Celtic 3-1 Rennes: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 28 November 2019
Result
Celtic 3-1 Rennes
Europa League · Thursday 28 November 2019, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Celtic 3-1 Rennes: match report
Celtic won against Rennes 3-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 28 November 2019. The half-time score was 2-0.
Lewis Morgan opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Celtic's goals came from Lewis Morgan (21'), Ryan Christie (45+1') and M. Johnston (74'). Rennes scored through A. Hunou (89').
Discipline: Celtic received 3 yellow cards; Rennes received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Celtic were 14th on 16 points from 6 and Rennes 160th on 1 point from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Celtic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rennes in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Fraser Forster of Celtic (8.4), ahead of Ryan Christie (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Celtic win, 2 draws and 0 for Rennes.
Going into the match Celtic's last five read W-W-W-D-W and Rennes's L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Jordan
- 21'Goal · Lewis Morgan
- 36'Yellow card · Ryan Christie
- 45+1'Goal · Ryan Christie
- 55'Yellow card · Scott Brown
- 61'Yellow card · Gerzino Nyamsi
- 74'Goal · M. Johnston
- 77'Yellow card · Benjamin Bourigeaud
- 82'Yellow card · Greg Taylor
- 89'Goal · A. Hunou
Head-to-head
Team news
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- Hatem Abd Elhamed
- Jonas Martin
- Boli Bolingoli
- Jonny Hayes
- Odsonne Édouard
- Scott Bain
- Mohamed Elyounoussi
- Jozo Simunovic
Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Fraser Forster, Moritz Bauer, Christopher Jullien, Kristoffer Ajer, Greg Taylor, Scott Brown, Callum McGregor, Ryan Christie, Olivier Ntcham, James Forrest, Lewis Morgan
Rennes line-up (4-4-2)
Edouard Mendy, Sacha Boey, Gerzino Nyamsi, Joris Gnagnon, Faitout Maouassa, Romain Del Castillo, Benjamin Bourigeaud, James Léa Siliki, Flavien Tait, Rafik Guitane, Jordan