Celtic’s Group H crusade ends against a LOSC Lille who has already booked his playoff stage.
Celtic’s disappointing crusade in UEFA Europa League Group H ends with a home match against a LosC Lille team that has already booked its place at the qualifier level and aspires to his third consecutive home win.
Two goals won by substitute striker Burak Yulmaz earned LOSC a 2–1 comeback against Sparta Praha in the fifth round, the French club’s first European victory in 15 attempts, for the safe qualifying for the 16-way run alongside AC Milan, which he also came from to beat Celtic 4–2. The CSO has 11 problems, one more than Milan, and will dominate the organization with a victory in Glasgow, although any outcome will be enough if the Italian giants fail to get 3 problems out of their last organization. game in Sparta.
Previous meetings
The clubs faced off for the first time at a UEFA festival on 29 October, with Mohamed Elyounoussi’s Celtic 2-0 double in northern France before LOSC, which had never faced Scottish war matches before, returned to tie 2-2 with a second. half-strike through Zeki ‘elik and Jonathan Ikoné.
The Bhoys have won five and lost 4 of their home games against French clubs. In the last such match, Paris Saint-Germain won 5-0 at Celtic Park at the 2017 UEFA Champions League organization level / 18 to inflict Celtic’s heaviest home defeat in Europe.
Form guide
Celtic – Celtic were declared Scottish champions for the ninth consecutive year last season, and 51 in total, despite the cancellation of the Premiership in March. A 16-match European crusade that began in UEFA’s first qualifying circular. Champions League finished in the 16th circular of the UEFA Europa League, where, after dominating their organization for the first time, they were eliminated through Copenhagen (1-1 a, 1-3 hours).
This fourth, Celtic were unable to negotiate the UEFA Champions League standings for the third consecutive summer, losing 1-2 at home to Ferencvaros in the qualifying round of the moment, but the 1-0 home wins in Riga and Sarejevo put them in the UEFA Europa League Group Stage: it is the tenth consecutive season that the club plays at UEFA organization level and its seventh autumn series in the UEFA Europa League , 4 of which, in addition to this, have failed to progress.
Celtic achieved 3 3 home wins at the level last season, against CFR Cluj (2-0), Lazio (2-1) and Rennes (3-1). However, his three UEFA Europa League matches in Glasgow ever since, against Copenhagen, Milan (1-3) and Sparta (1-4), ended in defeat.
LOSC – LOSC is at the UEFA Europa League organizational level for the fourth time thanks to the fourth position he held at the end of the Ligue 1 season last season in March. Christopher Galtier’s team also participated in the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League. completing last in an organization formed by Chelsea, Valencia and Ajax.
The French club last participated in the UEFA Europa League organizational level in 2014/15, without winning an adjustment (D4 L2). His other two organizational campaigns, in 2009/10 and 2010/11, were more of a success as he reached knockout level on both occasions.
The Dogues had won 17 notable European matches until they beat Sparta 4-1 in Prague on the first day, their first victory in nine continental road games (D2 L6), which temporarily followed with another, 3-0 in Milan in the UEFA Europa League organizing phase, their record as a visitor is now 3 wins, 4 losses , 4 defeats.
Links and anecdotes
LOSC striker Timothy Weah, son of Ballon d’Or winner George Weah, spent part of the 2018/19 season on loan at Celtic paris Saint-Germain, scoring 4 goals in 17 games with Glasgow club.
There are 3 Frenchmen on the Celtic team: Christopher Jullien, Odsonne Odouard and Olivier Ntcham. Julien played in his home country for Auxerre (2011–13), Dijon (loaned 2015/16) and Toulouse (2016-2019), while édouard his career at Paris Saint-Germain before playing on loan at Toulouse with Jullien in 2016/17
Edward is a French colleague of Ikoné under-21 of the C’s.
Both clubs have a Greek goalkeeper in their ranks: Vassilis Barkas (Celtic) and Orestis Karnezis (LOSC).
Yusuf Yazc, with hat-tricks in the first two losC away matches in Group H, against Sparta and Milan, is the most sensible goalscorer in the UEFA Europa League organization this season with six goals.
– The Croatian left-back of the LOSC, Domagoj Bradario, turns 21 on the sixth day.
This is Celtic’s UEFA Europa League match, from the level of organization to the final.
Celtic have the worst defensive record in the UEFA Europa League this season, with 17 goals conceded after five games. The number ever awarded in a UEFA Europa League organisation is 20, through Slovan Bratislava in 2014/15 and Vardar in 2017/18.
Celtic is one of six EUROPEAN Cup EXGANATORS in the UEFA Europa League group stage this season, the others being Benfica (Group D), PSV Eindhoven (E), Feyenoord (K) Crvena zvezda (L) and their group partner H Milan.
LOSC’s fourth participation in the UEFA Europa League level is the French record held jointly by Bordeaux, Marseille and St-Etienne.