Europa League: Celtic tops Real Betis 3-2

Saragna|Dec 9, 2021 16:30 GMT

GLASGOW. Celtic beat Real Betis.

GLASGOW. Celtic beat Real Betis.

The match was played at the Celtic Park stadium in Glasgow on Thursday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Daniel Stefanski with the assistance of Michal Obukowicz and Krysztof Myrmus. The 4th official was Damian Sylwestrzak. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold around 5.7 degrees Celsius or 42.33 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 85%.

Celtic

3

Real Betis

2

9 Dec 2021 Full time

Match Statistics

There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Celtic was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Real Betis that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Real Betis was more aggressive with 63 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 7 were on target. Nonetheless, Celtic was able to find the solution to win this contest.

Celtic shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Real Betis shot 20 times, 7 on target, 13 off target.

Cards

Celtic received 2 yellow cards (I. Soro and L. Shaw). On the other side, Real Betis received 3 yellow cards (D. Lainez, G. Pezzella and A. Ruibal).

After playing this match, Celtic will have 6 points to stay in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Real Betis will stay with 10 points to stay in the 2nd place.

Match Events

3'

3'

S. Welsh

L. Abada
25'

25'

I. Soro
24'

24'

D. Lainez
28'

28'

K. Furuhashi

A. Ajeti
33'

33'

L. Shaw
49'

49'

G. Pezzella
56'

56'

A. Ruibal
64'

64'

R. Gonzalez

D. Lainez
65'

65'

D. Turnbull

I. Soro
65'

65'

C. McGregor

L. Shaw
65'

65'

M. Johnston

A. Montgomery
69'

69'

S. Bain (OG)
71'

71'

E. Henderson

K. Furuhashi
72'

72'

E. Henderson

M. Johnston
75'

75'

B. Iglesias
76'

76'

M. Montoya

A. Ruibal
76'

76'

A. Moreno

J. Miranda
78'

78'

D. Turnbull (Penalty)
79'

79'

Willian Jose

W. Carvalho
80'

80'

Juanmi

C. Tello

Next match

Celtic: Formation and Lineups

Celtic adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Angelos Postecoglou chose to play with the following team: Scott Bain (7.4), Osaze Urhoghide (6.6), Nir Bitton (6.8), Stephen Welsh (7.2), Liam Scales (6.4), Ismaila Soro (6.4), James McCarthy (7.0), Liel Abada (7.5), Liam Shaw (7.3), Adam Montgomery (6.1) and Albian Ajeti (6.8).

Substitutes

Celtic made 5 changes: A. Ajeti for K. Furuhashi (28′), I. Soro for D. Turnbull (65′), L. Shaw for C. McGregor (65′), A. Montgomery for M. Johnston (65′) and K. Furuhashi for E. Henderson (71′).

Top player: Liel Abada

Probably the most impressive player in Celtic was Liel Abada even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.5) with 13 passes (76% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 5 crosses.

Real Betis: Formation and Lineups

Also Real Betis adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the opposite side, Manuel Luis Pellegrini Ripamonti played with: Rui Silva (5.9), Aitor Ruibal (6.4), Germán Pezzella (6.4), Edgar Gonzalez (6.1), Juan Miranda (6.7), Paul Akouokou (6.4), William Carvalho (6.7), Diego Lainez (6.1), Joaquín (7.3), Cristian Tello (6.2) and Borja Iglesias (8.0).

Substitutes

Real Betis made 5 changes: D. Lainez for R. Gonzalez (64′), A. Ruibal for M. Montoya (76′), J. Miranda for A. Moreno (76′), W. Carvalho for Willian Jose (79′) and C. Tello for Juanmi (80′).

Top player: Borja Iglesias

The player who no doubt impressed Real Betis the most was Borja Iglesias.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 16 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 4. He hit the woodwork once times.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Europa League

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Saragna

I am one of the main columnists for Lootrs.com. I have been writing about football for the last 2 years. I am a decent club player, but I have never reached those heights. Interested in the nextgen. Favorite players: Ronaldo, Messi, Salah, Jamie Vardy, and Michail Antonio.