RB Leipzig 3-1 Celtic: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 5 October 2022

Result

RB Leipzig 3-1 Celtic

Champions League · Wednesday 5 October 2022, 16:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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RB Leipzig 3-1 Celtic: match report

RB Leipzig won against Celtic 3-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 5 October 2022. The half-time score was 1-0.

Christopher Nkunku opened the scoring in the 27th minute. RB Leipzig's goals came from Christopher Nkunku (27'), André Silva (64') and André Silva (77'). Celtic scored through Jota (48').

Discipline: RB Leipzig received 1 yellow card; Celtic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game RB Leipzig were 78th on 0 points from 2 and Celtic 68th on 1 point from 2. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

RB Leipzig lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Celtic in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to André Silva of RB Leipzig (8.8), ahead of Christopher Nkunku (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 RB Leipzig win, 0 draws and 1 for Celtic.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · Christopher NkunkuRB Leipzig · 1-0
  • 48'Goal · JotaCeltic · 1-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Kevin KamplRB Leipzig
  • 59'Yellow card · M. O'RileyCeltic
  • 64'Goal · André SilvaRB Leipzig · 2-1
  • 77'Goal · André SilvaRB Leipzig · 3-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: RB Leipzig 1, draws 0, Celtic 1.

Team news

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RB Leipzig line-up (4-2-3-1)

Péter Gulácsi, Mohamed Simakan, Willi Orbán, Josko Gvardiol, David Raum, Kevin Kampl, Xaver Schlager, Dominik Szoboszlai, Christopher Nkunku, Timo Werner, André Silva

Celtic line-up (4-3-3)

Joe Hart, Josip Juranovic, Stephen Welsh, Moritz Jenz, Greg Taylor, Matt O'Riley, Callum McGregor, Reo Hatate, Daizen Maeda, Kyogo Furuhashi, Jota