Celtic and Milan get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League Group Stage fixture.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Milan, who are travelling more than 1900 kilometers to play this game.
Celtic form and stats
Last season, Celtic's Europa League journey ended in the 16th finals.The Celtic crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Rangers here at Celtic Park in a Premiership match. In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting St. Johnstone.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Celtic as they are travelling to their away game against Aberdeen in the Premiership. That match is three days after this one.
Milan form and stats
Milan's mission in Europa League last season failed in the group stage.Milan are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Serie A. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away. Things are running smoothly for Milan who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 16 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Genoa. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Inter game have they lost an away game, meaning Milan has taken points from nine away matches in a row.
It's the second away game in a row for Milan, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Inter in the Serie A last time out. Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Spezia in the Serie A.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Roma in just four days.
It's early days yet, but Milan has scored 4 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Last six meetings between the teams: Celtic won one, Milan won four and one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Celtic missing players
Milan missing players
| Celtic | Milan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 19 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 52 | 32 | Scored | S | 25 | 68 | ||
| 24 | 11 | Conceded | C | 10 | 24 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 36% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 32% | ||
| 48% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 4% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 377 | 189 | Total Shots | T S | 177 | 370 | ||
| 157 | 91 | Shots on Target | S O | 61 | 133 | ||
| 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 47% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Celtic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Lille | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Milan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Sparta Praha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Milan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | Atalanta | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Napoli | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
| 4 | Juventus | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 5 | Sassuolo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 6 | Inter | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Hellas Verona | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Sampdoria | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Benevento | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Roma | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 11 | Lazio | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 4 |
| 12 | Bologna | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Fiorentina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Genoa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
| 15 | Spezia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 16 | Parma | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 17 | Cagliari | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 18 | Crotone | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 1 |
| 19 | Torino | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 20 | Udinese | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |