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# Numerous absences for Celtic and Celta Vigo ahead of Europa League clash

Celtic host Celta Vigo in matchday three of the Europa League league phase, in a match that will see five players absent from each side, kicking off at 22:00 Saudi time on 22 October 2026.

[Kareem Al-Saleh](https://riyadaty.com/en/author/kareem-al-saleh-2) Editor Published 21 October 2026، 10:16 Saudi time

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Numerous absences for Celtic and Celta Vigo ahead of Europa League clash

[Celtic](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/celtic-318) will face [Celta Vigo](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/celta-vigo-214) in matchday three of the league phase of the 2026/27 [UEFA Europa League](https://riyadaty.com/en/competition/uefa-europa-league-21), in a match kicking off at 22:00 Saudi time (the same as Damascus time) on 22 October 2026.

Hosts Celtic will be without five players for this match: [Alistair William Johnston](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/alistair-william-johnston-10358) and [Yang Hyun-Jun](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/yang-hyun-jun-10371) through injury, in addition to the absence of [Shumaira Mheuka](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/shumaira-mheuka-10377), [Joel van den Berg](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/joel-van-den-berg-9715) and [Cameron Robert Carter-Vickers](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/cameron-robert-carter-vickers-10355) for other reasons.

On the other hand, Celta Vigo go into the match suffering from injury absences affecting five of their players: [Jones El Abdellaoui](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/jones-el-abdellaoui-6160), [Miguel Román](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/miguel-rom%C3%A1n-gonz%C3%A1lez-6154), [Carl Anders Theodor Starfelt](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/carl-anders-theodor-starfelt-6147), [Borja Iglesias](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/borja-iglesias-quint%C3%A1s-6162) and [Álvaro Núñez](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/%C3%A1lvaro-n%C3%BA%C3%B1ez-6143).

The match will be broadcast on beIN Sports.

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