Europa League

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')

Neil Lennon slams Celtic players after heavy loss to Sparta Prague

The Czech Republic side ran out 4-1 winners in the Europa League despite injury and Covid-19 issues.

Nov 5, 23:48

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
Celtic	Draw	Sparta Prague
66.91%	19.61%	13.48%

Both teams to score 48.73%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

55.42%

44.58%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

33.05%

66.95%

Celtic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

87.61%

12.39%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

61.74%

38.26%

Sparta Prague Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

55.61%

44.39%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

19.56%

80.44%

Score Analysis

Celtic 66.91%

Sparta Prague 13.48%

Draw 19.61%

Celtic	Draw	Sparta 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%