This is the third European campaign in which Feyenoord and Celtic meet – the Dutch side won 2-1 in the 1970 European Cup final in Milan, while both sides enjoyed home wins in the 2023-24 Champions League group stage (2-0 Feyenoord, 2-1 Celtic).
In all European competition, Celtic are winless in their past five visits to the Netherlands (D1 L4) since a 3-1 win at Ajax in August 2001 in a Champions League qualifier.
Feyenoord have failed to score in three of their four Europa League matches this season. Only in 1991-92 (Cup Winners’ Cup), 2008-09 (Uefa Cup) and 2020-21 (Europa League) have they had four goalless games in a single major European campaign.
Celtic have kept just one clean sheet in their past 22 Europa League matches – they have conceded at least twice in 15 of their past 19 games in the competition.
Celtic have netted just one goal from open play in the Europa League this season, with their past three goals coming via set-pieces (2x corners, 1x penalty). Only Red Star Belgrade and FC Utrecht have scored fewer (0).