Atlético de Madrid vs Celtic match facts

Atlético de Madrid twice had to come from behind to earn a Matchday 3 draw at Celtic and will attempt to finally subdue the Scottish champions in the fourth round of UEFA Champions League Group E fixtures.

Celtic took their first point of this season's campaign in the reverse fixture, goals from Kyogo Furuhashi (4) and Luis Palma (28) twice putting them in front in Glasgow. Antoine Griezmann scored Atletico's first equaliser after Joe Hart had touched his penalty onto the post (25) and Álvaro Morata headed the second (53), the visitors losing Rodrigo De Paul to a late red card.

Unbeaten Atleti are now second in Group E on five points, one behind Feyenoord. They conceded an equaliser to Lazio goalkeeper Ivan Provedel with the final kick to draw 1-1 in Rome on Matchday 1 but bounced back by twice coming from behind to beat Feyenoord 3-2 in Madrid.

Celtic are on one point, three behind third-placed Lazio, having followed a 2-0 opening defeat at Feyenoord – a game they ended with nine players – with a 1-2 home defeat against Lazio, the decisive goal coming five minutes into added time.

Previous meetings 

Celtic wins 0
Atlético wins 4
Draws 3
Celtic goals 4
Atlético goals 10

The most recent of the sides' six meetings before this season came in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League group stage, Atlético winning 2-0 in Madrid on Matchday 1 thanks to goals from Radamel Falcao (3) and Diego (68) before Arda Turan (30) got the only goal at Celtic Park on Matchday 5.

James Forrest started both games for Celtic with Koke in Atlético's starting line-up in Madrid.

Atlético, with Diego Simeone replacing Gregorio Manzano as coach after the group stage, went on to finish top of Group I on 13 points and eventually claimed the trophy under Simeone; Celtic were eliminated in third place in the section on six points.

The Spanish side had reached their first European Cup final at Celtic's expense, a 0-0 draw in Glasgow in the first leg of the teams' 1973/74 semi-final preceding a 2-0 home win in Madrid thanks to late goals from José Eulogio Gárate (77) and Adelardo Rodríguez (85).

Atlético eventually lost to Bayern München in the only European Cup final to be settled by a replay.

Los Colchoneros were 3-2 aggregate winners against Celtic in the 1985/86 European Cup Winners' Cup first round, the first leg in Madrid finishing 1-1 after Quique Setién's 34th-minute opener for the home side was cancelled out in the second half by Mo Johnston (69).

Setién again scored first at Celtic Park, giving the visitors a 38th-minute advantage that was added to by Quique Ramos in the 73rd minute and that was enough despite Roy Aitken's 75th-minute reply for the Scottish side.

Atlético got as far as the final that season, losing 3-0 to Dynamo Kyiv in Lyon.

Form guide

Atlético de Madrid

Record vs Scottish clubs: W6 D3 L1 F16 A6
Home record vs Scottish clubs: W4 D1 L0

Aside from their seven games against Celtic, Atlético have faced Scottish sides only three times.

They suffered their only defeat in their first match, going down 2-1 at Heart of Midlothian in the 1993/94 UEFA Cup first round first leg, although they still won the tie thanks to a 3-0 victory in the home return.

Atleti also beat Aberdeen 2-0 in Madrid in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup group stage.

Atlético are making their 14th Champions League group appearance and an 11th in succession. They have featured every season since 2013/14.

Runners-up in 2014 and 2016, both against Real Madrid, Simeone's side failed to progress from their section for the first time in five seasons in 2022/23. However, unlike on the previous occasion in 2017/18, when they went on to win the Europa League, Atleti bowed out of Europe altogether having finished bottom of Group B.

Atlético opened last season's Champions League campaign with a 2-1 home win against Porto – all three goals coming in added time, a competition first – but failed to win a game after that (D2 L3).

That was the first time Atlético had finished bottom of their Champions League group.

The Matchday 2 defeat of Feyenoord this season is one of only three wins for Simeone's side in their last 13 Champions League group stage matches (D4 L6).

That was also only Atleti's second victory in their last 12 home European fixtures (D7 L3), the other against Porto on Matchday 1 last term.

The Colchoneros were third in La Liga for the second successive season in 2022/23, finishing 11 points behind champions Barcelona and one behind Real Madrid.

Celtic

Record vs Spanish clubs: W8 D6 L23 F30 A67
Away record vs Spanish clubs: W0 D3 L15

Celtic kicked off last season's Champions League group stage with a 3-0 loss at home to Atlético's neighbours Real Madrid, and also went down 5-1 in Spain on Matchday 6.

That made in nine successive away defeats in Spain for Celtic, who have scored only nine goals away to La Liga clubs; they have drawn a blank on 11 occasions.

That win against Betis and the Matchday 3 draw with Atlético are the only matches in Celtic's last 11 games against Spanish sides that did not end in defeat – they conceded 33 goals in those matches, scoring seven.

Celtic are in the Champions League group stage for the 12th time, one more than local rivals Rangers, and the second season in a row.

The Bhoys returned to the group stage for the first time in five seasons in 2022/23, but finished bottom of Group F having failed to win a game. Their only points came from two 1-1 draws against Shakhtar Donetsk, holders Real Madrid and Leipzig beating them home and away.

The first British club to win the European Cup in 1967, and runners-up to Feyenoord three years later, Celtic have reached the Champions League knockout stages three times, all those campaigns ending in the round of 16, most recently in 2012/13 against Juventus (0-3 h, 0-2 a).

Celtic have won only one of their last nine European away games, losing seven.

A 3-0 win at Anderlecht on Matchday 2 in 2017/18 is one of only two Celtic victories in their last 29 games in the Champions League, group stage to final (D6 L21).

That victory at Anderlecht is also the Hoops' only win in their last 16 away games in the Champions League proper (D3 L12).

Celtic claimed their 53rd Scottish League title, and an 11th in 12 seasons, in 2022/23, Ange Postecoglou's side finishing on 99 points, seven above runners-up Rangers. The Hoops also won the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup, claiming the domestic treble for the eighth time and a fifth in seven seasons.

Postecoglou departed for Tottenham Hotspur in the summer, Brendan Rodgers – who was previously in charge at Celtic between May 2016 and February 2019, winning two league titles, two Scottish Cups and three Scottish League Cups – returning as his replacement on a three-year contract.

Links and trivia

Stefan Savić and Joe Hart were Premier League champions together at Manchester City in 2011/12.

Rodgers was Çağlar Söyüncü's manager at Leicester between August 2018 and April this year.

César Azpilicueta scored past Hart as Chelsea were held 1-1 at home by West Ham in the Premier League on 13 April 2018. Morata was also in the Chelsea side at Stamford Bridge.

Azpilicueta has played 15 times against teams managed by Rodgers: seven games against Liverpool and eight against Leicester. The Spaniard's record was W7 D7 L1, the solitary defeat a 1-0 Leicester win in the FA Cup final on 15 May 2021.

Morata scored a late winner past Hart as Juventus triumphed 2-1 at Manchester City on Matchday 1 of the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League group stage.

Morata came on to set up two late goals as Spain battled back to earn a 2-2 friendly draw against Hart's England on 15 November 2016.

Daizen Maeda was on the winning side as Japan beat Spain 2-1 in the 2022 FIFA World Cup group stage. Morata had given Spain the lead.

Memphis Depay scored the only goal as the Netherlands beat a Scotland team including Forrest and Callum McGregor in an Aberdeen friendly on 9 November 2017. The Dutch forward then got both his side's goals in another friendly, a 2-2 draw in Loulé, Portugal, against a Scotland side that included David Turnbull, Greg Taylor, Forrest and McGregor.

Forrest and Axel Witsel were on opposing sides as Belgium won 2-0 at Glasgow's Hampden Park in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier on 6 September 2013.

Latest news

Atlético 

Atleti's nine-game unbeaten run in all competitions (W7 D2) was ended by a 2-1 defeat at Las Palmas on Friday, Álvaro Morata's late consolation goal not enough.

Atlético have won seven of their last nine games in all competitions, the exception their Matchday 3 draw at Celtic and Friday's loss at Las Palmas.

Diego Simeone's side had been on a run of six straight Liga victories since a 3-0 defeat at Valencia on 16 September.

That was Atleti's only loss this season in all competitions before losing on Friday. Their record otherwise is W9 D3.

A 2-1 win against Alavés on 29 October made it 14 home Liga wins in a row for Atlético, equalling a club all-time record set between May 2012 and February 2013 at their former ground, the Vicente Calderón.

Rodrigo Riquelme scored his first home Atlético goal against Alavés. Last season he struck twice at the Metropolitano while on loan at Girona.

Atlético have managed only four clean sheets in their first 15 games of the campaign and just one in the last seven, conceding nine goals.

Antoine Griezmann scored a hat-trick in a 3-0 win at Celta Vigo on 21 October and has nine goals this season in all competitions, a figure he only reached on 4 March in 2022/23, when he ended the campaign with 16 goals.

That was the France international's fourth treble for Atleti, equalling the 21st century record of Radamel Falcao.

Griezmann has scored in six of his last nine Atlético appearances, eight goals in all.

Morata has already struck ten times this season for Atlético, just five fewer than his total for last season.

A 7-0 win at Rayo Vallecano on 28 August was Atlético's biggest ever away league victory.

That was Griezmann's 200th win with Atlético in his 344th appearance. Only Juanfran (306), Koke (306), Diego Godín (340) and Saúl Ñíguez (341) reached the milestone quicker.

Morata scored Spain's first goal in the UEFA EURO 2024 qualifying win against Scotland in Seville on 12 October and also started the 1-0 win in Norway three days later that secured qualification.

Griezmann started as France sealed their place at UEFA EURO 2024 with a 2-1 win against the Netherlands on 13 October. He also started the 4-1 friendly win against Scotland on 17 October.

Memphis Depay returned as a late substitute in the 3-1 derby win against Real Madrid on 24 September, his first appearance since damaging his right thigh against Rayo Vallecano on 28 August, only to pick up another injury. He has not played since.

José María Giménez was a late substitute against Alavés, his first appearance since 1 October due to a calf injury. He also came on on Friday.

Samuel Lino went off at half-time at Celta with a knee sprain and has not played since.

Thomas Lemar was replaced in the 43rd minute of Atlético's 3-0 loss to Valencia on 16 September and will be out until March with a ruptured Achilles tendon.

Reinildo Mandava is still recovering from an anterior cruciate ligament injury he picked up against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu on 25 February, although he is back in team training.

On 30 October Griezmann finished 21st in the voting for the Ballon d'Or.

Celtic

Celtic's record in this season's Scottish Premiership is now W10 D2. They were 3-0 winners at ten-man Ross County on Saturday.

David Turnbull opened the scoring for the second league game in a row before late strikes from substitutes Luis Palma and James Forrest, the latter's first goal since 22 October 2022.

Forrest has now scored in 15 consecutive seasons for the Hoops and has 102 goals in 478 appearances for the club.

Celtic's six-game winning league run was ended by a 0-0 draw at Hibernian on 28 October.

The Hoops returned to winning ways with a 2-1 home victory against St. Mirren on 1 November thanks to a late goal from Oh Hyeon-gyu, his first of the season.

Brendan Rodgers celebrated his 700th game as a manager with a 3-1 win at home to Kilmarnock on 7 October.

Matt O'Riley is Celtic's top scorer in this season's Scottish Premiership on six goals, one ahead of Kyogo Furuhashi and Turnbull.

On 20 October Rodgers was named Scottish Premiership manager of the month for September, with O'Riley taking the player award.

Celtic relinquished their hold on the Scottish League Cup on 20 August, losing 0-1 at Kilmarnock. They had won the trophy six times in the previous seven seasons.

Furuhashi scored in Japan's 2-0 friendly victory against Tunisia on 17 October with Reo Hatate also in the starting line-up.

Four days earlier Furuhashi and Hatate had both come on as substitutes in a 4-1 friendly win against a Canada side including Celtic team-mate Alistair Johnston.

Liam Scales made his Republic of Ireland debut in a 2-0 UEFA EURO 2024 qualifying defeat by Greece on 13 October. Michael Johnston marked his first Ireland start with a goal in a 4-0 away win against Gibraltar three days later.

Gustaf Lagerbielke scored his first goal for Sweden in their 3-1 win over Moldova on 12 October.

O'Riley was called up to the Denmark squad for the first time for the UEFA EURO 2024 qualifiers against Kazakhstan and San Marino, although he did not make an appearance.

Hatate will miss the rest of the group stage after sustaining a hamstring injury early on against Atlético on Matchday 3. He is expected to be out for two months having already been sidelined by a calf problem between 13 August and 16 September.

Stephen Welsh has not played since a 3-1 win at Aberdeen on 13 August due to an ankle problem.

Liel Abada sustained a thigh injury in training with Israel on 8 September and was expected to be out for three to four months.