Spartak Moskva 2-3 Celtic: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 2 October 2012

Result

Spartak Moskva 2-3 Celtic

Champions League · Tuesday 2 October 2012, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Spartak Moskva 2-3 Celtic: match report

Spartak Moskva were beaten by Celtic 2-3 in the Champions League on Tuesday 2 October 2012. It was 1-1 at half-time.

G. Hooper opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Spartak Moskva's goals came from Emmanuel Emenike (41') and Emmanuel Emenike (48'). Celtic scored through G. Hooper (12'), an own goal by D. Kombarov (71') and Georgios Samaras (90').

Discipline: Spartak Moskva received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Celtic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Spartak Moskva were 23rd on 4 points from 3 and Celtic 4th on 13 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

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

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · G. HooperCeltic · 0-1
  • 22'Yellow card · Charlie MulgrewCeltic
  • 30'Yellow card · Victor WanyamaCeltic
  • 41'Goal · Emmanuel EmenikeSpartak Moskva · 1-1
  • 48'Goal · Emmanuel EmenikeSpartak Moskva · 2-1
  • 63'Red card · Juan Manuel InsaurraldeSpartak Moskva
  • 71'Own goal · D. KombarovCeltic · 2-2
  • 90'Goal · Georgios SamarasCeltic · 2-3

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Sergey Pesjakov, Juan Manuel Insaurralde, Nicolás Pareja, Evgeniy Makeev, Rafael Carioca, Aiden McGeady, Demy De Zeeuw, Kim Källström, Dmitry Kombarov, Ari, Emmanuel Emenike

Celtic line-up (4-4-2)

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