Celtic 1-2 Malmö FF: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 19 August 2015
Result
Celtic 1-2 Malmö FF
Champions League · Wednesday 19 August 2015, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Celtic 1-2 Malmö FF: match report
Celtic lost to Malmö FF 1-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday 19 August 2015. The half-time score was 2-0.
Leigh Griffiths opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Celtic's goals came from Leigh Griffiths (3'), N. Bitton (10') and Leigh Griffiths (61'). Malmö FF scored through Jo Inge Berget (52') and Jo Inge Berget (90+5').
Discipline: Celtic received 4 yellow cards; Malmö FF received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Celtic were 2nd on 10 points from 4 and Malmö FF 19th on 5 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Celtic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Malmö FF in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Celtic's last five read D-W-W-W and Malmö FF's D-L-W-D.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Leigh Griffiths
- 10'Goal · N. Bitton
- 52'Goal · Jo Inge Berget
- 61'Goal · Leigh Griffiths
- 68'Yellow card · Anton Tinnerholm
- 75'Yellow card · Scott Brown
- 75'Yellow card · Erdal Rakip
- 90+1'Yellow card · Nadir Çiftçi
- 90+1'Yellow card · N. Çiftçi
- 90+5'Goal · Jo Inge Berget
- 90+5'Yellow card · Stefan Johansen
- 90+5'Yellow card · Y. Yotún
Team news
Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Craig Gordon, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Virgil van Dijk, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera, Mikael Lustig, Nir Bitton, Scott Brown, Stuart Armstrong, Stefan Johansen, James Forrest, Leigh Griffiths
Malmö FF line-up (4-4-2)
Johan Wiland, Anton Tinnerholm, Rasmus Bengtsson, Kári Árnason, Erdal Rakip, Oscar Lewicki, Yoshimar Yotún, Vladimir Rodic, Jo Inge Berget, Magnus Wolff Eikrem, Nikola Đurđić