Celtic 3–1 RB Leipzig — UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Match Stats

UEFA Champions League · 2024Tue, 5 Nov 2024, 20:00 UTC

Celtic

WLD

3–1Historical match

RB Leipzig

LLL

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Celtic won 3–1.

Shots: 1710
Shots on target: 53
Expected goals: 1.791.28
Possession: 60%40%

Full time

What the match recorded

Celtic beat RB Leipzig 3–1. Recorded in this match (Celtic – RB Leipzig): shots 17–10, shots on target 5–3, expected goals 1.79–1.28, possession 60%–40%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Both teams have elevated corners records

weak

Each team's season corners average is above the competition baseline.

6.5 corners/match ●CornersCeltic · RB Leipzig5.75 corners/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Both team averages are compared with the same competition baseline.

Window: season

Metric	Celtic	RB Leipzig	Baseline
Corners	6.5 corners/match	5.75 corners/match	4.54 corners/match

Caveat: A shared historical pattern is descriptive and may not repeat in one fixture.

This match

Match statistics

Shots17 shots10 shotsCeltic 17 shots, RB Leipzig 10 shots
Shots on target5 shots3 shotsCeltic 5 shots, RB Leipzig 3 shots
Expected goals1.79 xG1.28 xGCeltic 1.79 xG, RB Leipzig 1.28 xG
Possession60%40%Celtic 60%, RB Leipzig 40%
Corners7 corners8 cornersCeltic 7 corners, RB Leipzig 8 corners
Fouls7 fouls13 foulsCeltic 7 fouls, RB Leipzig 13 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Celtic: 17 shots, 5 on target, 1.82 xG. RB Leipzig: 10 shots, 3 on target, 1.30 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Celtic 1.82 xG · RB Leipzig 1.30 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

0Celtic

0Draws

2RB Leipzig

11 Oct 2022Celtic — RB Leipzig · UEFA Champions League0–2

5 Oct 2022RB Leipzig — Celtic · UEFA Champions League3–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Celtic favored in 0 of 11 directional metrics · RB Leipzig in 0 · 11 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Celtic4 matchesRB Leipzig4 matches

2.25 goals/match ▲Goals scored4/41 goal/match

2.25 goals/matchGoals allowed4/42.25 goals/match

1.99 xG/match ▲Expected goals4/41.53 xG/match

11.5 shots/matchShots4/4▲ 13.5 shots/match

5 shots/match ▲Shots on target4/44.75 shots/match

50.5% ●Possession4/444%

6.5 corners/match ●Corners4/45.75 corners/match

9.5 fouls/matchFouls4/49.75 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited

Season samples4 / 4home / away teams

Recent samples4 / 4last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

Evidence is usable but does not meet the strongest completeness threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Wed, 6 Nov 2024, 00:00 UTC · analysis-v4