FC Barcelona 2-1 Celtic: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 23 October 2012
Result
FC Barcelona 2-1 Celtic
Champions League · Tuesday 23 October 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
FC Barcelona 2-1 Celtic: match report
FC Barcelona beat Celtic 2-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 23 October 2012. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Georgios Samaras opened the scoring in the 18th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Andrés Iniesta (45') and Jordi Alba (90+4'). Celtic scored through Georgios Samaras (18').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards; Celtic received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 22nd on 6 points from 2 and Celtic 2nd on 16 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Celtic in a 4-5-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 FC Barcelona wins, 2 draws and 1 for Celtic.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Georgios Samaras
- 45'Goal · Andrés Iniesta
- 71'Yellow card · J. Mascherano
- 80'Yellow card · Adriano
- 90+1'Yellow card · James Forrest
- 90+4'Goal · Jordi Alba
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Javier Mascherano, Adriano, Puyol, Dani Alves, Seydou Keita, Cesc Fàbregas, Sergio Busquets, Lionel Messi, Pedro
Celtic line-up (4-5-1)
Fraser Forster, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Efe Eric Ambrose, Kelvin Wilson, Charlie Mulgrew, Mikael Lustig, Joe Ledley, Victor Wanyama, Georgios Samaras, Gary Hooper, Scott Brown