Astana v Celtic: play-off contribution and stats
FC Astana have an glorious new home record in Europe but, 5-0 down after a initial leg in Glasgow, have a towering to stand opposite Celtic FC.
Previous meetings
• Celtic’s first-leg win was a biggest-ever domain of home feat in a UEFA Champions League play-off and equalled a altogether record for a round. Astana possess goals non-stop and finished a scoring, with Scott Sinclair scoring twice and James Forrest also on a mark.
• Celtic prevailed when a teams met in final season’s third subordinate round. A 1-1 pull in Kazakhstan was followed by a 2-1 success for a Scottish bar in Glasgow; Leigh Griffiths scored in both matches, with Moussa Dembélé’s 90th-minute chastisement in a second leg proof decisive. Yuri Logvinenko purebred Astana’s first-leg goal.
• That was Astana’s solitary prior tie opposite a bar from Scotland.
• Celtic also came out on tip in their usually other tie opposite antithesis from Kazakhstan, branch around a 2-0 first-leg detriment during FC Shakhter Karagandy in a 2013/14 play-offs with a 3-0 second-leg win during home.
Match background
• Astana got this distant pleasantness of a 2-1 total win opposite FK Spartaks Jūrmala in a second subordinate turn (1-0 away, 1-1 home) and a 3-2 total success over Legia Warszawa in a third subordinate turn (3-1 home, 0-1 away).
• The Kazakh side are dominant in 14 home European games, given a 3-0 detriment opposite Villarreal CF in a 2014/15 UEFA Europa League play-offs. Their record given afterwards is W7 D7.
• This is Astana’s third UEFA Champions League campaign. They went all a approach from a second subordinate turn to a organisation theatre on their entrance in 2015/16; final tenure they were knocked out by Celtic.
• Astana went on to strech a UEFA Europa League organisation theatre final season, entrance fourth in their section.
• Celtic are nonetheless to concur in this season’s competition, overcoming Linfield FC in a second subordinate turn (2-0 away, 4-0 home) and Rosenborg BK in a third subordinate turn (0-0 home, 1-0 away).
• The feat during Linfield finished Celtic’s 11-match run though an divided win in Europe (D6 L5).
• Away from home Celtic are dominant in 4 games (W2 D2), given a 7-0 detriment during Barcelona on 13 Sep 2016 – their heaviest better in European competition.
• Celtic’s record in 6 UEFA Champions League play-offs is W3 L3. The victories were opposite Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC (2016/17), Shakhtar Karagandy (2013/14) and Helsingborgs IF (2012/13); a defeats came opposite Malmö FF (2015/16), NK Maribor (2014/15) and Arsenal FC (2009/10).
• Celtic are looking to strech a UEFA Champions League organisation theatre for a tenth time; 12 months ago they kick Hapoel 5-4 on total during this theatre (5-2 home, 0-2 away) though could usually finish fourth in their section.
Team and manager links
• Aleksandr Mokin and Sergei Maliy featured in both legs for Shakhter Karagandy opposite Celtic in Aug 2013. Neither actor faced Celtic final summer.
Coach profiles
• Former Bulgaria midfielder Stanimir Stoilov has won 3 joining titles given entrance to Kazakhstan in 2014, as good as steering Astana into a 2015/16 UEFA Champions League organisation theatre – a proviso he had progressing graced as manager of PFC Levski Sofia.
• Northern Irish manager Brendan Rodgers led Celtic to their sixth unbroken Scottish Premier League pretension final term, his initial debate in charge, as good as a Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup. The Hoops went by a domestic deteriorate unbeaten.
Penalty shoot-outs
• Astana have nonetheless to underline in a UEFA chastisement shoot-out.
• Celtic’s record in chastisement shoot-outs in UEFA bar foe is W1 L2:
4-3 v FC Spartak Moskva, 2007/08 UEFA Champions League third subordinate round
4-5 v Valencia CF, 2001/02 UEFA Cup third round
4-5 v FC Internazionale Milano, 1971/72 European Champion Clubs’ Cup semi-final