Celtic 1-1 AEK Athens: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 8 August 2018

Result

Celtic 1-1 AEK Athens

Champions League · Wednesday 8 August 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Celtic 1-1 AEK Athens: match report

Celtic drew with AEK Athens 1-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 8 August 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Callum McGregor opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Celtic's goal came from Callum McGregor (17'). AEK Athens scored through Viktor Klonaridis (44').

Discipline: Celtic received 1 yellow card; AEK Athens received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Yellow card · Viktor KlonaridisAEK Athens
  • 17'Goal · Callum McGregorCeltic · 1-0
  • 44'Goal · Viktor KlonaridisAEK Athens · 1-1
  • 48'Yellow card · Kristoffer AjerCeltic
  • 50'Yellow card · Konstantinos GalanopoulosAEK Athens
  • 57'Second yellow · Konstantinos GalanopoulosAEK Athens
  • 68'Yellow card · Marios IkonomouAEK Athens

Team news

Celtic line-up (4-5-1)

Craig Gordon, Jack Hendry, Mikael Lustig, Kristoffer Ajer, Kieran Tierney, Scott Brown, Tom Rogić, Olivier Ntcham, Callum McGregor, James Forrest, Odsonne Édouard

AEK Athens line-up (4-2-3-1)

Vasilios Barkas, M. Bakakis, Hélder Lopes, Marios Oikonomou, Konstantinos-Vassilios Lambropoulos, André Simões, Konstantinos Galanopoulos, Christos Almpanis, Marko Livaja, V. Klonaridis, Lucas Boyé