Kairat Almaty and Celtic played out a goalless draw in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League play-off tie on Tuesday, 26 August 2025. The match kicked off at 16:45 UTC at an unspecified venue, with Italian referee Maurizio Mariani taking charge. The score remained 0–0 at half-time and finished 0–0, leaving the tie perfectly balanced ahead of the second leg in Scotland.

For Celtic, this result meant they had avoided defeat on the road in a notoriously difficult away fixture in the Champio...