Match day 4 of the Champions League 2024-25 season will be played on November 5 and 6. As a part of match day 4, the Glaswegian Celtic will be hosting RB Leipzig at their home stadium of Celtic Park. In the three games Celtic has played in the season so far, the Scottish team has won one 5 – 1 against Slovan Bratislava, lost one 7 – 1 against Borussia Dortmund, and ended one in a draw 0 – 0 against Atalanta.
The German team has been less lucky, having lost on all three match days. The scores were 1 – 2 in an away game with Atletico Madrid, 2 – 3 in a home game with Juventus, and 0 – 1 in a home game with Liverpool.
Neither team has made any changes in the managerial staff for the season. Celtic will continue playing under Brendan Rodgers who became the team’s head coach in June 2023, while RB Leipzig will be led by Marco Rose who has been with the team since September 2022.
Currently, the Champions League 2024-25 season table looks the following:
| Position | Team | Played | Wins | Draws | Lost | Points | Qualification |
| 1 | Aston Villa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | Advance to round of 16 (seeded) |
| 2 | Liverpool | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| 3 | Manchester City | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| 4 | Monaco | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| 5 | Brest | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| 7 | Inter Milan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| 8 | Sporting CP | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| 9 | Arsenal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded) |
| 10 | Barcelona | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 11 | Borussia Dortmund | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 12 | Real Madrid | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 13 | Benfica | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 14 | Juventus | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 15 | Lille | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 16 | Feyenoord | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 17 | Atalanta | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded) |
| 18 | VfB Stuttgart | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 19 | Paris Saint-Germain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 20 | Celtic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 21 | Sparta Prague | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 22 | Dinamo Zagreb | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 23 | Bayern Munich | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 24 | Girona | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 25 | Milan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 26 | Club Brugge | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 27 | Atlético Madrid | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 28 | PSV Eindhoven | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| 29 | Bologna | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 29 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 31 | RB Leipzig | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 32 | Sturm Graz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 33 | Red Star Belgrade | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 34 | Red Bull Salzburg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 34 | Young Boys | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 36 | Slovan Bratislava | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Celtic vs Leipzig: Match Details
When: Tuesday, 5 November 2024
What time: 20:00 BST
Venue: Celtic Park, Glasgow
Home team: Celtic
Away team: RB Leipzig
Celtic vs Leipzig: Current Progress at Champions League 2024-25
Both teams have played three games so far. The Scots have played 1 home and 2 away, while the German team has played 2 home and 1 away games. Below you will find detailed stats of their current progress in the 2024-25 season.
Celtic in Champions League 2024-25
- Celtic 5 – 1 Slovan Bratislava (18 September, match day 1)
- Borussia Dortmund 7 – 1 Celtic (1 October, match day 2)
- Atalanta 0 – 0 Celtic (23 October, match day 3)
In the game with the Slovakian team, Celtic managed to get three goals (L. Scales 17′, K. Furuhashi 47′, A. Engels 56′ penalty) before Slovan Bratislava had a chance to put the ball into the Scottish net (K. Wimmer 60′). Before the game was over, Celtic added two more goals to their score (D. Maeda 70′, A. Idah 86′), cementing their victory.
The first goal in the game with Borussia Dortmund was a penalty scored by Emre Can for the German team at the 7 minute mark. It was soon followed up by a goal Daizen Maeda scored for Celtic at the 9 minute mark. However after that goal the Scottish team didn’t get another chance to put the ball into the net. The remaining goals scored by Dortmund were K. Adeyemi (11′, 29′, 42′), S. Guirassy (40′ penalty, 66′), and F. Nmecha (79′).
Leipzig in Champions League 2024-25
- Atletico Madrid 2 – 1 RB Leipzig (19 September, match day 1)
- RB Leipzig 2 – 3 Juventus (2 October, match day 2)
- Leipzig 0 – 1 Liverpool (23 October, match day 3)
Leipzig started the game with Atletico with a bang, when Benjamin Šeško scored at the 4 minute mark. Antoine Griezmann evened the score for the Spanish team at the 28 minute mark. The game could have ended in a draw but Jose Giménez put the ball in the net at the 90 minute mark, tipping the scale in favour of Atletico Madrid.
It was Benjamin Šeško again who scored both goals for the Germans in the game against the Italian Juventus, first at 30′ and then a penalty at the 60 minute mark. However, Juventus managed to score more by one goal, thus winning the game (D. Vlahović 50′, 68′, M. Di Gregorio 59′ (red card), Francisco Conceição 82′).
The only goal that took place in the game between Leipzig and Liverpool was scored by Darwin Núñez at the 27 minute mark, bringing the English team its victory.
Celtic vs Leipzig: Previous Games Together
Up until now, Celtic and RB Leipzig have played a total of four games together. Their first encounter took place in the 2018/19 season of the UEFA Europa League when on 25 October 2018 RB Leipzig won 2 – 0. After that they played another game in the same season — that ended in the only victory Celtic won against Leipzig — and two more games in the 2022/23 season of the UEFA Champions League.
Here are some essential stats of both teams playing against each other in the Champions League:
| Celtic | RB Leipzig | |
| 2 | Total games played | 2 |
| 0 | Wins | 2 |
| 0 | Draws | 0 |
| 1 | Goals scored | 5 |
| Willie Wallace (13 goals) | All-time top scorer | Christopher Nkunku (11 goals) |
| 0 titles | Competition record | 1 title |
| N/A | Most recent title | 1966/67 |
Here is a full list of the matches Celtic and RB Leipzig played against each other:
| Year | Championship | Date | Game | Celtic | RB Leipzig |
| 2018/19 | UEFA Europa League | 25.10.2018 | Group B | 0 (away) | 2 (home) |
| 2018/2019 | UEFA Europa League | 08.11.2018 | Group B | 2 (home) | 1 (away) |
| 2022/23 | UEFA Champions League | 05.10.2022 | Group F | 1 (away) | 3 (home) |
| 2022/23 | UEFA Champions League | 11.10.2022 | Group F | 0 (home) | 2 (away) |
Celtic vs Leipzig: Betting Odds at 7bet
At the time of the article publication, 7bet offers the following odds on Celtic vs RB Leipzig. You can check other markets on our Champions League betting page.
| Celtic (1) | x | Leipzig (2) |
| 11/5 | 11/4 | 21/20 |
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