Celtic 1-4 Sparta Praha: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 5 November 2020

Result

Celtic 1-4 Sparta Praha

Europa League · Thursday 5 November 2020, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

Celtic · Sparta Praha · Europa League predictions

Celtic 1-4 Sparta Praha: match report

Celtic lost to Sparta Praha 1-4 in the Europa League on Thursday 5 November 2020. The half-time score was 0-2.

L. Juliš opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Celtic's goal came from Leigh Griffiths (65'). Sparta Praha scored through L. Juliš (26'), L. Juliš (45'), L. Juliš (76') and Ladislav Krejci (90').

Discipline: Celtic received 1 yellow card; Sparta Praha received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Celtic were 17th on 7 points from 4 and Sparta Praha 213th on 0 points from 2. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Celtic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sparta Praha in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lukas Julis of Sparta Praha (9.3), ahead of Dávid Hancko (7.7).

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · L. JulišSparta Praha · 0-1
  • 45'Goal · L. JulišSparta Praha · 0-2
  • 51'Yellow card · David PavelkaSparta Praha
  • 65'Goal · Leigh GriffithsCeltic · 1-2
  • 71'Yellow card · M. SáčekSparta Praha
  • 74'Yellow card · Ryan ChristieCeltic
  • 76'Goal · L. JulišSparta Praha · 1-3
  • 90'Goal · Ladislav KrejciSparta Praha · 1-4
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Ladislav KrejciSparta Praha

Team news

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Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)

Scott Bain, Jeremie Frimpong, Shane Duffy, Nir Bitton, Diego Laxalt, Scott Brown, Callum McGregor, Ryan Christie, Tom Rogić, Mohamed Elyounoussi, Odsonne Édouard

Sparta Praha line-up (4-2-3-1)

Florin Niță, Andreas Vindheim, D. Pavelka, Dominik Plechaty, Dávid Hancko, Michal Sacek, Ladislav Krejci, Matej Polidar, Adam Karabec, David Baltase, Lukas Julis