UEFA Europa League

CFR Cluj-Napoca vs Celtic, 2019-20 UEFA Europa League, Group Stage

· UEFA Europa League
CFR Cluj-Napoca
  • 48': Andrei Burca
  • 70': Damjan Djokovic
FT
2 - 0
Celtic

    About

    CFR Cluj-Napoca are hosting Celtic at Stadionul Dr. Constantin Radulescu, Cluj, Romania, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Europa League.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Dangerous play by Camora (CFR Cluj).
    • 1': Lewis Morgan (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 2': Corner, CFR Cluj. Conceded by Christopher Jullien.
    • 2': Attempt missed. Lacina Traoré (CFR Cluj) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Mihai Bordeianu with a cross following a corner.
    • 3': Foul by Christopher Jullien (Celtic).
    • 3': Lacina Traoré (CFR Cluj) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 3': Attempt blocked. Mike Cestor (CFR Cluj) header from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ciprian Deac.
    • 4': Foul by Juan Emmanuel Culio (CFR Cluj).
    • 4': Olivier Ntcham (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 6': Foul by Mihai Bordeianu (CFR Cluj).
    • 6': Scott Robertson (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 7': Hand ball by Lacina Traoré (CFR Cluj).
    • 13': Attempt blocked. Olivier Ntcham (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 15': Attempt missed. Damjan Djokovic (CFR Cluj) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Lacina Traoré.
    • 16': Attempt missed. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lewis Morgan with a cross.
    • 18': Foul by Juan Emmanuel Culio (CFR Cluj).
    • 18': Olivier Ntcham (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 18': Attempt saved. Abdel Billel Omrani (CFR Cluj) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lacina Traoré.
    • 21': Ciprian Deac (CFR Cluj) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 21': Foul by Scott Robertson (Celtic).
    • 25': Attempt missed. Damjan Djokovic (CFR Cluj) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Abdel Billel Omrani with a cross.
    • 26': Offside, CFR Cluj. Mike Cestor tries a through ball, but Lacina Traoré is caught offside.
    • 28': Foul by Lacina Traoré (CFR Cluj).
    • 28': Scott Robertson (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 29': Foul by Christopher Jullien (Celtic).
    • 29': Lacina Traoré (CFR Cluj) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 29': Offside, CFR Cluj. Mateo Susic tries a through ball, but Ciprian Deac is caught offside.
    • 32': Attempt saved. Nir Bitton (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Olivier Ntcham.
    • 33': Offside, CFR Cluj. Lacina Traoré tries a through ball, but Abdel Billel Omrani is caught offside.
    • 35': Foul by Christopher Jullien (Celtic).
    • 35': Lacina Traoré (CFR Cluj) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 36': Attempt missed. Lacina Traoré (CFR Cluj) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ciprian Deac with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 36': Hand ball by Leigh Griffiths (Celtic).
    • 38': Foul by Andrei Burca (CFR Cluj).
    • 38': Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 39': Damjan Djokovic (CFR Cluj) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 39': Foul by Nir Bitton (Celtic).
    • 41': Attempt blocked. Mihai Bordeianu (CFR Cluj) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mateo Susic.
    • 41': Foul by Andrei Burca (CFR Cluj).
    • 41': Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 41': Foul by Mihai Bordeianu (CFR Cluj).
    • 41': Michael Johnston (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 44': Attempt blocked. Michael Johnston (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Leigh Griffiths.
    • 44': Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Mike Cestor.
    • 45': Foul by Christopher Jullien (Celtic).
    • 45': Lacina Traoré (CFR Cluj) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+1': Camora (CFR Cluj) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+1': Foul by Lewis Morgan (Celtic).
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, CFR Cluj 0, Celtic 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins CFR Cluj 0, Celtic 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Celtic. Kristoffer Ajer replaces Christopher Jullien.
    • 46': Hand ball by Lacina Traoré (CFR Cluj).
    • 48': Attempt blocked. Lacina Traoré (CFR Cluj) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Abdel Billel Omrani.
    • 48': Corner, CFR Cluj. Conceded by Kristoffer Ajer.
    • 48': Goal! CFR Cluj 1, Celtic 0. Andrei Burca (CFR Cluj) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ciprian Deac with a cross following a corner.
    • 51': Attempt saved. Ciprian Deac (CFR Cluj) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 57': Attempt missed. Damjan Djokovic (CFR Cluj) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lacina Traoré.
    • 57': Attempt saved. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Moritz Bauer with a cross.
    • 61': Attempt blocked. Michael Johnston (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Scott Sinclair.
    • 61': Andrei Burca (CFR Cluj) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 61': Foul by Scott Sinclair (Celtic).
    • 62': Attempt saved. Ciprian Deac (CFR Cluj) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mihai Bordeianu with a through ball.
    • 64': Offside, CFR Cluj. Mateo Susic tries a through ball, but Lacina Traoré is caught offside.
    • 65': Attempt saved. Olivier Ntcham (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Scott Sinclair.
    • 67': Substitution, Celtic. Vakoun Issouf Bayo replaces Lewis Morgan.
    • 68': Foul by Camora (CFR Cluj).
    • 68': Michael Johnston (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 68': Camora (CFR Cluj) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 70': Goal! CFR Cluj 2, Celtic 0. Damjan Djokovic (CFR Cluj) left footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Ciprian Deac.
    • 71': Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 72': Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Andrei Burca.
    • 72': Substitution, Celtic. Karamoko Dembele replaces Michael Johnston.
    • 74': Substitution, CFR Cluj. Catalin Golofca replaces Abdel Billel Omrani.
    • 75': Corner, CFR Cluj. Conceded by Karamoko Dembele.
    • 77': Foul by Juan Emmanuel Culio (CFR Cluj).
    • 77': Karamoko Dembele (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 79': Attempt saved. Ciprian Deac (CFR Cluj) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Juan Emmanuel Culio.
    • 79': Attempt missed. Olivier Ntcham (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
    • 81': Offside, CFR Cluj. Mihai Bordeianu tries a through ball, but Catalin Golofca is caught offside.
    • 83': Substitution, CFR Cluj. Luís Aurélio replaces Damjan Djokovic.
    • 85': Substitution, CFR Cluj. Ovidiu Hoban replaces Ciprian Deac.
    • 86': Corner, CFR Cluj. Conceded by Moritz Bauer.
    • 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Mihai Bordeianu (CFR Cluj) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ovidiu Hoban.
    • 90'+2': Attempt saved. Lacina Traoré (CFR Cluj) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mihai Bordeianu.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Moritz Bauer (Celtic).
    • 90'+3': Lacina Traoré (CFR Cluj) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, CFR Cluj 2, Celtic 0.
    • 0': Match ends, CFR Cluj 2, Celtic 0.

    Statistics

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    10 Fouls 12
    1 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 5
    2 Corner Kicks 4
    5 Saves 3
    66.3 Possession 33.7
    8 SHOTS 16
    3 ON GOAL 7
    0.4 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    430 Accurate Passes 150
    532 Passes 261
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.6
    3 Accurate Crosses 7
    12 Crosses 18
    0.3 Cross % 0.4
    68 Long Balls 62
    34 Accurate Long Balls 23
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
    3 Blocked Shots 4
    8 Effective Tackles 6
    9 Tackles 16
    0.9 Tackle % 0.4
    4 Interceptions 9
    24 Effective Clearances 13
    24 Clearances 13

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Europa League

    Venue: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Radulescu
    Location: Cluj, Romania
    Attendance: 12,890

    Line-Ups

    CLUJ CFR Cluj-Napoca (4-1-4-1)

    No. Name
    87 Giedrius Arlauskis (GK)
    92 Mike Cestor
    3 Andrei Burca
    37 Mihai Bordeianu
    45 Mário Camora Yellow Card
    16 Mateo Susic
    19 Emmanuel Culio
    8 Damjan Djokovic
    9 Billel Omrani
    10 Ciprian Deac
    90 Lacina Traoré
    CFR Cluj-Napoca Substitutes:
    Jesús Fernández, Luís Aurélio, Ovidiu Hoban, Andrei Peteleu, Catalin Golofca, Alexandru Pascanu, Constantin Paun-Alexandru.

    CEL Celtic (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Craig Gordon (GK)
    6 Nir Bitton
    2 Christopher Jullien
    23 Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo
    13 Moritz Bauer
    19 Michael Johnston
    41 Scott Robertson
    21 Olivier Ntcham
    9 Leigh Griffiths Yellow Card
    11 Scott Sinclair
    16 Lewis Morgan
    Celtic Substitutes:
    Karamoko Dembele, Bayo Youssouf, James Forrest, Conor Hazard, Kristoffer Ajer, Grant Savoury, Greg Taylor.

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