UEFA Champions League Qualifying

FT Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Celtic WWWDW 0
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Kairat Almaty LWWLD 0
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2nd Leg - Tied on aggregate - KAI advance 3-2 on penalties · Almaty Ortalyk Stadium · 22,800 att.

Match Report

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Kazakh side Kairat Almaty dump Celtic from UCL playoff

Celtic's failure to strengthen their attacking options came back to haunt them as they missed out on the Champions League following a goalless 210 minutes against Kairat Almaty.

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Team Stats

19
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
7
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
5
67.2
Possession
32.8
11
SHOTS
12
5
ON GOAL
4
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
598
Accurate Passes
216
721
Passes
340
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.6
3
Accurate Crosses
4
21
Crosses
27
0.1
Cross %
0.1
58
Long Balls
86
17
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.3
Long Balls %
0.3
4
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
22
14
Tackles
37
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
12
Interceptions
11
46
Effective Clearances
53
46
Clearances
53

Head to Head

Lineups

KAI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 77Temirlan AnarbekovG
  2. 80Egor SorokinCD-L
  3. 14Alyaksandr MartynovichCD-R
  4. 3Luis MataLB
  5. 20Erkin TapalovRB
  6. 7JorginhoAM
  7. 15Ofri AradLM
  8. 18Dan GlazerRM
  9. 99RicardinhoF
  10. 55Valeri GromykoAM-L
  11. 24Aleksandr MrynskiyAM-R

CEL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 5Liam ScalesCD-L
  3. 20Cameron Carter-VickersCD-R
  4. 63Kieran TierneyLB
  5. 56Anthony RalstonRB
  6. 42Callum McGregorCM
  7. 41Reo HatateLM
  8. 8Benjamin NygrenRM
  9. 38Daizen MaedaF
  10. 13Yang Hyun-JunLF
  11. 49James ForrestRF

Timeline

  1. 64' Substitution, Kairat. Damir Kasabulat replaces Dan Glazer because of an injury.
  2. 70' Substitution, Celtic. Arne Engels replaces James Forrest.
  3. 70' Substitution, Celtic. Adam Idah replaces Yang Hyun-Jun.
  4. 75' Substitution, Celtic. Dane Murray replaces Kieran Tierney.
  5. 80' Substitution, Kairat. Ramazan Bagdat replaces Ricardinho.
  6. 90'
  7. 101' Reo Hatate (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 105'+1' First Half Extra Time ends, Kairat 0, Celtic 0.
  9. 105' Substitution, Celtic. Luke McCowan replaces Reo Hatate.
  10. 105' Substitution, Celtic. Colby Donovan replaces Anthony Ralston.
  11. 105'
  12. 117' Substitution, Kairat. Jug Stanojev replaces Erkin Tapalov.
  13. 119' Substitution, Kairat. Olzhas Baybek replaces Luís Mata.
  14. 120'+2'
  15. 120' Penalty Shootout begins Kairat 0, Celtic 0.
  16. 120' Penalty Shootout ends, Kairat 0(3), Celtic 0(2).

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