Celtic 2-1 Astra: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 23 October 2014
Result
Celtic 2-1 Astra
Europa League · Thursday 23 October 2014, 19:05 UTC · half-time 0-0
Celtic 2-1 Astra: match report
Celtic defeated Astra 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 23 October 2014. It was 0-0 at half-time.
S. Šćepović opened the scoring in the 73rd minute. Celtic's goals came from S. Šćepović (73') and Stefan Johansen (79'). Astra scored through Gabriel Enache (81').
Discipline: Celtic received 2 yellow cards; Astra received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Celtic were 116th on 2 points from 2 and Astra 22nd on 11 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Celtic lined up in a 4-3-3 and Astra in a 4-2-3-1.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · Seidu Yahaya
- 70'Yellow card · Aleksandăr Tonev
- 70'Yellow card · Aleksandăr Tonev
- 72'Yellow card · Cristian Daniel Oros
- 73'Goal · S. Šćepović
- 79'Goal · Stefan Johansen
- 81'Goal · Gabriel Enache
Team news
Celtic line-up (4-3-3)
Craig Gordon, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Virgil van Dijk, Charlie Mulgrew, Jason Denayer, Mikael Lustig, Scott Brown, Stefan Johansen, Callum McGregor, Anthony Stokes, Stefan Šćepović
Astra line-up (4-2-3-1)
Silviu Lung, Alan Mannus, Gabriel Enache, Júnior Morais, Cristian Daniel Oros, Seidu Yahaya, Takayuki Seto, Constantin Budescu, Vincent Laban, Vasilios Pliatsikas, William Amorim