UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, September 17, 2015
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Match Report

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Celtic squander lead twice, settle for draw at Ajax

A late goal from Lasse Schone gave Ajax a 2-2 draw against Celtic at the Amsterdam ArenA where Hoops left-back Emilio Izaguirre was sent off.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
2
37.1
Possession
62.9
9
SHOTS
18
4
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
244
Accurate Passes
482
336
Passes
560
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
6
11
Crosses
33
0.5
Cross %
0.2
78
Long Balls
56
30
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
23
15
Tackles
30
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
24
Effective Clearances
7
24
Clearances
11

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2

Lineups

AJA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Jasper CillessenG
  2. 22Jairo RiedewaldCD-L
  3. 3Joël VeltmanCD-R
  4. 35Mitchell DijksLB
  5. 23Kenny TeteRB
  6. 7Viktor FischerCM
  7. 8Daley SinkgravenLM
  8. 27Nemanja GudeljRM
  9. 10Davy KlaassenF
  10. 11Amin YounesLF
  11. 21Anwar El GhaziRF

CEL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Craig GordonG
  2. 5Jozo SimunovicCD-L
  3. 20Dedryck BoyataCD-R
  4. 3Emilio IzaguirreLB
  5. 23Mikael LustigRB
  6. 25Stefan JohansenAM
  7. 6Nir BittonLM
  8. 8Scott BrownRM
  9. 9Leigh GriffithsF
  10. 15Kris CommonsAM-L
  11. 49James ForrestAM-R

Timeline

  1. 8' Goal! Ajax 0, Celtic 1. Nir Bitton (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kris Commons.
  2. 24' Goal! Ajax 1, Celtic 1. Viktor Fischer (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Davy Klaassen.
  3. 42' Goal! Ajax 1, Celtic 2. Mikael Lustig (Celtic) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kris Commons with a cross following a corner.
  4. 55' Emilio Izaguirre (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 62' Substitution, Ajax. Arkadiusz Milik replaces Amin Younes.
  6. 62' Substitution, Ajax. Thulani Serero replaces Daley Sinkgraven.
  7. 64' Mikael Lustig (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 67' Stefan Johansen (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 69' Substitution, Celtic. Efe Ambrose replaces Mikael Lustig.
  10. 73' Second yellow card to Emilio Izaguirre (Celtic) for a bad foul.
  11. 75' Substitution, Ajax. Lasse Schöne replaces Viktor Fischer.
  12. 75' Substitution, Celtic. Tyler Blackett replaces James Forrest.
  13. 83' Substitution, Celtic. Saidy Janko replaces Kris Commons.
  14. 84' Goal! Ajax 2, Celtic 2. Lasse Schöne (Ajax) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  15. 89' Thulani Serero (Ajax) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

UEFA Europa League News

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