København and Celtic will play at least 180 minutes of football to decide who advances from this Europa League 16th Finals battle. Get ready for the first 90 minutes!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premiership game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Aberdeen. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
It's quite the trip for Celtic when visiting København as the cities are 1800 kilometers apart.
København form and stats
Last season, København's Europa League journey ended in the group stage.9-1-0 is the performance here at Parken so far in the Superliga, giving København a total of 28 from their 10 games here. Outstanding results! On the other hand, in the Europa League, København has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. In general it's been a long time since København tasted defeat here at Parken, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games.
In their previous game, the manager S. Solbakken led his København to a defeat in the Superliga match away at Esbjerg. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Parken. Preceding that match was a Atlantic Cup defeat to AGF (0-1).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for København as they are travelling to their away game against Silkeborg in the Superliga. That match is three days after this one.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (23 in 10 games), København's attacking play is working. København are not conceding a lot of goals here at Parken in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 10 matches.
Celtic form and stats
Celtic's mission in Europa League last season failed in the 16th finals against Valencia.Total Europa League statistics for Celtic: 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Livingston game have they lost an away game, meaning Celtic has taken points from nine away matches in a row. Impressively, the visitors are on a seven-match winning run which they hope continue versus København.
Two travels in a row for Celtic, whose manager N. Lennon could celebrate last time after the Premiership win against Aberdeen. Before that, Celtic secured a home win against Hearts with the score 5-0.
A quick return to home after this game, as Celtic are hosting Kilmarnock in the Premiership only three days away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): København one win, zero draws and Celtic one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Édouard 19 goals |  R. Christie 11 goals |  J. Forrest 10 goals |
København missing players
Celtic missing players
| København | Celtic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 10 | Won | W | 14 | 23 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 35 | 25 | Scored | S | 41 | 67 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Conceded | C | 11 | 16 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 76% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 4% | ||
| 5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 7.1 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 247 | 139 | Total Shots | T S | 238 | 394 | ||
| 87 | 51 | Shots on Target | S O | 88 | 154 | ||
| 40% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 44% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Midtjylland | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 19 | 50 |
| 2 | København | 21 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 37 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 46 |
| 3 | AGF | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 36 |
| 4 | Brøndby | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 39 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 35 |
| 5 | AaB | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 31 |
| 6 | Randers | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 30 |
| 7 | Nordsjælland | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 4 | 28 |
| 8 | Lyngby | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 28 |
| 9 | OB | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
| 10 | SønderjyskE | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -8 | 25 |
| 11 | Horsens | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -14 | 25 |
| 12 | Hobro | 21 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -9 | 17 |
| 13 | Esbjerg | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -17 | 16 |
| 14 | Silkeborg | 21 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 25 | -23 | 10 |