This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Celtic at Celtic Park when the Champions League tournament arrives in town and RB Leipzig with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
These teams have little in common geographically as RB Leipzig have to travel 1600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Celtic and RB Leipzig.
Celtic form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 2nd qualifying round against Midtjylland.Celtic have played (wins-draws-losses). This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 0 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in this competition.
Happy days for Celtic in their previous game, a fixture away at St. Johnstone that ended with a 2-1 victory. Some amazing scenes last match, when Giakoumakis scored the winning goal five minutes into stoppage time. Hakšabanović (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.75/10. Hakšabanović hit one key pass and had 43 successful passes (of 47 total).
Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against RB Leipzig in the Champions League.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premiership game versus Hibernian in only four days. This game is also played here at Celtic Park.
RB Leipzig form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.The story so far for the visiting team on their Bundesliga travels is 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 1W-0D-2L. This is both home and away.
Leipzig are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Mainz 05. Nkunku has scored at least one goal for the visitors three fixtures in a row. The smartness! Henrichs, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.65. Henrichs hit one key pass and won 7 of 8 duels.
Before that game, the win at home hosting Celtic in the Champions League (3-1).
A new game in only four days for RB Leipzig, the Bundesliga home match versus Hertha BSC. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. RB Leipzig have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these two sides meet this season, as the records show this recent game: RB Leipzig - Celtic 3-1. Previous three meetings between these sides: Celtic won one, RB Leipzig triumphed in two and we saw zero draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Furuhashi 7 goals |   C. Nkunku 7 goals |  L. Abada 6 goals |
Celtic missing players
RB Leipzig missing players
| Celtic | RB Leipzig | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 70 | 33 | Scored | S | 16 | 45 | ||
| 27 | 10 | Conceded | C | 21 | 42 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 7.3 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.1 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 16.2 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.4 | 12.8 | ||
| 6.1 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 5.5 | ||
| 43% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 33% | ||
| 8.8 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 9.9 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 4 | Celtic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 4 | Celtic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Union Berlin | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | Freiburg | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | Bayern München | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 16 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 5 | Werder Bremen | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 6 | Hoffenheim | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Köln | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | Augsburg | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -4 | 13 |
| 10 | RB Leipzig | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Borussia M'gladbach | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 12 | Mainz 05 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 12 |
| 13 | Wolfsburg | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 9 |
| 14 | Bayer Leverkusen | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 16 | Schalke 04 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -11 | 6 |
| 17 | Stuttgart | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 5 |
| 18 | Bochum | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -15 | 4 |
