Celtic 4:2 Utrecht: UEFA Europa League Match Result

UEFA Europa League

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4:2

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Kick-off was 29 Jan, 20:00 UTC

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Venue: Celtic Park City: Glasgow

In the UEFA Europa League game on 29 January 2026, Celtic beat Utrecht 4:2. Match numbers: shots on target 5:3, corners 9:5.

Key numbers

Possession, % 52 – 48

Shots on target 5 – 3

Shots off target 2 – 2

Expected goals 2.66 – 0.41

⚽ 6' B. Nygren — Goal ⚽ 10' N. Viergever — Own goal ⚽ 19' A. Engels — Penalty 🟨 33' Yang Hyun-Jun — Yellow card 🟨 39' A. Engels — Yellow card ⚽ 44' D. de Wit — Goal ⇄ 61' M. Rodriguez — Substitution ⇄ 61' D. Murkin — Substitution ⚽ 62' A. Blake — Goal 🟨 64' S. El Karouani — Yellow card ⚽ 66' A. Trusty — Goal ⇄ 68' D. Maeda — Substitution ⇄ 68' S. Tounekti — Substitution ⇄ 78' Yang Hyun-Jun — Substitution ⇄ 78' A. Engels — Substitution ⇄ 78' Y. Cathline — Substitution ⇄ 86' A. Blake — Substitution ⇄ 86' G. Zechiel — Substitution ⇄ 90+2' K. Tierney — Substitution

Match events

6' Celtic Goal B. Nygren assist: K. Tierney
10' Celtic Own goal N. Viergever assist: B. Nygren
19' Celtic Penalty A. Engels
33' Celtic Yellow card Yang Hyun-Jun
39' Celtic Yellow card A. Engels
44' Utrecht Goal D. de Wit assist: N. Vesterlund
61' Utrecht Substitution M. Rodriguez off: C. Bozdogan
61' Utrecht Substitution D. Murkin off: S. El Karouani
62' Utrecht Goal A. Blake assist: G. Zechiel
64' Utrecht Yellow card S. El Karouani
66' Celtic Goal A. Trusty assist: A. Engels
68' Celtic Substitution D. Maeda off: K. Iheanacho
68' Celtic Substitution S. Tounekti off: J. Forrest
78' Celtic Substitution Yang Hyun-Jun off: L. McCowan
78' Celtic Substitution A. Engels off: P. Bernardo
78' Utrecht Substitution Y. Cathline off: B. Menzo
86' Utrecht Substitution A. Blake off: D. van den Berg
86' Utrecht Substitution G. Zechiel off: R. El Arguioui
90+2' Celtic Substitution K. Tierney off: D. Murray

Statistics

52 Possession, % 48

5 Shots on target 3

2 Shots off target 2

2.66 Expected goals 0.41

3 Big chances 0

55 Attacks 58

9 Corners 5

12 Fouls 7

6 Free kicks 12

1 Offsides 1

2 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

5 Goal kicks 4

22 Throw-ins 27

All statistics

8/2730% Aerial duels 19/2770%

88 Backward passes 78

3 Blocked shots 1

17 Clearances 28

4/1822% Crosses 2/1513%

2/922% Dribbles 5/1631%

1.86 Expected assists 0.70

67 Failed passes 71

1 Goalkeeper saves 2

5 Interceptions 6

7 Key passes 4

11/2446% Long passes 20/4149%

119 Passes into the final third 43

272 Passes in the opposition half 179

238 Passes in own half 295

0.50 Shot accuracy 0.50

1 Shots from outside the box 2

9 Shots inside the box 4

15/1883% Tackles 5/956%

492 Total passes 459

Line-ups

Celtic

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Kasper Schmeichel	1
5	Liam Scales	5
6	Auston Levi-Jesaiah Trusty	6
51	Colby Donon	51
63	Kieran Tierney	63
8	Erik Benjamin Nygren	8
27	Arne Engels	27
42	Callum William McGregor	42
13	Hyun-Jun Yang	13
23	Sebastian Tounekti	23
38	Daizen Maeda	38

Substitutes
#	Player	number
12	Viljami Sinisalo	12
31	Ross Doohan	31
47	Dane Murray	47
56	Anthony Ralston	56
59	Finlay Hale	59
61	Samuel Isiguzo	61
14	Luke McCowan	14
28	Paulo Guilherme Gonçalves Bernardo	28
49	James Forrest	49
50	Sean McCardle	50
10	Michel Ange Balikwisha	10
17	Kelechi Promise Ịheanachọ	17

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Utrecht

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Vasilis Barkas	1
3	Mike Adrianus Wilhelmus van der Hoorn	3
23	Niklas Brøndsted Vesterlund Nielsen	23
24	Nick Viergever	24
55	Derry John Murkin	55
10	Yoann Cathline	10
15	A. Blake	15
20	Dani de Wit	20
21	Gzivi Zekhiel	21
27	Alonzo Engwanda	27
22	Miguel Rodríguez Vidal	22

Substitutes
#	Player	number
25	Michael Brouwer	25
33	Kevin Gadellaa	33
16	Souffian El Karouani	16
40	Matisse Didden	40
6	Davy van den Berg	6
8	Can Bozdoğan	8
43	Rafik El Arguioui	43
46	Jaigo van Ommeren	46
49	B. Menzo	49
91	Sébastien Romain Teddy Haller	91