Champions League WON 4–1
Tue, Aug 25 · 21:00 · Raiffeisen Arena
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Lask Linz vs Celtic — UEFA Champions League
Tipster's pick Lask Linz or Celtic
Value Fair · 2/5
Odds 1.22 Odds via Bet365
Our estimate76%
This price needs82%
Expert analysis

Lask Linz Face Celtic in Likely Decided Affair

Lask Linz enter this match on the back of a loss where they failed to score at all while conceding three times. Celtic arrive after a win that featured three goals scored and a clean sheet kept. Their previous meeting ended with a Celtic victory and more than two goals. Both sides post high average goals scored across recent outings, which points away from a low-scoring stalemate. Celtic maintain strong defensive numbers on the road while Lask struggle to keep opponents out at home. These patterns suggest the game will produce a result for one of the two teams rather than end level.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 73% win rate
Result
4–1 WON

Our pick “Lask Linz or Celtic” at odds 1.22 won — final score 4–1.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. C. McGregor assist Yang Hyun-Jun 21'
  3. M. Usor 32'
  4. Second half
  5. R. Ljubicic assist M. Usor 48'
  6. D. Kuhbauer 57'
  7. S. Adeniran assist S. Horvath 58'
  8. R. Hatate ↓ B. Nygren 63'
  9. S. Tounekti ↓ Yang Hyun-Jun 63'
  10. L. McCowan ↓ M. Baur 71'
  11. L. Scales ↓ K. Tierney 71'
  12. M. Usor 74'
  13. D. Murray ↓ C. Donovan 74'
  14. M. O'Neill 76'
  15. A. Schopf ↓ R. Ljubicic 81'
  16. F. Flecker ↓ K. P. Molgaard Jorgensen 86'
  17. F. Flecker 90'
  18. J. Tornich 90+3'
  19. Extra time
  20. A. Ralston ↓ C. Carter-Vickers 91'
  21. M. Freckleton ↓ S. Horvath 99'
  22. K. Danek ↓ J. Tornich 99'
  23. C. Lang ↓ M. Usor 99'
  24. Y. Dibango ↓ F. Flecker 100'
  25. L. McCowan 103'
  26. S. Adeniran assist K. Danek 109'
  27. S. Adeniran Penalty missed 115'
This season
Lask Linz Celtic
Over 2.5 goals 0% 100%
Clean sheet 0% 100%
Failed to score 100% 0%
Scored per game 0.0 3.0
Conceded per game 3.0 0.0
Scored home / away 0.0 / 0.0 3.0 / 0.0

Across 1 and 1 matches played this season.

Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Lask Linz WWWWL
W @ Kalsdorf 7–0 Jul 25
W vs Grazer AK 3–0 Jul 31
W @ Austria Vienna 2–0 Aug 9
W vs Ried 4–1 Aug 14
L @ Celtic 0–3 Aug 19
Celtic DWWWW
D vs AC Milan 2–2 Jul 25
W vs Dundee 1–0 Aug 3
W @ Kilmarnock 5–1 Aug 9
W @ Dundee Utd 4–0 Aug 15
W vs Lask Linz 3–0 Aug 19
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Lask Linz
Scored 3.2 avg
7 3 2 4 0
Conceded 0.8 avg
0 0 0 1 3
Celtic
Scored 3.0 avg
2 1 5 4 3
Conceded 0.6 avg
2 0 1 0 0
Head-to-head · last meetings
0 LASK Linz
0 Draws
1 Celtic FC
Aug 2026 Celtic 3–0 Lask Linz Celtic

Over 2.5 goals in 1 of the last 1 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Lask Linz 3-5-2
  • 1 Lukas Jungwirth G
  • 4 Xavier Mbuyamba D
  • 43 Alemão D
  • 16 Andrés Andrade D
  • 20 Kasper Jørgensen M
  • 10 Robert Ljubičić M
  • 6 Melayro Bogarde M
  • 30 Sascha Horvath M
  • 2 George Bello M
  • 8 Moses Usor F
  • 7 Samuel Adeniran F
Bench Tobias Schützenauer, Fabian Schillinger, Miguel Freckleton, Manoël Verhaeghe, Yvan Dibango, Art Smakaj, Krystof Daněk, Alessandro Schöpf, Florian Flecker, Christoph Lang

Dietmar Kuhbauer

Celtic 4-2-3-1
  • 1 Viljami Sinisalo G
  • 51 Colby Donovan D
  • 20 Cameron Carter-Vickers D
  • 6 Auston Trusty D
  • 63 Kieran Tierney D
  • 42 Callum McGregor M
  • 22 Mika Baur M
  • 11 Camilo Durán M
  • 8 Benjamin Nygren M
  • 13 Yang Hyun-Jun M
  • 9 Kasper Høgh F
Bench Ross Doohan, Liam Scales, Dane Murray, Tony Ralston, Luke McCowan, Sebastian Tounekti, Haissem Hassan, Reo Hatate, James Forrest, Michel Ange Balikwisha, Callum Osmand, Johnny Kenny

Martin O'Neill

Team news · injuries & suspensions
LASK Linz
  • OUT R. Harakate Knee Injury
  • OUT R. Harakate Knee Injury
Celtic FC
  • OUT A. Johnston Inactive
  • OUT Jota Knee Injury
  • OUT A. Oxlade-Chamberlain Red Card
  • OUT A. Johnston Inactive
  • OUT Jota Knee Injury
  • OUT A. Oxlade-Chamberlain Red Card