This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Celtic at Celtic Park when the Europa League tournament arrives in town and Sparta Praha with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
Celtic have less rest than Sparta Praha in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Scottish Cup game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Aberdeen, was also a home game here at Celtic Park. The away team is better rested.
It's quite the trip for Sparta Praha when visiting Celtic as the cities are 1900 kilometers apart.
Celtic form and stats
Celtic participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the 16th finals.This match is a Europa League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in this competition.
The Celtic supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Aberdeen in Scottish Cup and win 2-0. 2-2 away at Lille before that.
Celtic are traveling soon after this match as the Premiership match at Motherwell awaits in three days.
Sparta Praha form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 3rd qualifying round.Sparta Praha are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 9 points in the bag from 3 travels in the Czech Liga. Sparta have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of six victories in a row regardless of arena. Having won their last three away games Sparta has no reason to fear anyone.
Two away games in a row for Sparta, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Milan in the Europa League. Preceding that, the 1-4 home loss versus Lille.
A quick return to home after this game, as Sparta are hosting Slavia Praha in the Czech Liga only two days away.
The Sparta manager V. Kotal has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 12 goals in 3 league matches away. 4 goals have been conceded by Sparta in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Juliš 6 goals |   A. Ajeti 5 goals |  O. Édouard 4 goals |
Celtic missing players
Sparta Praha missing players
| Celtic | Sparta Praha | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 9 | 20 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 54 | 31 | Scored | S | 28 | 63 | ||
| 27 | 10 | Conceded | C | 12 | 24 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 8% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 343 | 165 | Total Shots | T S | 96 | 242 | ||
| 143 | 80 | Shots on Target | S O | 46 | 113 | ||
| 36% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 51% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Lille | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Celtic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 4 | Sparta Praha | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 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 | Sparta Praha | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| 2 | Slavia Praha | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 16 |
| 3 | Viktoria Plzen | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Sigma Olomouc | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Slovan Liberec | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Jablonec | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Pardubice | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Karvina | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Bohemians 1905 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Slovacko | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | Zlin | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Teplice | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 6 |
| 13 | Banik Ostrava | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 14 | Mlada Boleslav | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 15 | Opava | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 5 |
| 16 | Ceske Budejovice | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -8 | 3 |
| 17 | Pribram | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -10 | 1 |
| 18 | Zbrojovka Brno | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -12 | 1 |