Celtic have traveled here for an interesting Champions League fight against RB Leipzig. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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 RB Leipzig and Celtic.
RB Leipzig form and stats
Last season, Leipzig's Champions League journey ended in the group stage.The story so far in the Bundesliga for RB Leipzig at their home stadium (Red Bull Arena) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
A nice win for RB Leipzig last time playing, versus Bochum. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0 with Nkunku (2) and Werner (2) scoring for the victors. As mentioned above, RB Leipzig "killed" Bochum in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Leipzig's victory against Bochum could easily have been with a bigger margin than 4-0 as they hit the posts three times. Midfielder Nkunku was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.11 (out of ten) in that game. Nkunku scored two goals, hit the woodwork once, hit four key passes and had 22 successful passes (of 25 total).
A Bundesliga defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Borussia M'gladbach.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for RB Leipzig as they are travelling to their away game against Mainz 05 in the Bundesliga. That match is three days after this one.
Goals are plentiful at Red Bull Arena in the league this season as RB Leipzig has scored 11 goals here in 4 home games. Leipzig are not conceding a lot of goals here at Red Bull Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 4 matches.
Celtic form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 2nd qualifying round against Midtjylland.Playing away, Celtic have won 0 games, drawn 0 and suffered 0 defeats in the league this season.
Celtic go into this game after a win, the home game against Motherwell that ended 2-1. Midfielder Hatate was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.41. Hatate scored one goal and hit the woodwork once.
Prior to that match, the Celtic manager Postecoglou faced defeat when travelling to St. Mirren and losing 0-2.Celtic have another fixture that requires travelling in just three sleeps, a Premiership match vs St. Johnstone. A gruelling schedule for them!
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one RB Leipzig victory, zero draws and one Celtic win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Furuhashi 7 goals |   C. Nkunku 6 goals |  L. Abada 6 goals |
RB Leipzig missing players
Celtic missing players
| RB Leipzig | Celtic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 46 | 29 | Scored | S | 36 | 76 | ||
| 40 | 20 | Conceded | C | 14 | 24 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 5.2 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 7.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.4 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.4 | 16.5 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.4 | 6.3 | ||
| 34% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 46% | ||
| 9.8 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 8.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.6 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Celtic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 |
| 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 | FC Bayern München | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 15 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Hoffenheim | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 7 | Köln | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | Werder Bremen | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| 9 | Borussia M'gladbach | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | RB Leipzig | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | Mainz 05 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 12 | Augsburg | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -5 | 9 |
| 13 | Wolfsburg | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 8 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 15 | Schalke 04 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 16 | Stuttgart | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 5 |
| 17 | Bayer Leverkusen | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -7 | 5 |
| 18 | Bochum | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -18 | 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Celtic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 |
