Champions League | Second Qualifying Round | 1st Leg

Jul 20, 2021 at 7.45pm UK

Celtic Park

Celtic
1 - 1
Midtjylland

(FC Midtjylland win 3-2 on aggregate)

Abada (39')
Bitton (38')
Bitton (44')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Evander (66')
Dalsgaard (26'), Dreyer (44'), Onyedika Nwadike (81')
Dreyer (56')

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The Match

Match Report

Impressive debutant Liel Abada scored for the Hoops but Evander equalised and each team had a man sent off.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Tuesday's Champions League clash between Celtic and FC Midtjylland, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Celtic win with a probability of 49.52%. A win for FC Midtjylland had a probability of 28.97% and a draw had a probability of 21.5%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.02%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 3-1 (6.07%) and 2-0 (5.97%). The likeliest FC Midtjylland win was 1-2 (6.76%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (8.94%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with an 8.9% likelihood.

Result
Celtic	Draw	FC Midtjylland
49.52%	21.5%	28.97%

Both teams to score 67.59%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

68.47%

31.53%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

46.99%

53.01%

Celtic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

86.72%

13.28%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

59.91%

40.09%

FC Midtjylland Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

77.94%

22.06%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

44.6%

55.4%

Score Analysis

Celtic 49.52%

FC Midtjylland 28.98%

Draw 21.5%

Celtic	Draw	FC Midtjylland
2-1 @ 9.02% 3-1 @ 6.07% 2-0 @ 5.97% 1-0 @ 5.91% 3-2 @ 4.59% 3-0 @ 4.02% 4-1 @ 3.07% 4-2 @ 2.32% 4-0 @ 2.03% 5-1 @ 1.24% 4-3 @ 1.17% 5-2 @ 0.94% Other @ 3.19% Total : 49.52%	1-1 @ 8.94% 2-2 @ 6.82% 0-0 @ 2.93% 3-3 @ 2.31% Other @ 0.5% Total : 21.5%	1-2 @ 6.76% 0-1 @ 4.43% 2-3 @ 3.44% 1-3 @ 3.4% 0-2 @ 3.35% 0-3 @ 1.69% 2-4 @ 1.3% 1-4 @ 1.29% Other @ 3.34% Total : 28.98%