Atalanta vs Celtic

Atalanta tonight became just the second team on record in the UEFA Champions League (2008-09 onwards) to have 20+ shots (22) and 50+ touches in the opposition box (54) and not score a goal, along with Paris SG against Borussia Dortmund in last season’s semi-final second leg (30 shots, 50 touches in the opp. box).

Tonight’s goalless draw has ended a run of 85 consecutive games in major European matches without a 0-0 for Celtic, with their last 0-0 draw coming against Benfica back in September 2012 in a UEFA Champions League match.

Celtic have kept a UEFA Champions League clean sheet for the first time since September 2017 in a 3-0 win over Anderlecht, ending a run of 18 games without one in which they shipped 51 goals.

This will be Atalanta’s first ever meeting with Celtic and their first European game against a Scottish team.

Celtic have lost their last seven UEFA Champions League games against Italian teams by an aggregate score of 15-1 since winning 2-1 against Milan in October 2007. Away from home, Celtic have lost every single one of their seven Champions League visits to Italy.

Atalanta are looking to win successive games in the UEFA Champions League for the first time since March 2020, reaching the quarter-final that season.

Since beating RSC Anderlecht 3-0 in September 2017, Celtic have lost eight of their last nine away matches in the UEFA Champions League, conceding 36 goals in that period (4 per game).

Atalanta have kept a clean sheet in each of their last four games in major European competition, the last Italian side to do so in five straight games was Milan in April 2023.