UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, October 2, 2025
Braga DLDWL 2
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Celtic DWWDD 0
1st2ndT
SCB112
CEL000
Celtic Park · 46,232 att. · Paramount+

Match Report

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Celtic have goal ruled out in Europa loss to Sporting Braga

Kelechi Iheanacho was on the wrong end of a hugely controversial handball decision before Braga wrapped up a 2-0 Europa League win over Celtic on Thursday.

Full story at ESPN →

Team Stats

9
Fouls
15
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
4
43.8
Possession
56.2
13
SHOTS
9
6
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
391
Accurate Passes
524
469
Passes
596
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
6
12
Crosses
23
0.1
Cross %
0.3
56
Long Balls
39
25
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
3
12
Effective Tackles
9
20
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
5
Interceptions
9
33
Effective Clearances
26
33
Clearances
26

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1

Lineups

CEL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 5Liam ScalesCD-L
  3. 20Cameron Carter-VickersCD-R
  4. 63Kieran TierneyLB
  5. 51Colby DonovanRB
  6. 42Callum McGregorCM
  7. 28Paulo BernardoLM
  8. 8Benjamin NygrenRM
  9. 17Kelechi IheanachoF
  10. 23Sebastian TounektiLF
  11. 38Daizen MaedaRF

SCB · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Lukás HornícekG
  2. 6Vítor CarvalhoCD
  3. 26Bright Arrey-MbiCD-L
  4. 14Gustaf LagerbielkeCD-R
  5. 27Florian GrillitschCM-L
  6. 29GorbyCM-R
  7. 5Leonardo LeloLM
  8. 41Yanis Da RochaRM
  9. 9Amine El OuazzaniF
  10. 18Pau VíctorCF-L
  11. 21Ricardo HortaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 13' Yanis da Rocha (Sporting Braga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 20' Goal! Celtic 0, Sporting Braga 1. Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Jean-Baptiste Gorby.
  3. 45' Substitution, Celtic. Marcelo Saracchi replaces Colby Donovan.
  4. 45' Substitution, Sporting Braga. Víctor Gómez replaces Yanis da Rocha.
  5. 65' Substitution, Sporting Braga. João Moutinho replaces Florian Grillitsch.
  6. 67' Substitution, Celtic. Arne Engels replaces Benjamin Nygren.
  7. 67' Substitution, Celtic. Reo Hatate replaces Paulo Bernardo.
  8. 70' Substitution, Sporting Braga. Rodrigo Zalazar replaces Ricardo Horta.
  9. 71' Substitution, Sporting Braga. Diego Rodrigues replaces Pau Víctor.
  10. 77' Substitution, Celtic. James Forrest replaces Daizen Maeda.
  11. 81' Substitution, Celtic. Dane Murray replaces Kieran Tierney because of an injury.
  12. 81' Marcelo Saracchi (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 82' Substitution, Sporting Braga. Gabri Martínez replaces Amine El Ouazzani.
  14. 85' Goal! Celtic 0, Sporting Braga 2. Gabri Martínez (Sporting Braga) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  15. 89' Liam Scales (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

UEFA Europa League News

All news
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.