate (72'). RB Leipzig scored through Christoph Baumgartner (23').

Discipline: Celtic received no yellow cards; RB Leipzig received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Celtic were 44th on 4 points from 3 and RB Leipzig 74th on 0 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Celtic lined up in a 4-3-3 and RB Leipzig in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Nicolas Kühn of Celtic (9.2), ahead of Reo Hatate (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Celtic win, 0 draws and 3 for RB Leipzig.

Going into the match Celtic's last five read D-L-W and RB Leipzig's L-L-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Christoph BaumgartnerRB Leipzig · 0-1
  • 35'Goal · Nicolas KühnCeltic · 1-1
  • 45+1'Goal · Nicolas KühnCeltic · 2-1
  • 62'Yellow card · Benjamin SeskoRB Leipzig
  • 72'Goal · Reo HatateCeltic · 3-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Celtic 1, draws 0, RB Leipzig 3.

Team news

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Celtic line-up (4-3-3)

Kasper Schmeichel, Alistair Johnston, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Auston Trusty, Greg Taylor, Arne Engels, Callum McGregor, Reo Hatate, Nicolas Kühn, Kyogo Furuhashi, Daizen Maeda

RB Leipzig line-up (4-4-2)

Péter Gulácsi, Lutsharel Geertruida, Willi Orbán, El Chadaille Bitshiabu, Benjamin Henrichs, Christoph Baumgartner, Amadou Haidara, Kevin Kampl, Antonio Nusa, Benjamin Sesko, Loïs Openda