Celtic 1-4 VfB Stuttgart
Key numbers
- Possession 53% – 47%
- Shots 11 (2 on target) – 16 (5)
- Decisive moment: 28' Bilal El Khannouss, FN xPts +0.7
Benjamin Nygren 21'
HT 1:2
Bilal El Khannouss 15'
Bilal El Khannouss 28'
Jamie Leweling 57'
Tiago Tomás 90'
Bilal El Khannouss 28'
Jamie Leweling 57'
Tiago Tomás 90'
Celtic edged xG (2.09–1.88) but VfB Stuttgart took the win.
Player of the matchBilal El KhannoussDecisive moment28' Bilal El Khannouss+0.7
Player of the match
Bilal El Khannouss Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.3 (Dominant)
Game state
Celtic ahead 0 min · level 22 min · VfB Stuttgart ahead 68 min
- Nikolas Nartey — off the bench 18 min · 0G 1A
- Tiago Tomás — off the bench 12 min · 1G 0A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
15'
Bilal El Khannouss
Goal · scorer +0.4 · assist Deniz Undav +0.2
+0.6
21'
Benjamin Nygren
Goal
+0.6
28'
Bilal El Khannouss
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Angelo Stiller +0.2
+0.7
57'
Jamie Leweling
Goal · scorer +0.2 · assist Deniz Undav +0.1
+0.3
90'
Tiago Tomás
Goal · assist Nikolas Nartey
0.0
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
Pre-match expectation for Celtic is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
CelticVfB Stuttgart
53%Possession47%
2.09Expected goals (xG)1.88
0.19xG per shot0.12
11Shots16
2Shots on target5
18%Shots on target %31%
8Shots in box10
555Passes507
85%Pass accuracy83%
4Corners2
1Saves1
8Fouls7
0Yellow cards1
2Offsides1
Compared with usual
Celtic
8 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.6 | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1.9 | high |
| xG | 2.09 | 1.8 | |
| xG against | 1.88 | 1.5 | |
| Shots | 11 | 9.4 | |
| On target | 2 | 4.4 | |
| Shots faced | 16 | 16.1 | |
| xG per shot | 0.19 | 0.2 | |
| Possession | 53% | 50.5% | |
| Passes | 555 | 476.4 | |
| Pass accuracy | 85% | 82% | |
| Corners | 4 | 5.1 | |
| Fouls | 8 | 12.1 | low |
VfB Stuttgart
34 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 4 | 1.9 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.2 | |
| xG | 1.88 | 1.5 | |
| xG against | 2.09 | 1.1 | |
| Shots | 16 | 16 | |
| On target | 5 | 5.9 | |
| Shots faced | 11 | 12.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.12 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 47% | 58.9% | |
| Passes | 507 | 530.3 | |
| Pass accuracy | 83% | 84.5% | |
| Corners | 2 | 5.6 | |
| Fouls | 7 | 11.1 |
Timeline
- 15' Goal Bilal El Khannouss competition goal #4 assist Deniz Undav
- 21' Goal Benjamin Nygren competition goal #4
- 28' Goal Bilal El Khannouss competition goal #5 assist Angelo Stiller
- 50' Yellow Jeff Chabot
- 57' Goal Jamie Leweling competition goal #3 assist Deniz Undav
- 60' VAR Ermedin Demirović
- 62' Sub Daizen Maeda → Yang Hyun-Jun
- 62' Sub Paulo Bernardo → Reo Hatate
- 71' Sub Benjamin Nygren → Luke McCowan
- 71' Sub Tomáš Čvančara → Kelechi Iheanacho
- 71' Sub Jamie Leweling → Chris Führich
- 71' Sub Bilal El Khannouss → Nikolas Nartey
- 78' Sub Kieran Tierney → Marcelo Saracchi
- 78' Sub Ermedin Demirović → Tiago Tomás
- 78' Sub Jeff Chabot → Luca Jaquez
- 90' Goal Tiago Tomás competition goal #2 assist Nikolas Nartey
- 90+1' Sub Angelo Stiller → Chema Andrés
Category leaders
- Key passesDeniz Undav4
- Duels wonTomáš Čvančara6/13
- DribblesCallum McGregor2/2
- Defensive actionsLiam Scales6
- ShotsBilal El Khannouss3 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonTomáš Čvančara3
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.