Celtic 2-1 Dundee United: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 14 January 2012

Result

Celtic 2-1 Dundee United

Premiership · Saturday 14 January 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Celtic 2-1 Dundee United: match report

Celtic beat Dundee United 2-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 14 January 2012. The half-time score was 2-0.

G. Hooper opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Celtic's goals came from G. Hooper (12') and Victor Wanyama (17'). Dundee United scored through J. Rankin (50').

Discipline: Celtic received no yellow cards; Dundee United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Celtic were 2nd on 53 points from 22 and Dundee United 6th on 26 points from 22. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Dundee United 4th with 59.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Celtic wins, 2 draws and 1 for Dundee United.

Going into the match Celtic's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Dundee United's L-D-W-D-W.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · G. HooperCeltic · 1-0
  • 17'Goal · Victor WanyamaCeltic · 2-0
  • 37'Yellow card · J. RankinDundee United
  • 50'Goal · J. RankinDundee United · 2-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · S. DillonDundee United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Celtic 7, draws 2, Dundee United 1.

Team news

Celtic line-up

Fraser Forster, Adam Matthews, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Charlie Mulgrew, Thomas Rogne, Joe Ledley, Victor Wanyama, Georgios Samaras, Anthony Stokes, Gary Hooper, Scott Brown

Dundee United line-up

Dušan Perniš, Sean Dillon, Paul Dixon, Garry Kenneth, Robbie Neilson, Willo Flood, John Rankin, Gary Mackay-Steven, Johnny Russell, Scott Robertson, Jonathan Daly