Celtic vs VfB Stuttgart · Europa League
Celtic
1 – 4
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VfB Stuttgart
Celtic Park · Glasgow · Scotland
Celtic were beaten 4-1 by VfB Stuttgart at Celtic Park (crowd 52,901); Celtic had won 5 in a row before this. Stuttgart went ahead through Bilal El Khannouss at the 15-minute mark and the equaliser came from Benjamin Nygren after 21 minutes; the goal that settled it came from Bilal El Khannouss at the 28-minute mark and Jamie Leweling added to the lead after 57 minutes. It went to 1-4 when Tiago Tomás scored late on, at 90 minutes. With 53% of possession, Celtic had 11 attempts against 16 from Stuttgart. From 16 shots, Stuttgart found the target 5 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Europa League UEFA
- Campaign
- 2025-26 UEFA Europa League, Knockout Round Playoffs
- Round
- 1st Leg
- Ground
- Celtic Park · Glasgow · Scotland
- Crowd
- 52,901
- Referee
- Erik Lambrechts
- Celtic form
- WLWLD
- Stuttgart form
- WWLDD
On TV
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- USParamount+Streaming
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Celtic | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Stuttgart | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Side by side
8Fouls7
0Yellow Cards1
0Red Cards0
2Offsides1
4Corner Kicks2
1Saves1
52.5%Possession47.5%
11Shots16
2On Goal5
20%On Target %30%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
472Accurate Passes423
555Passes507
90%Pass Completion %80%
1Accurate Crosses1
16Crosses9
10%Cross %10%
53Long Balls58
24Accurate Long Balls28
50%Long Balls %50%
5Blocked Shots5
5Effective Tackles4
5Tackles12
100%Tackle %30%
12Interceptions8
14Effective Clearances21
14Clearances21
Timeline
Full time · 1-4
90'+3'1 - 4
⚽Tiago TomásAssist: Nikolas Nartey
90'+1'
🔁Chema Andrésreplacing Angelo Stiller
🔁Marcelo Saracchireplacing Kieran Tierney
78'
78'
🔁Luca Jaquezreplacing Jeff Chabot
78'
🔁Tiago Tomásreplacing Ermedin Demirovic
72'
🔁Chris Führichreplacing Jamie Leweling
72'
🔁Nikolas Narteyreplacing Bilal El Khannouss
🔁Kelechi Iheanachoreplacing Tomas Cvancara
71'
🔁Luke McCowanreplacing Benjamin Nygren
71'
🔁Yang Hyun-Junreplacing Daizen Maeda
62'
🔁Reo Hatatereplacing Paulo Bernardo
62'
57'1 - 3
⚽Jamie LewelingAssist: Deniz Undav
50'
🟨Jeff Chabot
Half-time · 1-2
28'1 - 2
⚽Bilal El Khannouss
⚽Benjamin Nygren
21'1 - 1
15'0 - 1
⚽Bilal El KhannoussAssist: Deniz Undav
Kick-off
Teams
Celtic4-2-3-1
11↓Cvancara
23Tounekti
8⚽↓Nygren
38↓Maeda
28↓Bernardo
42McGregor
63↓Tierney
5Scales
22Araujo
6Trusty
1Schmeichel
Bench
- 17Kelechi Iheanachoon for Tomas Cvancara, 71'
- 12Viljami Sinisalo
- 47Dane Murray
- 41Reo Hatateon for Paulo Bernardo, 62'
- 31Ross Doohan
- 49James Forrest
- 51Colby Donovan
- 56Anthony Ralston
- 14Luke McCowanon for Benjamin Nygren, 71'
- 13Yang Hyun-Junon for Daizen Maeda, 62'
- 36Marcelo Saracchion for Kieran Tierney, 78'
- 9Junior Adamu
VfB Stuttgart4-2-3-1
9↓Demirovic
18⚽↓Leweling
26Undav
11⚽⚽↓El Khannouss
6↓Stiller
16Karazor
3Hendriks
24🟨↓Chabot
4Vagnoman
29Jeltsch
33Nübel
Bench
- 28Nikolas Narteyon for Bilal El Khannouss, 72'
- 8Tiago Tomáson for Ermedin Demirovic, 78' ⚽
- 7Maximilian Mittelstädt
- 27Badredine Bouanani
- 44Florian Hellstern
- 1Fabian Bredlow
- 22Lorenz Assignon
- 30Chema Andréson for Angelo Stiller, 90'+1'
- 14Luca Jaquezon for Jeff Chabot, 78'
- 2Ameen Al Dakhil
- 10Chris Führichon for Jamie Leweling, 72'
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Benfica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +8 | 9 |
| 2 |  Leverkusen | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +8 | 9 |
| 3 |  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 SG | 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 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 |
| 12 |  Lyon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| 13 |  Rennes | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 5 |
| 14 |  Real Sociedad | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +5 | 4 |
| 15 |  C Palace | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 4 |
| 16 |  Sparta | 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 |  Sturm Graz | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 20 |  NEC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 4 |
| 21 |  RB Salzburg | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 4 |
| 22 |  Anderlecht | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
| 23 |  Hoffenheim | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 |  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 | 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
1Stuttgart wins
Last times they met
FT
Stuttgart
3–2
Celtic · 2002/03 UEFA Cup
FT
Celtic
3–1
Stuttgart · 2002/03 UEFA Cup
Form
Last games: Celtic
W4-2W2-0W2-1W2-1W3-2
Last games: Stuttgart
W3-2W1-0W3-0L2-1W3-1
