UEFA Champions League Qualifying

FT Wednesday, August 20, 2025
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1st Leg · Celtic Park · 56,182 att.

Match Report

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Celtic stumble to draw with Kairat Almaty in UCL playoff first-leg

Celtic still have plenty of work to do to reach the Champions League after drawing a blank in the first leg of their play-off against Kairat Almaty at Parkhead.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
15
3
Saves
0
25
Possession
75
8
SHOTS
11
0
ON GOAL
3
0.0
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
143
Accurate Passes
609
228
Passes
696
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
9
9
Crosses
31
0.3
Cross %
0.3
67
Long Balls
19
17
Accurate Long Balls
9
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
5
11
Effective Tackles
5
16
Tackles
10
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
19
Interceptions
4
37
Effective Clearances
23
37
Clearances
23

Lineups

CEL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 5Liam ScalesCD-L
  3. 20Cameron Carter-VickersCD-R
  4. 63Kieran TierneyLB
  5. 2Alistair JohnstonRB
  6. 42Callum McGregorCM
  7. 41Reo HatateLM
  8. 8Benjamin NygrenRM
  9. 9Adam IdahF
  10. 38Daizen MaedaLF
  11. 49James ForrestRF

KAI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Aleksandr ZarutskiyG
  2. 80Egor SorokinCD-L
  3. 14Alyaksandr MartynovichCD-R
  4. 20Erkin TapalovLB
  5. 24Aleksandr MrynskiyRB
  6. 7JorginhoAM
  7. 18Dan GlazerLM
  8. 15Ofri AradRM
  9. 26EdmilsonF
  10. 9Dastan SatpaevAM-L
  11. 55Valeri GromykoAM-R

Timeline

  1. 6' Aleksandr Martynovich (Kairat) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 26' Callum McGregor (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 31' Dan Glazer (Kairat) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 31' Kieran Tierney (Celtic) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 35' Substitution, Celtic. Anthony Ralston replaces Alistair Johnston because of an injury.
  6. 45' Substitution, Celtic. Yang Hyun-Jun replaces Adam Idah.
  7. 70' Substitution, Celtic. Arne Engels replaces James Forrest.
  8. 75' Substitution, Kairat. Temirlan Anarbekov replaces Aleksandr Zarutskiy because of an injury.
  9. 76' Substitution, Celtic. Auston Trusty replaces Kieran Tierney.
  10. 77' Substitution, Celtic. Shin Yamada replaces Benjamin Nygren.
  11. 83' Substitution, Kairat. Ricardinho replaces Edmilson.
  12. 90'+10' Dastan Satpaev (Kairat) is shown the yellow card.

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