Celtic 1-1 FC Barcelona: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 7 November 2012

Result

Celtic 1-1 FC Barcelona

Champions League · Wednesday 7 November 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Celtic 1-1 FC Barcelona: match report

Celtic drew with FC Barcelona 1-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 7 November 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.

Victor Wanyama opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Celtic's goals came from Victor Wanyama (21') and Tony Watt (83'). FC Barcelona scored through Lionel Messi (90+1').

Discipline: Celtic received 1 yellow card; FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Celtic were 2nd on 16 points from 7 and FC Barcelona 15th on 9 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Celtic lined up in a 4-4-2 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Celtic win, 2 draws and 4 for FC Barcelona.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Alexandre Dimitri Song-BillongFC Barcelona
  • 13'Yellow card · Alex SongFC Barcelona
  • 21'Goal · Victor WanyamaCeltic · 1-0
  • 41'Yellow card · Miku FedorCeltic
  • 66'Yellow card · Jordi AlbaFC Barcelona
  • 83'Goal · Tony WattCeltic · 2-0
  • 90+1'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 2-1

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Celtic 1, draws 2, FC Barcelona 4.

Team news

Celtic line-up (4-4-2)

Efe Eric Ambrose, Fraser Forster, Kelvin Wilson, Georgios Samaras, Charlie Mulgrew, Adam Matthews, Joe Ledley, Mikael Lustig, Victor Wanyama, Miku Fedor, Kris Commons

FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)

Lionel Messi, Víctor Valdés, Xavi, Alexis Sánchez, Andrés Iniesta, Javier Mascherano, Pedro, Alex Song, Lionel Messi, Marc Bartra, Jordi Alba