Celtic 1-0 Spartak Moskva: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 5 December 2012

Result

Celtic 1-0 Spartak Moskva

Champions League · Wednesday 5 December 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Celtic 1-0 Spartak Moskva: match report

Celtic won against Spartak Moskva 1-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 5 December 2012. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Gary Hooper opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Celtic's goals came from Gary Hooper (21') and Kris Commons (81', penalty). Spartak Moskva scored through Ari (39').

Discipline: Celtic received 2 yellow cards; Spartak Moskva received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Celtic were 3rd on 17 points from 9 and Spartak Moskva 29th on 8 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Celtic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Spartak Moskva in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Celtic win, 2 draws and 0 for Spartak Moskva.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Gary HooperCeltic · 1-0
  • 39'Goal · AriSpartak Moskva · 1-1
  • 42'Yellow card · Beram KayalCeltic
  • 52'Yellow card · Mikael LustigCeltic
  • 57'Yellow card · Kim KällströmSpartak Moskva
  • 75'Yellow card · Kirill KombarovSpartak Moskva
  • 81'Penalty goal · Kris CommonsCeltic · 2-1
  • 82'Yellow card · Rafael CariocaSpartak Moskva
  • 86'Yellow card · Aiden McGeadySpartak Moskva
  • 88'Second yellow · Kim KällströmSpartak Moskva

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Celtic 1, draws 2, Spartak Moskva 0.

Team news

Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)

Fraser Forster, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Efe Eric Ambrose, Kelvin Wilson, Charlie Mulgrew, Mikael Lustig, Scott Brown, Kris Commons, Beram Kayal, Georgios Samaras, Gary Hooper

Spartak Moskva line-up (4-2-3-1)

Sergey Pesjakov, Juan Manuel Insaurralde, Kirill Kombarov, Marek Suchy, Rafael Carioca, José Jurado, Kim Källström, Dmitry Kombarov, Ari, Artem Dzyuba, Emmanuel Emenike