Celtic 1-1 Manchester United: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 5 November 2008
Result
Celtic 1-1 Manchester United
Champions League · Wednesday 5 November 2008, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Celtic 1-1 Manchester United: match report
Celtic drew with Manchester United 1-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 5 November 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.
S. McDonald opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Celtic's goal came from S. McDonald (13'). Manchester United scored through Ryan Giggs (84').
Discipline: Celtic received no yellow cards; Manchester United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Celtic were 65th on 1 point from 3 and Manchester United 19th on 7 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Celtic lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Manchester United in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Celtic win, 0 draws and 2 for Manchester United.
Going into the match Celtic's last five read L-L-D and Manchester United's W-W-D.
Key events
- 13'Goal · S. McDonald
- 32'Yellow card · Nani
- 84'Goal · Ryan Giggs
Head-to-head
Team news
Celtic line-up (4-1-3-2)
Stephen McManus, Barry Robson, Scott McDonald, Cillian Sheridan, Artur Boruc, Andreas Hinkel, G. Caldwell, Scott Brown, Paul Hartley, Mark Wilson, Shaun Maloney
Manchester United line-up (4-4-2)
Ben Foster, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Rafael, John O'Shea, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Nani, Carlos Alberto Tevez, Ryan Giggs