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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Celtic Park - Glasgow Thursday 10 December 2020 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Celtic FC Group H - Matchday 6 LOSC Lille Last updated 26/02/2021 12:31CET 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 Celtic FC - LOSC Lille Thursday 10 December 2020 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Celtic Park, Glasgow Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Zeki Çelik 67, Ikoné Villeneuve 29/10/2020 GS LOSC Lille - Celtic FC 2-2 75; Elyounoussi 28, d'Ascq 32 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Celtic FC 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 LOSC Lille 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 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 2 Celtic FC - LOSC Lille Thursday 10 December 2020 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Celtic Park, Glasgow 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) 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 LOSC Lille - Record versus clubs from opponents' country LOSC Lille have not played against a club from their opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Celtic FC 9 5 0 4 10 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 19 6 4 9 27 34 LOSC Lille 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 Celtic FC - LOSC Lille Thursday 10 December 2020 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Celtic Park, Glasgow Match background Celtic's underwhelming UEFA Europa League Group H campaign comes to a close with a home game against a LOSC Lille side who have already booked their passage through to the knockout phase and have their sights set on a third successive away win. • Two late goals from substitute striker Burak Yılmaz earned LOSC a 2-1 comeback victory against Sparta Praha on Matchday 5 – the French club's first European home win in 15 attempts – to ensure qualification for the round of 32 alongside AC Milan, who also came from behind to beat Celtic 4-2 and condemn the Scottish champions to a fourth- placed finish. LOSC have 11 points, one more than Milan, and will top the group with a win in Glasgow, though any result will do if the Italian giants fail to take three points from their final group fixture away to Sparta. Previous meetings • The clubs went head to head for the first time in UEFA competition on 29 October, a Mohamed Elyounoussi double putting Celtic 2-0 up in northern France before LOSC, who had never previously faced Scottish opponents, came back to draw 2-2 with second-half strikes from Zeki Çelik and Jonathan Ikoné. • The Bhoys have won five and lost four of their nine home games against French clubs. In the last such contest, Paris Saint-Germain won 5-0 at Celtic Park in the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League group stage to inflict Celtic's heaviest ever European home defeat. Form guide 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 were unable 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, four of which, including this one, have failed to bring further progress. • There were three wins out of three for Celtic at home in last season's group stage, against CFR Cluj (2-0), Lazio (2- 1) and Rennes (3-1). However, their three UEFA Europa League fixtures in Glasgow since then, against Copenhagen, Milan (1-3) and Sparta (1-4), have all ended in defeat. LOSC • LOSC are 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 French club 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 had gone a remarkable 17 European games without a win until they beat Sparta 4-1 in Prague on Matchday 1 – their first victory in nine continental matches on the road (D2 L6), which they promptly followed with another, 3-0 at Milan. In the UEFA Europa League group stage their away record is now W3 D4 L4. 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 Ikoné. • Both clubs have a Greek international goalkeeper in their ranks – Vassilis Barkas (Celtic) and Orestis Karnezis (LOSC). • Yusuf Yazıcı, with hat-tricks in LOSC's first two Group H away fixtures, against Sparta and Milan, is the leading scorer in this season's UEFA Europa League group stage with six goals. • LOSC's Croatian international left-back Domagoj Bradarić celebrates his 21st birthday on Matchday 6. 4 Celtic FC - LOSC Lille Thursday 10 December 2020 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Celtic Park, Glasgow • This is Celtic's 50th match in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final. • Celtic have the worst defensive record in this season's UEFA Europa League, with 17 goals conceded after five matches.