UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, August 16, 2017
FC Astana LWDWL 0
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Celtic DWWWW 5
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1st Leg · Celtic Park · 54,016 att.

Match Report

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Celtic thrash Astana in one-sided Champions League playoff

Celtic put one foot into the Champions League group stages with a 5-0 thumping of Astana in the first leg of their playoff at Parkhead.

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Team Stats

21
Fouls
9
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
4
0
Saves
2
34.8
Possession
65.2
10
SHOTS
9
2
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
229
Accurate Passes
514
314
Passes
596
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
2
14
Crosses
16
0.2
Cross %
0.1
58
Long Balls
74
24
Accurate Long Balls
40
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
1
10
Effective Tackles
10
14
Tackles
13
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
22
Effective Clearances
13
22
Clearances
13

Head to Head

CEL leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

CEL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Craig GordonG
  2. 6Nir BittonCD-L
  3. 5Jozo SimunovicCD-R
  4. 63Kieran TierneyLB
  5. 23Mikael LustigRB
  6. 18Tom RogicAM
  7. 8Scott BrownLM
  8. 21Olivier NtchamRM
  9. 9Leigh GriffithsF
  10. 11Scott SinclairAM-L
  11. 49James ForrestAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Stuart ArmstrongSUB
  2. 56Anthony RalstonSUB
  3. 24Dorus de VriesSUB
  4. 35Kristoffer AjerSUB
  5. 59Calvin MillerSUB
  6. 26Kundai BenyuSUB
  7. 42Callum McGregorSUB

AST · 4-4-1-1

  1. 35Alexandr MokinG
  2. 27Yuri LogvinenkoCD-L
  3. 44Evgeni PostnikovCD-R
  4. 77Dmitri ShomkoLB
  5. 4Igor ShitovRB
  6. 18Ivan MaevskiCM-L
  7. 6László KleinheislerCM-R
  8. 14Marin TomasovLM
  9. 23Patrick TwumasiRM
  10. 30Junior KabanangaF
  11. 7Serikzhan MuzhikovRCF

Substitutes

  1. 25Sergiy MalyiSUB
  2. 17Askhat TagybergenSUB
  3. 8Srdjan GrahovacSUB
  4. 1Nenad EricSUB
  5. 5Marin AnicicSUB
  6. 15Abzal BeysebekovSUB
  7. 45Roman MurtazaevSUB

Timeline

  1. 6' Evgeny Postnikov (FC Astana) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 32' Own Goal by Evgeny Postnikov, FC Astana. Celtic 1, FC Astana 0.
  3. 40' Scott Brown (Celtic) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 42' Goal! Celtic 2, FC Astana 0. Scott Sinclair (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner.
  5. 49' Kieran Tierney (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 60' Goal! Celtic 3, FC Astana 0. Scott Sinclair (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Leigh Griffiths with a through ball.
  7. 63' Yuri Logvinenko (FC Astana) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 63' Substitution, Celtic. Callum McGregor replaces Tomas Rogic because of an injury.
  9. 66' Substitution, FC Astana. Abzal Beysebekov replaces Yuri Logvinenko because of an injury.
  10. 69' Igor Shitov (FC Astana) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 77' Substitution, FC Astana. Roman Murtazaev replaces Marin Tomasov.
  12. 79' Goal! Celtic 4, FC Astana 0. James Forrest (Celtic) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Leigh Griffiths.
  13. 82' Substitution, FC Astana. Srdjan Grahovac replaces Serikzhan Muzhikov.
  14. 82' Substitution, Celtic. Stuart Armstrong replaces James Forrest.
  15. 88' Own Goal by Igor Shitov, FC Astana. Celtic 5, FC Astana 0.

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