UEL | Celtic 0-3 Roma: Ferguson nets first European goals

Zeki Celik won Roma their first corner of the game five minutes in. Gianluca Mancini initially tried to claim that it was his header from Matias Soule’s delivery that took it past Kasper Schmeichel, but replays showed that it was actually a Liam Scales own-goal that sent the Giallorossi into an early lead in Glasgow.

The Giallorossi were the dominant force in the first half, registering eight shots in the opening 45 minutes, three of which were on target. Soule, Stephan El Shaarawy and Nicolo Pisilli all had a go midway through the first period. 

Their lead was doubled 10 minutes before the interval, Zeki Celik was freed on the right-hand side of the area and supplied the perfect low ball in for Ferguson, who just had to steer it in inside the six-yard box for 2-0. 

Gasperini’s side would claim their third on the stroke of half-time following a wonderful passage of possession in the final third. Soule was involved again, providing a brilliantly improvised ball in from the edge of the area, which Ferguson was able to turn in from 10 yards out. 

It looked as though the first half’s action was done after that, only for Mario Hermoso to bring down Arne Engels in the area on the following attack. 

There were several minutes of protests and delays from the Giallorossi, which saw El Shaarawy and Soule booked, but that might just have worked out in their favour as Engels struck the left upright when he was finally cleared to take the spot-kick. 

The hosts elected to make three changes at half-time, and saw an immediate shift in momentum: Kelechi Iheanacho, recently returned from injury, looked bright and determined. 

The Nigerian thought he had clawed one back, prodding home in similar fashion to Ferguson in the first half, but he was eventually flagged for a slight offside. 3-0 Roma it remained. 

Roma would also see another chalked off before full-time. Leon Bailey thought he had claimed his first Giallorossi goal with a well taken finish into the far corner inside the area, but he was also punished for an offside in the build-up. 

Tonight’s result sees Roma climb up to 10th place in the Europa League table, just one point outside the all-important top eight with two games against Stuttgart and Panathinaikos left to play before the end of the league phase.

Celtic 0-3 Roma

Scales OG 6’, Ferguson 36’, 45+1’, 

11-12-2025 20:00 MatchDay 6 Celtic Park

Celtic

Roma Live 0 - 3

Player statistic

1st half

6'

Liam Scales     36' Evan Ferguson (Assist: Zeki Celik) Arne Engels

45+5'         45+1'

Evan Ferguson (Assist: Matìas Soulé)     45+3' Mario Hermoso     45+4' Stephan El Shaarawy     45+5' Matìas Soulé 2nd half

		78'		Evan Ndicka
		88'

Jan Ziolkowski Celtic Roma

Starting lineups

1

Kasper Schmeichel Goalkeeper 6

Auston Trusty Defender 63

Kieran Tierney Defender 46' 5 Liam Scales Defender 42

Callum McGregor Midfielder 41 Reo Hatate Midfielder 77' 27 Arne Engels Attacker 8

Benjamin Nygren Attacker 46' 38

Daizen Maeda Attacker 46' 13 Hyun-jun Yang Attacker 62' 23 Sebastian Tounekti Attacker 99

Mile Svilar Goalkeeper 2 Devyne Rensch Defender 5

Evan Ndicka Defender 23

Gianluca Mancini Defender 22

Mario Hermoso Defender 80' 19

Zeki Celik Defender 8 Neil El Aynaoui Midfielder 61 Niccolò Pisilli Midfielder 85' 11

Evan Ferguson Attacker 69' 18

Matìas Soulé Attacker 69' 92

Stephan El Shaarawy Attacker

69'

Substitutes

47 Dane Murray Midfielder 24 Johnny Kenny Attacker 12 Viljami Sinisalo Goalkeeper 31

Ross Doohan Goalkeeper 14 Luke McCowan Attacker 17

Kelechi Iheanacho Attacker 46' 28 Paulo Bernardo Midfielder 46' 51 Colby Donovan Midfielder 46' 56 Anthony Ralston Defender 62' 10 Michel-Ange Balikwisha Attacker 77' 4

Bryan Cristante Midfielder 95

Pierluigi Gollini Goalkeeper 12

Konstantinos Tsimikas Defender 87 Daniele Ghilardi Defender 17

Manu Koné Midfielder 70 Giorgio De Marzi Goalkeeper 43

Wesley Defender 7

Lorenzo Pellegrini Midfielder 69' 21

Paulo Dybala Attacker 69' 31

Leon Bailey Attacker 69' 24

Jan Ziolkowski Defender 80' 3

Angeliño Defender

85'