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 · Celtic · Europa League predictions

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.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Goal · Matheus CunhaRB Leipzig · 1-0
  • 35'Goal · BrumaRB Leipzig · 2-0
  • 65'Yellow card · Stefan IlsankerRB Leipzig
  • 86'Yellow card · Dedryck BoyataCeltic
  • 89'Yellow card · Konrad LaimerRB Leipzig

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