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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stade Pierre Mauroy - Villeneuve d'Ascq Thursday 29 October 2020 LOSC Lille 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Celtic FC Group H - Matchday 2 Last updated 26/02/2021 11:42CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 6 Squad list 8 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 14 Match officials 16 Legend 17 1 LOSC Lille - Celtic FC Thursday 29 October 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Stade Pierre Mauroy, Villeneuve d'Ascq Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams LOSC Lille - Record versus clubs from opponents' country LOSC Lille have not played against a club from their opponents' country Celtic FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Morgan 22, Christie 28/11/2019 GS Celtic FC - Stade Rennais FC 3-1 Glasgow 45+1, Johnston 74; Hunou 89 Niang 38 (P); Christie 19/09/2019 GS Stade Rennais FC - Celtic FC 1-1 Rennes 59 (P) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Neymar 9, 22, Cavani 28, 79, Mbappé 35, 22/11/2017 GS Paris Saint-Germain - Celtic FC 7-1 Paris Verratti 75, Dani Alves 80; Dembélé 1 Neymar 19, Mbappé 12/09/2017 GS Celtic FC - Paris Saint-Germain 0-5 Glasgow 34, Cavani 40 (P), 85, Lustig 83 (og) UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Stokes 30, 43, 03/11/2011 GS Celtic FC - Stade Rennais FC 3-1 Glasgow Hooper 82; Mangane 2 Cha Du-Ri 31 (og); 20/10/2011 GS Stade Rennais FC - Celtic FC 1-1 Rennes Ledley 70 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Elber 6, Juninho 52, 10/12/2003 GS1 Olympique Lyonnais - Celtic FC 3-2 Lyon 86 (P); Hartson 24, Sutton 75 30/09/2003 GS1 Celtic FC - Olympique Lyonnais 2-0 Glasgow Miller 70, Sutton 78 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Celtic FC - FC Girondins de 1-2 Petta 54; Laslandes 09/11/2000 R2 Glasgow Bordeaux agg 2-3 (aet) 80, 116 ET FC Girondins de Bordeaux - Celtic Dugarry 21; Larsson 26/10/2000 R2 1-1 Bordeaux FC 24 (P) 2 LOSC Lille - Celtic FC Thursday 29 October 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Stade Pierre Mauroy, Villeneuve d'Ascq UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 04/11/1999 R2 Celtic FC - Olympique Lyonnais Glasgow Vairelles 17 agg: 0-2 21/10/1999 R2 Olympique Lyonnais - Celtic FC 1-0 Lyon Blanc 63 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-3 Loko 36, 42, Nouma 02/11/1995 R2 Celtic FC - Paris Saint-Germain Glasgow agg: 0-4 68 19/10/1995 R2 Paris Saint-Germain - Celtic FC 1-0 Paris Djorkaeff 76 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Gemmell 44 (P), Craig 4-0 02/10/1968 R1 Celtic FC - AS Saint-Étienne Glasgow 59, Chalmers 65, agg: 4-2 McBride 87 18/09/1968 R1 AS Saint-Étienne - Celtic FC 2-0 Saint-Etienne Keita 15, Revelli 36 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Johnstone 13, 3-1 07/12/1966 R2 Celtic FC - FC Nantes Glasgow Chalmers 56, Lennox agg: 6-2 78; Georgin 43 Magny 17; McBride 30/11/1966 R2 FC Nantes - Celtic FC 1-3 Nantes 23, Lennox 50, Chalmers 66 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA LOSC Lille 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Celtic FC 9 5 0 4 9 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 18 6 3 9 25 32 3 LOSC Lille - Celtic FC Thursday 29 October 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Stade Pierre Mauroy, Villeneuve d'Ascq Match background In-form LOSC Lille will be looking to consolidate a fine start to their UEFA Europa League Group D campaign with a long-awaited European home win as they host Scottish champions Celtic in northern France. • The Ligue 1 side had gone a remarkable 17 European games without a win before they stunned ten-man Sparta Praha with a 4-1 victory in the Czech capital on Matchday 1, Turkish international midfielder Yusuf Yazıcı opening his European account with a hat-trick. On the same night Celtic were beaten 3-1 at home by AC Milan, Mohamed Elyounoussi's strike serving only to limit the damage against the Serie A high fliers. Previous meetings • While LOSC are encountering Scottish opponents for the first time in a UEFA match, Celtic have met French clubs 18 times previously, including in last season's UEFA Europa League group stage when they claimed four of their 13 points from Rennes, Ryan Christie scoring in both matches (1-1 a, 3-1 h). • However, the Bhoys are without a win in France since their first visit – a 3-1 victory at Nantes in the second round of their triumphant 1966/67 European Cup campaign – a run of eight games (D3 L5) that recently featured one of their heaviest European defeats, 7-1 at Paris Saint-Germain in the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League group stage. Form guide LOSC • LOSC are back in the UEFA Europa League group stage for the fourth time thanks to the fourth place they occupied when last season's Ligue 1 campaign ended in March. Christophe Galtier's side also competed in the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League, finishing bottom of a group containing Chelsea, Valencia and Ajax. • The club from northern France last participated in the UEFA Europa League group stage in 2014/15, when they failed to win a game (D4 L2). Their other two group campaigns, in 2009/10 and 2010/11, were more successful as they reached the knockout phase on both occasions. • Les Dogues are without a home win in 12 European matches (D5 L7) and have failed to score more than one goal in all of those games, registering just six in total; their last home success was in August 2012, 2-0 against Copenhagen in the UEFA Champions League play-offs. In the UEFA Europa League group stage, however, their home record is W4 D3 L2. Celtic • Celtic were declared Scottish champions for the ninth year in a row last season – and 51st time in all – despite the Premiership being called off in March. A 16-match European campaign that started in the UEFA Champions League first qualifying round ended in the UEFA Europa League round of 32, where, after topping their group for the first time, they were knocked out by Copenhagen (1-1 a, 1-3 h). • This term Celtic failed to negotiate the UEFA Champions League qualifying phase for the third successive summer, losing 1-2 at home to Ferencváros in the second qualifying round, but 1-0 away wins at Riga and Sarejevo put Neil Lennon's side into the UEFA Europa League group stage. This is the tenth successive season that the club are competing in a UEFA group stage and their seventh autumn series in the UEFA Europa League, three of their six previous participations having continued into the round of 32 – though never further. • Celtic's 2-1 win at Lazio on Matchday 4 last season was only their second victory outside Glasgow in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final, their all-time away record in the competition now standing at W2 D10 L10. Links and trivia • LOSC striker Timothy Weah, the son of Ballon d'Or winner George Weah, spent the second half of 2018/19 on loan at Celtic from Paris Saint-Germain, scoring four goals in 17 appearances for the Glasgow club. • There are three Frenchmen in the Celtic squad – Christopher Jullien, Odsonne Édouard and Olivier Ntcham. Jullien played in his homeland for Auxerre (2011–13), Dijon (2015/16 loan) and Toulouse (2016–19), while Édouard began his career at Paris Saint-Germain before playing on loan at Toulouse alongside Jullien in 2016/17. • Édouard is a France Under-21 colleague of LOSC's Jonathan Ikoné – a Matchday 1 scorer in Prague. • Both clubs have a Greek international goalkeeper in their ranks – Orestis Karnezis (LOSC) and Vassilis Barkas (Celtic). • Celtic's James Forrest is one game away from a century of appearances in UEFA club competition. • LOSC's fourth participation in the UEFA Europa League group stage matches the French record jointly held by Bordeaux, Marseille and St-Étienne. • Celtic are one of six former European Cup winners in this season's UEFA Europa League group stage, the others being Benfica (Group D), PSV Eindhoven (E), Feyenoord (K) Crvena zvezda (L) and Group H rivals Milan. 4 LOSC Lille - Celtic FC Thursday 29 October 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Stade Pierre Mauroy, Villeneuve d'Ascq 5 LOSC Lille - Celtic FC Thursday 29 October 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Stade Pierre Mauroy, Villeneuve d'Ascq Team facts LOSC Lille Formed: 1944 Nickname: Les Dogues (The Mastiffs) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2004 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 3 (2011) French Cup: 6 (2011) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2019/20: UEFA Champions League group stage 2018/19: did not take part in UEFA competition 2017/18: did not take part in UEFA competition 2016/17: third qualifying round 2015/16: did not take part in UEFA competition 2014/15: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA competition 2012/13: UEFA Champions League group stage 2011/12: UEFA Champions League group stage 2010/11: round of 32 Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 3-0 four times, most recently v Gent 16/12/10, UEFA Europa League group stage • Biggest away win 1-5: Slavia Praha v LOSC 01/10/09, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: LOSC v Wolfsburg 11/12/14, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 6-1: Bayern München v LOSC 07/11/12, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 3-0 twice,