Celtic 2-0 Villarreal: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 10 December 2008
Result
Celtic 2-0 Villarreal
Champions League · Wednesday 10 December 2008, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Celtic 2-0 Villarreal: match report
Celtic won against Villarreal 2-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 10 December 2008. The half-time score was 2-0.
Shaun Maloney opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Celtic's goals came from Shaun Maloney (14') and Aiden McGeady (45+2'). Villarreal did not score.
Discipline: Celtic received 2 yellow cards; Villarreal received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Celtic were 57th on 2 points from 5 and Villarreal 24th on 9 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 Villarreal in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Celtic wins, 1 draw and 2 for Villarreal.
Going into the match Celtic's last five read L-D-L-L-D and Villarreal's D-D-W-W-D.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Shaun Maloney
- 35'Red card · Guillermo Franco Farquarson
- 36'Yellow card · Edmilson
- 41'Yellow card · Senna
- 45+2'Goal · Aiden McGeady
- 50'Yellow card · Ángel López
- 58'Yellow card · Ariel Santiago Ibagaza
- 63'Yellow card · Gary Caldwell
- 77'Yellow card · Paul McGowan
Head-to-head
Team news
Celtic line-up (4-4-2)
Stephen McManus, Aiden McGeady, Georgios Samaras, Artur Boruc, Andreas Hinkel, G. Caldwell, Scott Brown, Paul Hartley, Mark Wilson, Shaun Maloney, Shunsuke Nakamura
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Sebastián Viera, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Edmilson, Ángel López, Fabricio Fuentes, Cani, Ariel Ibagaza, Matías Fernández, Senna, Bruno, Guillermo Franco Farquarson