UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, February 15, 2018
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1st Leg · Celtic Park · 56,743 att. · ESPN3

Match Report

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Callum McGregor stunner edges Celtic past Zenit St Petersburg

Callum McGregor's stunning late strike helped Celtic to a deserved 1-0 win over Zenit St Petersburg that gave them control of their Europa League tie.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
17
5
Yellow Cards
5
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
8
2
Saves
2
40.9
Possession
59.1
5
SHOTS
11
2
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
292
Accurate Passes
479
369
Passes
536
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
5
15
Crosses
24
0.3
Cross %
0.2
48
Long Balls
58
32
Accurate Long Balls
40
0.7
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
6
13
Effective Tackles
10
21
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
22
Effective Clearances
26
22
Clearances
26

Lineups

CEL · 3-5-1-1

  1. 24Dorus de VriesG
  2. 5Jozo SimunovicCD
  3. 35Kristoffer AjerCD-L
  4. 23Mikael LustigCD-R
  5. 21Olivier NtchamCM-L
  6. 88Kouassi EboueCM-R
  7. 8Scott BrownAM
  8. 63Kieran TierneyLM
  9. 49James ForrestRM
  10. 10Moussa DembéléF
  11. 42Callum McGregorRCF

ZEN · 4-3-3

  1. 99Andrey LunevG
  2. 30Emanuel MammanaCD-L
  3. 23Miha MevljaCD-R
  4. 4Domenico CriscitoLB
  5. 19Igor SmolnikovRB
  6. 5Leandro ParedesCM
  7. 14Daler KuzyaevLM
  8. 21Aleksandr ErokhinRM
  9. 29Anton ZabolotnyF
  10. 9Aleksandr KokorinLF
  11. 10Emiliano RigoniRF

Timeline

  1. 36' Daler Kuzyaev (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 56' Olivier Ntcham (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 62' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Sebastián Driussi replaces Emiliano Rigoni.
  4. 62' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Matías Kranevitter replaces Daler Kuzyaev.
  5. 64' Domenico Criscito (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 73' Eboue Kouassi (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 73' Substitution, Celtic. Charly Musonda replaces Eboue Kouassi.
  8. 76' Igor Smolnikov (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 78' Goal! Celtic 1, Zenit St Petersburg 0. Callum McGregor (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Charly Musonda.
  10. 83' Leandro Paredes (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 83' Scott Brown (Celtic) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 84' Moussa Dembele (Celtic) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 84' Substitution, Celtic. Odsonne Edouard replaces Moussa Dembele.
  14. 85' Mikael Lustig (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 87' Matías Kranevitter (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

UEFA Europa League News

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News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.