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Celtic
Europa League
19:00
UTC, Thursday 22 October 2026
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Celta Vigo

Celtic vs Celta Vigo: preview, line-ups and kick-off time

Celtic host Celta Vigo at Celtic Park on Thursday 22 October 2026, kick-off 19:00 UTC, in the Europa League (round 3). Prediction markets make Celta Vigo the favourite at 38%, with the draw at 27% (Polymarket). Celtic have had 4 days of rest since playing Hearts (SPFL Premiership); Celta Vigo have had 4 after facing Alavés and travel about 1,551 km. Celtic are without 3 players (Cameron Carter-Vickers, Yang Hyun-Jun, Alistair Johnston); Celta Vigo are missing 6 (Álvaro Núñez, Pablo Durán, Carl Starfelt and others). Georgi Kabakov is the referee, averaging 4.3 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.1. The forecast at kick-off is 8°C, dry.

Win chances

Celtic 34%Draw 27%Celta Vigo 38%

From Polymarket prediction market prices. For information only: Ninety has no betting links. How win chances work.

Predicted line-ups

Predicted elevens. Official team sheets usually arrive about an hour before kick-off. About predicted line-ups.

Celtic 4-2-3-1

Coach: Martin O'Neill

  1. 1 Viljami Sinisalo GK
  2. 51 Colby Donovan DEF
  3. 47 Dane Murray DEF
  4. 5 Liam Scales DEF
  5. 63 Kieran Tierney DEF
  6. 42 Callum McGregor MID
  7. 22 Mika Baur MID
  8. 23 Haissem Hassan FWD
  9. 8 Benjamin Nygren MID
  10. 19 Callum Osmand FWD
  11. 11 Camilo Durán FWD

Bench

  • 26 Sam Johnstone GK
  • 6 Auston Trusty DEF
  • 12 Landon Emenalo DEF
  • 21 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain MID
  • 18 Oliver Sørensen MID
  • 49 James Forrest FWD
  • 7 Jota FWD
  • 9 Kasper Waarts Høgh FWD
  • 29 Shumaira Mheuka FWD

Celta Vigo 3-4-3

Coach: Claudio Giráldez

  1. 13 Ionuț Radu GK
  2. 20 Javi Rodríguez DEF
  3. 18 Yoel Lago DEF
  4. 21 Sebastián Cáceres DEF
  5. 5 Sergio Carreira MID
  6. 30 Hugo Burcio MID
  7. 6 Ilaix Moriba MID
  8. 23 Hugo Álvarez FWD
  9. 24 Couhaib Driouech FWD
  10. 9 Ferrán Jutglà FWD
  11. 19 Williot Swedberg FWD

Bench

  • 1 Altay Bayındır GK
  • 25 Iván Villar GK
  • 4 Abdoulaye Faye DEF
  • 15 Álvaro Núñez DEF
  • 22 Javi Galán DEF
  • 3 Marcos Alonso DEF
  • 14 Aleix Febas MID
  • 17 Javi Rueda MID
  • 28 Andrés Antañón FWD
  • 31 Ángel Arcos FWD
  • 16 Hugo González FWD
  • 10 Iago Aspas FWD

Injuries and suspensions

Celtic

  • Cameron Carter-Vickers injury, back About 1-2 weeks
  • Yang Hyun-Jun injury, back Late October 2026
  • Alistair Johnston injury, back About a week

Celta Vigo

  • Álvaro Núñez injury, back Late November 2026
  • Pablo Durán injury, back Early November 2026
  • Carl Starfelt injury, back Early November 2026
  • Jones El-Abdellaoui injury, back Mid January 2027
  • Miguel Román injury, back Early November 2026
  • Borja Iglesias injury, back Late November 2026
Previous meetings
  • Thursday 12 December 2002: Celta Vigo 2-1 Celtic
  • Thursday 28 November 2002: Celtic 1-0 Celta Vigo