AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Celtic: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 26 August 2021

Result

AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Celtic

Europa League · Thursday 26 August 2021, 18:15 UTC · half-time 2-1

AZ Alkmaar · Celtic · Europa League predictions

AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Celtic: match report

AZ Alkmaar defeated Celtic 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 26 August 2021. The half-time score was 2-1.

Kyogo Furuhashi opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. AZ Alkmaar's goals came from Zakaria Aboukhlal (6') and an own goal by Carl Starfelt (26'). Celtic scored through Kyogo Furuhashi (3').

Discipline: AZ Alkmaar received 3 yellow cards; Celtic received 2 yellow cards.

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

AZ Alkmaar lined up in a 4-3-3 and Celtic in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 AZ Alkmaar wins, 0 draws and 1 for Celtic.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Kyogo FuruhashiCeltic · 0-1
  • 6'Goal · Zakaria AboukhlalAZ Alkmaar · 1-1
  • 26'Own goal · Carl StarfeltAZ Alkmaar · 2-1
  • 39'Yellow card · Zakaria AboukhlalAZ Alkmaar
  • 58'Yellow card · Callum McGregorCeltic
  • 61'Yellow card · Adam MontgomeryCeltic
  • 66'Yellow card · Bruno Martins IndiAZ Alkmaar
  • 90'Yellow card · Albert GudmundssonAZ Alkmaar

Head-to-head

1 meetings: AZ Alkmaar 0, draws 0, Celtic 1.

Team news

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AZ Alkmaar line-up (4-3-3)

Hobie Verhulst, Yukinari Sugawara, Timo Letschert, Bruno Martins Indi, Aslak Witry, Fredrik Midtsjø, Dani de Wit, Teun Koopmeiners, Zakaria Aboukhlal, Vangelis Pavlidis, Jesper Karlsson

Celtic line-up (4-3-3)

Joe Hart, Anthony Ralston, Carl Starfelt, Stephen Welsh, Greg Taylor, Tom Rogić, Callum McGregor, David Turnbull, Liel Abada, Kyogo Furuhashi, Ryan Christie