VfB Stuttgart 0:1 Celtic: UEFA Europa League Match Result

UEFA Europa League

VfB Stuttgart WWLLWW

0:1

Finished

Kick-off was 26 Feb, 17:45 UTC

Celtic WWWLLL

Venue: MHP Arena City: Stuttgart

In the UEFA Europa League game on 26 February 2026, Celtic beat VfB Stuttgart 0:1. Match numbers: shots on target 8:2, corners 13:7.

Key numbers

Possession, % 66 – 34

Shots on target 8 – 2

Shots off target 6 – 1

Expected goals 2.13 – 0.30

⚽ 1' L. McCowan — Goal 🟨 45' C. Donovan — Yellow card ⇄ 46' J. Leweling — Substitution ⇄ 55' J. Adamu — Substitution ⇄ 56' C. Donovan — Substitution ⇄ 64' T. Tomas — Substitution ⇄ 64' C. Andres — Substitution ⇄ 68' Yang Hyun-Jun — Substitution ⇄ 68' L. McCowan — Substitution ⇄ 72' L. Jaquez — Substitution 76' D. Undav — var_goal_cancelled_-_offside ⇄ 78' R. Hatate — Substitution ⇄ 85' B. Bouanani — Substitution

Match events

1' 0:1 Celtic Goal L. McCowan assist: J. Adamu
45' 0:1 Celtic Yellow card C. Donovan
46' 0:1 VfB Stuttgart Substitution J. Leweling off: C. Fuhrich
55' 0:1 Celtic Substitution J. Adamu off: T. Cvancara
56' 0:1 Celtic Substitution C. Donovan off: A. Ralston
64' 0:1 VfB Stuttgart Substitution T. Tomas off: E. Demirovic
64' 0:1 VfB Stuttgart Substitution C. Andres off: A. Stiller
68' 0:1 Celtic Substitution Yang Hyun-Jun off: B. Nygren
68' 0:1 Celtic Substitution L. McCowan off: S. Tounekti
72' 0:1 VfB Stuttgart Substitution L. Jaquez off: R. Hendriks
76' 0:1 VfB Stuttgart var_goal_cancelled_-_offside D. Undav
78' 0:1 Celtic Substitution R. Hatate off: K. Iheanacho
85' 0:1 VfB Stuttgart Substitution B. Bouanani off: B. El Khannouss

Statistics

66 Possession, % 34

8 Shots on target 2

6 Shots off target 1

2.13 Expected goals 0.30

4 Big chances 1

35 Attacks 18

13 Corners 7

6 Fouls 13

12 Free kicks 5

6 Offsides 2

0 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

5 Goal kicks 6

16 Throw-ins 11

All statistics

11/3135% Aerial duels 20/3165%

119 Backward passes 52

10 Blocked shots 0

16 Clearances 42

8/3225% Crosses 1/147%

11/1765% Dribbles 5/863%

2.58 Expected assists 0.64

77 Failed passes 70

1 Goalkeeper saves 6

7 Interceptions 9

20 Key passes 2

39/6461% Long passes 24/4949%

159 Passes into the final third 48

404 Passes in the opposition half 144

228 Passes in own half 181

0.33 Shot accuracy 0.67

9 Shots from outside the box 1

15 Shots inside the box 2

5/1050% Tackles 9/1753%

600 Total passes 311

Line-ups

VfB Stuttgart

Starting XI
#	Player	number
33	Alexander Nübel	33
4	Josha Mamadou Karaboue Vagnoman	4
7	Maximilian Mittelstädt	7
14	Luca Antony Jaquez	14
29	F. Eltz	29
8	Tiago Barreiros de Melo Tomás	8
16	Atakan Karazor	16
18	Jamie Leweling	18
27	Badredine Bouanani	27
30	K. Andres	30
26	Deniz Undav	26

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Fabian Bredlow	1
44	Florian Hellstern	44
2	Ameen Al Dakhil	2
3	Ramon Hendriks	3
22	Lorenz Assignon	22
6	Angelo Stiller	6
10	Chris Jan Führich	10
11	Bilal El Khannouss	11
28	Nikolas Terkelsen Nartey	28
35	Mirza Catovic	35
9	Ermedin Demirović	9

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Celtic

Starting XI
#	Player	number
12	Viljami Sinisalo	12
6	Auston Levi-Jesaiah Trusty	6
36	Marcelo Saracchi	36
47	Dane Murray	47
51	Colby Donon	51
13	Hyun-Jun Yang	13
14	Luke McCowan	14
38	Daizen Maeda	38
41	Reo Hatate	41
42	Callum William McGregor	42
9	Junior Chukwubuike Adamu	9

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Kasper Schmeichel	1
5	Liam Scales	5
56	Anthony Ralston	56
63	Kieran Tierney	63
28	Paulo Guilherme Gonçalves Bernardo	28
49	James Forrest	49
50	Sean McCardle	50
52	Thomas Hutton	52
8	Erik Benjamin Nygren	8
11	Tomáš Čvančara	11
17	Kelechi Promise Ịheanachọ	17
23	Sebastian Tounekti	23