RB Leipzig 2-0 Celtic: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 25 October 2018
Result
RB Leipzig 2-0 Celtic
Europa League · Thursday 25 October 2018, 16:55 UTC · half-time 2-0
RB Leipzig 2-0 Celtic: match report
RB Leipzig defeated Celtic 2-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 25 October 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Matheus Cunha opened the scoring in the 31st minute. RB Leipzig's goals came from Matheus Cunha (31') and Bruma (35'). Celtic did not score.
Discipline: RB Leipzig received 2 yellow cards; Celtic received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game RB Leipzig were 11th on 15 points from 8 and Celtic 43rd on 7 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
RB Leipzig lined up in a 4-3-3 and Celtic in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin Kampl of RB Leipzig (8.5), ahead of Konrad Laimer (8.2).
Going into the match RB Leipzig's last five read W-L-W-D-D and Celtic's L-W-W-D.
Key events
- 31'Goal · Matheus Cunha
- 35'Goal · Bruma
- 65'Yellow card · Stefan Ilsanker
- 86'Yellow card · Dedryck Boyata
- 89'Yellow card · Konrad Laimer
Team news
RB Leipzig line-up (4-3-3)
Yvon Mvogo, Lukas Klostermann, Willi Orbán, Dayot Upamecano, Marcelo Saracchi, Marcel Sabitzer, Konrad Laimer, Kevin Kampl, Jean-Kévin Augustin, Matheus Cunha, Bruma
Celtic line-up (4-3-1-2)
Craig Gordon, Cristian Gamboa, Jozo Simunovic, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera, Kieran Tierney, Callum McGregor, Eboue Kouassi, Olivier Ntcham, Ryan Christie, Odsonne Édouard, Lewis Morgan