Celtic 2-0 Helsingborg: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 29 August 2012

Result

Celtic 2-0 Helsingborg

Champions League · Wednesday 29 August 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Celtic 2-0 Helsingborg: match report

Celtic defeated Helsingborg 2-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 29 August 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.

G. Hooper opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Celtic's goals came from G. Hooper (30') and Victor Wanyama (88'). Helsingborg did not score.

Discipline: Celtic received 2 yellow cards; Helsingborg received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Celtic were 9th on 9 points from 3 and Helsingborg 5th on 10 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Celtic lined up in a 4-4-2 and Helsingborg in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Celtic win, 0 draws and 0 for Helsingborg.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Goal · G. HooperCeltic · 1-0
  • 45'Yellow card · A. MatthewsCeltic
  • 62'Yellow card · David AccamHelsingborg
  • 84'Yellow card · Kelvin WilsonCeltic
  • 85'Yellow card · Nikola DjurdjicHelsingborg
  • 88'Goal · Victor WanyamaCeltic · 2-0

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Celtic 1, draws 0, Helsingborg 0.

Team news

Celtic line-up (4-4-2)

Fraser Forster, Adam Matthews, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Kelvin Wilson, Charlie Mulgrew, Kris Commons, Victor Wanyama, Georgios Samaras, James Forrest, Gary Hooper, Scott Brown

Helsingborg expected line-up (4-4-2)

Pär Hansson, Peter Larsson, C. Andersson, Markus Holgersson, Erik Kenneth Edman, Joseph Baffoe, Ardian Gashi, Rasmus Jönsson, Erik Sundin, May Mahlangu, Mattias Lindstrom