Helsingborg 0-2 Celtic: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 21 August 2012
Result
Helsingborg 0-2 Celtic
Champions League · Tuesday 21 August 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Helsingborg 0-2 Celtic: match report
Helsingborg were beaten by Celtic 0-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday 21 August 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Kris Commons opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Helsingborg did not score. Celtic scored through Kris Commons (2') and Georgios Samaras (75').
Discipline: Helsingborg received 2 yellow cards; Celtic received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Helsingborg were 2nd on 10 points from 4 and Celtic 14th on 6 points from 2. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Helsingborg lined up in a 4-4-2 and Celtic in a 3-5-2.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Kris Commons
- 28'Yellow card · Charlie Mulgrew
- 34'Yellow card · Fraser Forster
- 54'Yellow card · Ardian Gashi
- 62'Yellow card · Thomas Rogne
- 75'Goal · Georgios Samaras
- 89'Yellow card · Álvaro Santos
Team news
Helsingborg expected line-up (4-4-2)
Pär Hansson, Peter Larsson, C. Andersson, Markus Holgersson, Erik Kenneth Edman, Joseph Baffoe, Ardian Gashi, Rasmus Jönsson, Erik Sundin, May Mahlangu, Mattias Lindstrom
Celtic line-up (3-5-2)
Fraser Forster, Adam Matthews, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Charlie Mulgrew, Thomas Rogne, Kris Commons, Joe Ledley, Beram Kayal, Georgios Samaras, Gary Hooper, Scott Brown