AEK Athens 2-1 Celtic: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 14 August 2018

Result

AEK Athens 2-1 Celtic

Champions League · Tuesday 14 August 2018, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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AEK Athens 2-1 Celtic: match report

AEK Athens won against Celtic 2-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 14 August 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Rodrigo Galo opened the scoring in the 6th minute. AEK Athens's goals came from Rodrigo Galo (6') and Marko Livaja (50'). Celtic scored through Scott Sinclair (78').

Discipline: AEK Athens received 3 yellow cards; Celtic received 2 yellow cards.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

AEK Athens lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Celtic in a 3-5-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 AEK Athens wins, 1 draw and 0 for Celtic.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Rodrigo GaloAEK Athens · 1-0
  • 42'Yellow card · Marko LivajaAEK Athens
  • 50'Goal · Marko LivajaAEK Athens · 2-0
  • 53'Yellow card · Rodrigo GaloAEK Athens
  • 68'Yellow card · Scott BrownCeltic
  • 78'Goal · Scott SinclairCeltic · 2-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Leigh GriffithsCeltic
  • 90'Yellow card · Petros MantalosAEK Athens

Head-to-head

1 meetings: AEK Athens 0, draws 1, Celtic 0.

Team news

AEK Athens line-up (4-4-1-1)

Vasilios Barkas, M. Bakakis, Marios Oikonomou, Konstantinos-Vassilios Lambropoulos, Rodrigo Galo, Niklas Hult, André Simões, Anastasios Bakasetas, Alef, Marko Livaja, V. Klonaridis

Celtic line-up (3-5-2)

Craig Gordon, Jack Hendry, Jozo Simunovic, Mikael Lustig, Kieran Tierney, Scott Brown, Tom Rogić, Olivier Ntcham, Callum McGregor, James Forrest, Leigh Griffiths