Celtic 1-2 Salzburg: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 13 December 2018

Result

Celtic 1-2 Salzburg

Europa League · Thursday 13 December 2018, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Celtic · Salzburg · Europa League predictions

Celtic 1-2 Salzburg: match report

Celtic were beaten by Salzburg 1-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 13 December 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Munas Dabbur opened the scoring in the 67th minute. Celtic's goal came from Olivier Ntcham (90+5'). Salzburg scored through Munas Dabbur (67') and Fredrik Gulbrandsen (77').

Discipline: Celtic received 1 yellow card; Salzburg received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Celtic were 27th on 13 points from 7 and Salzburg 18th on 15 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Celtic lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Salzburg in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Filip Benkovic of Celtic (8.1), ahead of Stefan Lainer (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Celtic wins, 1 draw and 2 for Salzburg.

Going into the match Celtic's last five read W-W-L-L-W and Salzburg's W-W-W-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · Jérôme OnguénéSalzburg
  • 67'Goal · Munas DabburSalzburg · 0-1
  • 77'Goal · Fredrik GulbrandsenSalzburg · 0-2
  • 87'Yellow card · André RamalhoSalzburg
  • 88'Yellow card · Filip BenkovicCeltic
  • 90+5'Missed penalty · Olivier NtchamCeltic
  • 90+5'Goal · Olivier NtchamCeltic · 1-2

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Celtic 0, draws 1, Salzburg 2.

Team news

Celtic line-up (4-4-1-1)

Craig Gordon, Mikael Lustig, Jozo Simunovic, Filip Benkovic, Kieran Tierney, James Forrest, Callum McGregor, Tom Rogić, Scott Sinclair, Ryan Christie, Odsonne Édouard

Salzburg line-up (4-3-1-2)

Alexander Walke, Stefan Lainer, André Ramalho, Jérôme Onguene, Andreas Ulmer, E. Mwepu, Diadié Samassékou, Zlatko Junuzović, Takumi Minamino, Moanes Dabour, Hannes Wolf