Celtic 2-1 Dundee United: result and report
Premiership · Tuesday 12 May 2009
Result
Celtic 2-1 Dundee United
Premiership · Tuesday 12 May 2009, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Celtic 2-1 Dundee United: match report
Celtic defeated Dundee United 2-1 in the Premiership on Tuesday 12 May 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.
Glenn Loovens opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Celtic's goals came from Glenn Loovens (21') and Georgios Samaras (52'). Dundee United scored through Robertson (57').
Discipline: Celtic received 2 yellow cards; Dundee United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Celtic were 2nd on 77 points from 35 and Dundee United 4th on 53 points from 35. Celtic went on to finish that season 2nd with 82 points, and Dundee United 5th with 53.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Celtic wins, 6 draws and 0 for Dundee United.
Going into the match Celtic's last five read L-W-W-D-W and Dundee United's D-W-D-W-D.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Glenn Loovens
- 26'Yellow card · Lee Wilkie
- 47'Yellow card · Craig Conway
- 52'Goal · Georgios Samaras
- 57'Goal · Robertson
- 74'Yellow card · Glenn Loovens
- 75'Yellow card · P. Hartley
Head-to-head
Team news
Celtic expected line-up (4-4-2)
Stephen McManus, Barry Robson, Georgios Samaras, Artur Boruc, Scott Brown, G. Caldwell, Andreas Hinkel, Mark Wilson, Shunsuke Nakamura, Shaun Maloney, Paul Hartley