Match Report
9 points for Celtic (2nd), 18 for Salzburg (1st): a 9-point gap. On recent form Celtic sat only 28th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall. Per game in the league, Celtic were scoring 1 and conceding 1.33, Salzburg 2.83 and 1, against a competition average of 1.35 goals per team per game.
Celtic carried an 8-game unbeaten run into this. Salzburg came in having won six on the spin, having scored in 7 consecutive games.
Celtic Park in Glasgow staged the fixture, a ground that holds 60,411. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 1-2.