Celtic 1-0 Spartak Moskva: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 5 December 2012
Result
Celtic 1-0 Spartak Moskva
Champions League · Wednesday 5 December 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Celtic 1-0 Spartak Moskva: match report
Celtic won against Spartak Moskva 1-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 5 December 2012. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Gary Hooper opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Celtic's goals came from Gary Hooper (21') and Kris Commons (81', penalty). Spartak Moskva scored through Ari (39').
Discipline: Celtic received 2 yellow cards; Spartak Moskva received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Celtic were 3rd on 17 points from 9 and Spartak Moskva 29th on 8 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Celtic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Spartak Moskva in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Celtic win, 2 draws and 0 for Spartak Moskva.
Going into the match Celtic's last five read L-D-L-W-D and Spartak Moskva's D-L-W-L-L.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Gary Hooper
- 39'Goal · Ari
- 42'Yellow card · Beram Kayal
- 52'Yellow card · Mikael Lustig
- 57'Yellow card · Kim Källström
- 75'Yellow card · Kirill Kombarov
- 81'Penalty goal · Kris Commons
- 82'Yellow card · Rafael Carioca
- 86'Yellow card · Aiden McGeady
- 88'Second yellow · Kim Källström
Head-to-head
Team news
Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Fraser Forster, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Efe Eric Ambrose, Kelvin Wilson, Charlie Mulgrew, Mikael Lustig, Scott Brown, Kris Commons, Beram Kayal, Georgios Samaras, Gary Hooper
Spartak Moskva line-up (4-2-3-1)
Sergey Pesjakov, Juan Manuel Insaurralde, Kirill Kombarov, Marek Suchy, Rafael Carioca, José Jurado, Kim Källström, Dmitry Kombarov, Ari, Artem Dzyuba, Emmanuel Emenike