The first leg ended Jablonec-Celtic 2-4. All is set for the decider in this Europa League 3rd Qualifying Round fixture!
It's no vacation for neither Celtic nor Jablonec as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Jablonec have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Celtic form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the group stage.Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Celtic, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Celtic's previous game was a Premiership match also played at home, ending 6-0 versus Dundee. The home side are looking to build on that result. Ryan Christie, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 10.0 (out of 10). Christie signed up for three assists, hit eight key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 53 successful passes (of 59 total). As mentioned above, Celtic "killed" Dundee in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. What a game it was for Kyogo Furuhashi when beating Dundee, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
In the preceding match a 4-2 victory visiting Jablonec.Celtic are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found nine matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won four, drew one and lost four.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Cup game versus Hearts in only three days. This game is also played here at Celtic Park.
Jablonec form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 2nd qualifying round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Czech Liga travels is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Jablonec's last game was the home draw against Bohemians 1905 (2-2). As mentioned above, Jablonec drew the match against Bohemians 1905. Manager P. Rada brought on Tomáš Čvančara to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Preceding that, the 2-4 home loss versus Celtic.You'll want to know how Jablonec managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found three similar matches resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and three home wins.
The schedule is very tough for Jablonec now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Czech Liga game at Teplice is waiting in only three days.
It's early days yet, but Jablonec has scored 0 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
The contenders have played each other previously this season, with the match result Jablonec - Celtic 2-4 written in the official records.Top Goalscorers
  K. Furuhashi 3 goals |  A. Ralston 2 goals |   V. Pilař 2 goals |
Celtic missing players
Jablonec missing players
| Celtic | Jablonec | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 46 | 27 | Scored | S | 14 | 39 | ||
| 27 | 10 | Conceded | C | 15 | 30 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 6.7 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.5 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 15.5 | 17.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.1 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 33% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sparta Praha | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | Viktoria Plzen | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Banik Ostrava | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Slavia Praha | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Slovacko | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Mlada Boleslav | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Jablonec | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | Sigma Olomouc | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Hradec Kralove | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Zlin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Ceske Budejovice | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Pardubice | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| 13 | Bohemians 1905 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| 14 | Karvina | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 15 | Slovan Liberec | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -6 | 1 |
| 16 | Teplice | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 0 |