Celtic 2-1 Sturm Graz: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 23 October 2025
Result
Celtic 2-1 Sturm Graz
Europa League · Thursday 23 October 2025, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Celtic 2-1 Sturm Graz: match report
Celtic defeated Sturm Graz 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 23 October 2025. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Tomi Horvat opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Celtic's goals came from Liam Scales (61') and Benjamin Nygren (64'). Sturm Graz scored through Tomi Horvat (15').
Discipline: Celtic received 1 yellow card; Sturm Graz received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Celtic were 60th on 1 point from 2 and Sturm Graz 44th on 3 points from 2. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Celtic lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sturm Graz in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Arne Engels of Celtic (8.0), ahead of Liam Scales (7.8).
Key events
- 15'Goal · Tomi Horvat
- 56'Yellow card · Jon Gorenc Stankovic
- 58'Yellow card · Cameron Carter-Vickers
- 61'Goal · Liam Scales
- 64'Goal · Benjamin Nygren
- 70'Red card · Tochi Chukwuani
Team news
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Celtic line-up (4-3-3)
Kasper Schmeichel, Alistair Johnston, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Liam Scales, Kieran Tierney, Benjamin Nygren, Callum McGregor, Reo Hatate, Arne Engels, Kelechi Iheanacho, Sebastian Tounekti
Sturm Graz line-up (4-3-1-2)
Matteo Bignetti, Tim Oermann, Emanuel Aiwu, Dimitri Lavalée, Emir Karic, Jon Gorenc Stankovic, Tochi Chukwuani, Tomi Horvat, Otar Kiteishvili, Filip Rózga, Maurice Malone