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Europa League | Group Stage
Nov 5, 2020 at 8pm UK
Celtic Park

Celtic
1 - 4
Sparta Prague

Griffiths (65')
Christie (75')
FT(HT: 0-2)
Julis (26', 45', 77'), Krejci (90')
Pavelka (51'), Sacek (71'), Krejci (90+2')

The Match

Match Report

Substitute Leigh Griffiths pulled a goal back for Celtic in the 64th minute.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Thursday's Europa League clash between Celtic and Sparta Prague, 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 66.91%. A draw had a probability of 19.6% and a win for Sparta Prague had a probability of 13.48%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 2-0 with a probability of 11.99%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (11.48%) and 2-1 (9.74%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.33%), while for a Sparta Prague win it was 0-1 (4.47%). The actual scoreline of 1-4 was predicted with a 0.2% likelihood.

Result
CelticDrawSparta Prague
66.91%19.61%13.48%
Both teams to score 48.73%
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
55.42%44.58%
Over 3.5Under 3.5
33.05%66.95%
Celtic Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
87.61%12.39%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
61.74%38.26%
Sparta Prague Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
55.61%44.39%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
19.56%80.44%
Score Analysis
    Celtic 66.91%
    Sparta Prague 13.48%
    Draw 19.61%
CelticDrawSparta Prague
2-0 @ 11.99%
1-0 @ 11.48%
2-1 @ 9.74%
3-0 @ 8.35%
3-1 @ 6.78%
4-0 @ 4.36%
4-1 @ 3.54%
3-2 @ 2.75%
5-0 @ 1.82%
5-1 @ 1.48%
4-2 @ 1.44%
Other @ 3.18%
Total : 66.91%
1-1 @ 9.33%
0-0 @ 5.5%
2-2 @ 3.96%
Other @ 0.83%
Total : 19.61%
0-1 @ 4.47%
1-2 @ 3.79%
0-2 @ 1.81%
2-3 @ 1.07%
1-3 @ 1.03%
Other @ 1.31%
Total : 13.48%