Celtic vs RasenBallsport Leipzig ( WON )

Team News

Celtic

• Brendan Rodgers has real injury problems ahead of Thursday’s clash with RB Leipzig, with up to nine players in danger of missing out.
• James Forrest at least returns after missing the reverse fixture against RB Leipzig through suspension.
• Rodgers fielded an under-strength XI away to Leipzig last month and Celtic were deservedly beaten 2-0. It remains to be seen how he will approach this game.
• Youssouf Mulumbu has hardly got a look in since joining Celtic at the end of August but he could get a rare start on Thursday.

Missing Players

Player	Reason	Status	Rating
Nir Bitton		Out	N/A
Daniel Arzani		Out	N/A
Eboue Kouassi		Out	7.31
Marvin Compper		Doubtful	N/A
Scott Brown		Doubtful	7.13
Leigh Griffiths		Doubtful	6.8
Olivier Ntcham		Doubtful	6.42
Jozo Simunovic		Doubtful	6.55
Cristian Gamboa		Doubtful	6.06

Player	Reason	Status	Rating
Timo Werner		Out	N/A
Yussuf Poulsen		Out	6.75
Emil Forsberg		Doubtful	N/A

Team News

RasenBallsport Leipzig

• Neither Timo Werner nor Yussuf Poulsen have travelled to Scotland with the rest of the RB Leipzig squad due to injuries. Their absence should give Matheus Cunha another chance to impress in attack.
• Emil Forsberg failed to recover from injury in time to feature in RB Leipzig’s 3-0 win away to Hertha Berlin at the weekend and the creative midfielder remains a doubt for the away side.

Player	Reason	Status	Rating
Timo Werner		Out	N/A
Yussuf Poulsen		Out	6.75
Emil Forsberg		Doubtful	N/A

Top Players

Celtic	RasenBallsport Leipzig
Ratings
D. Boyata 6.98 L. Griffiths 6.8 K. Tierney 6.75	K. Laimer 7.72 M. Cunha 7.31 Bruma 7.24
Goals
L. Griffiths 1 O. Edouard 1 C. Gordon 0	M. Cunha 2 Bruma 1 Y. Poulsen 1
Assists
C. McGregor 1 D. Boyata 1 C. Gordon 0	K. Kampl 1 M. Sabitzer 1 W. Orban 1

• After starting their Europa League group stage campaign with a win, Celtic have lost successive matches and are now third and three points off second. A defeat here would be a hammer blow to their prospects of making the knockout stage of the competition.
• RB Leipzig are in fantastic touch at the moment. The Bundesliga outfit are unbeaten in 10 matches in all competitions and have kept a clean sheet in their last six. They head to Scotland high in confidence and favourites to win.
• Celtic have won three on the spin since losing 2-0 away to Leipzig and have done so without conceding, raking up 13 goals in that time. The atmosphere will be intense on Thursday night but the away side have the quality to get all three points.