Celtic vs SK Sturm Graz · Europa League
Celtic
1-1-1
2 – 1
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SK Sturm Graz
1-0-2
Celtic Park · Glasgow · Scotland
Celtic fought back to win 2-1 against SK Sturm Graz at Celtic Park (crowd 48,278); Sturm Graz had won 4 in a row before this. The first goal went to Tomi Horvat at the 15-minute mark and Celtic were back level through Liam Scales after 61 minutes; Benjamin Nygren scored the winner just three minutes after that. Tochi Phil Chukwuani of Sturm Graz was dismissed at the 70-minute mark Most of it went through Celtic: 66% possession, 20 shots against 8. Celtic hit the target 7 times from 20 attempts.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Europa League UEFA
- Campaign
- 2025-26 UEFA Europa League, League Phase
- Ground
- Celtic Park · Glasgow · Scotland
- Crowd
- 48,278
- Referee
- Juan Martínez Munuera
- Celtic form
- LWLWD
- Sturm Graz form
- WLWWD
On TV
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- USParamount+Streaming
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Celtic | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Sturm Graz | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Side by side
16Fouls16
1Yellow Cards1
0Red Cards1
1Offsides7
9Corner Kicks2
0Saves4
66.2%Possession33.8%
20Shots8
7On Goal1
40%On Target %10%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
520Accurate Passes220
603Passes311
90%Pass Completion %70%
10Accurate Crosses2
24Crosses7
40%Cross %30%
42Long Balls53
22Accurate Long Balls16
50%Long Balls %30%
5Blocked Shots0
7Effective Tackles8
9Tackles14
80%Tackle %60%
8Interceptions16
15Effective Clearances22
15Clearances22
Timeline
Full time · 2-1
82'
🔁Axel Kayomboreplacing Tomi Horvat
78'
🔁Leon Grgicreplacing Otar Kiteishvili
🔁Michel-Ange Balikwishareplacing Sebastian Tounekti
78'
70'
🟥Tochi Phil Chukwuani
⚽Benjamin NygrenAssist: Arne Engels
64'2 - 1
⚽Liam ScalesAssist: Colby Donovan
61'1 - 1
60'
🔁Seedy Jattareplacing Maurice Malone
59'
🔁Jacob Peter Hödlreplacing Filip Kucharczyk
🟨Cameron Carter-Vickers
58'
56'
🟨Jon Gorenc Stankovic
45'
🔁Jeyland Mitchellreplacing Tim Oermann
Half-time · 0-1
🔁Colby Donovanreplacing Alistair Johnston
26'
15'0 - 1
⚽Tomi HorvatAssist: Filip Kucharczyk
🔁Johnny Kennyreplacing Kelechi Iheanacho
4'
Kick-off
Teams
Celtic4-3-3
8⚽Nygren
27Engels
17↓Iheanacho
41Hatate
23↓Tounekti
42McGregor
63Tierney
5⚽Scales
2↓Johnston
20🟨Carter-Vickers
1Schmeichel
Bench
- 28Paulo Bernardo
- 56Anthony Ralston
- 13Yang Hyun-Jun
- 6Auston Trusty
- 49James Forrest
- 51Colby Donovanon for Alistair Johnston, 26'
- 12Viljami Sinisalo
- 47Dane Murray
- 10Michel-Ange Balikwishaon for Sebastian Tounekti, 78'
- 14Luke McCowan
- 24Johnny Kennyon for Kelechi Iheanacho, 4'
- 36Marcelo Saracchi
SK Sturm Graz4-2-3-1
77↓Malone
8↓Kucharczyk
10↓Kiteishvili
19⚽↓Horvat
21🟥Chukwuani
4🟨Stankovic
17Karic
24Lavelée
5↓Oermann
47Aiwu
40Bignetti
Bench
- 11Axel Kayomboon for Tomi Horvat, 82'
- 38Leon Grgicon for Otar Kiteishvili, 78'
- 53Danill Khudiakov
- 20Seedy Jattaon for Maurice Malone, 60'
- 23Arjan Malic
- 2Jeyland Mitchellon for Tim Oermann, 45'
- 32Christoph Wiener-Pucher
- 25Stephan Hierländer
- 43Jacob Peter Hödlon for Filip Kucharczyk, 59'
- 22Julius Beck
- 35Niklas Geyrhofer
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Benfica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +8 | 9 |
| 2 |  Bayer Leverkusen | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +8 | 9 |
| 3 |  AFC Bournemouth | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +7 | 9 |
| 4 |  Ferencvaros | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +6 | 9 |
| 5 |  Olympiacos | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 9 |
| 6 |  Union St.-Gilloise | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +7 | 7 |
| 7 |  Juventus | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +6 | 7 |
| 8 |  Besiktas | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +4 | 7 |
| 9 |  Sunderland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 7 |
| 10 |  AZ Alkmaar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
| 11 |  Omonia Nicosia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 |
| 12 |  Lyon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| 13 |  Stade Rennais | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 5 |
| 14 |  Real Sociedad | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +5 | 4 |
| 15 |  Crystal Palace | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 4 |
| 16 |  Sparta Prague | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
| 17 |  Levski Sofia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 |  Dinamo Zagreb | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 19 |  SK Sturm Graz | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 20 |  NEC Nijmegen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 4 |
| 21 |  RB Salzburg | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 4 |
| 22 |  Anderlecht | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
| 23 |  TSG Hoffenheim | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 |  AC Milan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 25 |  Celta Vigo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 26 |  OFI Crete | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 27 |  Jagiellonia Bialystok | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 28 |  Torreense | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 29 |  NK Celje | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 1 |
| 30 |  Hapoel Be'er | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 1 |
| 31 |  Lillestrom | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -7 | 1 |
| 32 |  Lech Poznan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -8 | 1 |
| 33 |  Viktoria Plzen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 34 |  Marseille | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 35 |  Celtic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 |
| 36 |  Ararat-Armenia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -9 | 0 |
Meetings
1Celtic wins
0Level
0Sturm Graz wins
Last times they met
FT
Sturm Graz
0–1
Celtic · Club Friendly
Form
Last games: Celtic
D1-1D0-0L2-0W3-2L2-0
Last games: Sturm Graz
L2-0W1-0W2-1W2-0W4-3
