Champions League WON 4–1
Tue, Aug 25 · 21:00 · Raiffeisen Arena
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Celtic FC Away
Lask Linz vs Celtic — UEFA Champions League
Tipster's pick Lask Linz or Celtic
Confidence Medium
Odds 1.22 Odds via Bet365
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 68.1% 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 — —
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