FC Barcelona 2-1 Celtic: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 23 October 2012

Result

FC Barcelona 2-1 Celtic

Champions League · Tuesday 23 October 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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FC Barcelona 2-1 Celtic: match report

FC Barcelona beat Celtic 2-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 23 October 2012. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Georgios Samaras opened the scoring in the 18th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Andrés Iniesta (45') and Jordi Alba (90+4'). Celtic scored through Georgios Samaras (18').

Discipline: FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards; Celtic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 22nd on 6 points from 2 and Celtic 2nd on 16 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Celtic in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 FC Barcelona wins, 2 draws and 1 for Celtic.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Georgios SamarasCeltic · 0-1
  • 45'Goal · Andrés IniestaFC Barcelona · 1-1
  • 71'Yellow card · J. MascheranoFC Barcelona
  • 80'Yellow card · AdrianoFC Barcelona
  • 90+1'Yellow card · James ForrestCeltic
  • 90+4'Goal · Jordi AlbaFC Barcelona · 2-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: FC Barcelona 3, draws 2, Celtic 1.

Team news

FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)

Javier Mascherano, Adriano, Puyol, Dani Alves, Seydou Keita, Cesc Fàbregas, Sergio Busquets, Lionel Messi, Pedro

Celtic line-up (4-5-1)

Fraser Forster, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Efe Eric Ambrose, Kelvin Wilson, Charlie Mulgrew, Mikael Lustig, Joe Ledley, Victor Wanyama, Georgios Samaras, Gary Hooper, Scott Brown