Europa League: Real Sociedad and Celta line-ups vs Lillestrøm and Celtic
The Real Sociedad and the Celta de Vigo face this Thursday, October 22, at 21:00, the third matchday of the Europa League. Both teams are looking for their first win in the competition, and their coaches bring major changes in their starting line-ups , with several rotations and interesting surprises for fans.
Lillestrøm - Real Sociedad: Matarazzo backs the rotations
Real Sociedad
The Real Sociedad travel to Lillestrøm in Norway after picking up just one point from their first two European matches. The txuri-urdin side arrives in a good moment in LaLiga, but needs to carry those good feelings over to the continental tournament.
Pellegrino Matarazzo makes numerous changes to his starting XI, starting in goal, where Unai Marrero takes the place of Álex Remiro. Jon Martín, Zubeldia and Mamadou Sarr come into the back line, while Gorrotxategi, Carlos Soler and Luka Sučić make up the coach's bet in the middle of the park.
In attack, the big news is the starting Gonçalo Guedes and Take Kubo, supported by Mikel Oyarzabal. The captain of the Donostia side starts, while Óskarsson and Barrenetxea wait for their chance from the bench.
Confirmed Real Sociedad XI: Marrero; Gorrotxategi, Zubeldia, Jon Martín, Oyarzabal, Guedes, Kubo, Sergio Gómez, Carlos Soler, Mamadou Sarr and Sučić.
𝗫𝗜 | The chosen ones for today. pic.twitter.com/U0CIpD9YM2
— Real Sociedad Fútbol (@RealSociedad) October 22, 2026
Celtic - Celta: Aspas leads a line-up with plenty of changes
R.C. Celta de Vigo
The Celta visit Celtic Park with the need to respond after losing their first two Europa League matches against Omonia and Juventus. The Vigo side face a demanding trip to a Celtic team that also has not managed to pick up a point in this edition of the tournament.
Claudio Giráldez puts Iago Aspas in as starter and captain, with Ferran Jutglà and Hugo Álvarez. The presence of Aspas is one of the main headlines from the Celeste XI, in which also stands out the start of Javi Rueda.
In midfield appear Aleix Febas and Hugo Burcio, while the defence will include Javi Rodríguez, Sebastián Cáceres, Marcos Alonso and Sergio Carreira. Radu stays between the posts in a team that will be looking for its first European points of the season.
Confirmed Celta XI: Radu; Javi Rodríguez, Sebastián Cáceres, Marcos Alonso, Javi Rueda, Aleix Febas, Hugo Burcio, Sergio Carreira, Iago Aspas, Ferran Jutglà and Hugo Álvarez.
𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒐 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝑪𝒍𝒖𝒃 𝑪𝒆𝒍𝒕𝒂... 𝒙𝒐𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒂́𝒏... 🩵#CelticCelta ⋄ #EuropaLeague pic.twitter.com/kFiXyTjtug
— Celta (@RCCelta) October 22, 2026
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