Scottish Premiership

FT Saturday, August 23, 2008
Falkirk WWLLL 0
–
Celtic WWWWD 3
Celtic Park · 56,031 att.

Team Stats

17
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
5
7
Saves
5
36
Possession
64
8
SHOTS
16
5
ON GOAL
9
0.6
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
6
Accurate Passes
8
6
Passes
8
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
1
Accurate Crosses
4
3
Crosses
13
0.3
Cross %
0.3
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
1
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
5
Effective Clearances
2
5
Clearances
2

Head to Head

CEL leads series 4-1

Lineups

CEL

  1. 1Artur BorucG
  2. 2Andreas HinkelD
  3. 22Glenn LoovensD
  4. 4Stephen McManusD
  5. 12Mark WilsonD
  6. 25Shunsuke NakamuraM
  7. 8Scott BrownM
  8. 11Paul HartleyM
  9. 46Aiden McGeadyM
  10. 10Jan Vennegoor of HesselinkF
  11. 9Georgios SamarasF

Substitutes

  1. 21Mark BrownG
  2. 48Darren O'DeaD
  3. 52Paul CaddisD
  4. 19Barry RobsonM
  5. 17Marc Luque CrosasM
  6. 13Shaun MaloneyF
  7. 33Christopher KillenF

FALK

  1. 17Robert OlejnikG
  2. 2Lee BullenD
  3. 5Jackie McNamaraD
  4. 14Gerard AafjesD
  5. 20Darren BarrM
  6. 19John StewartM
  7. 4Patrick CreggM
  8. 6Kevin McBrideM
  9. 16Scott ArfieldM
  10. 24Mark StewartM
  11. 11Michael HigdonF

Substitutes

  1. 1Scott FlindersG
  2. 22Chris MitchellD
  3. 25Dermott McCaffreyD
  4. 31Scott GibbD
  5. 35Stewart MurdochM
  6. 27Dayne RobertsonF
  7. 34Mark StauntonF

Timeline

  1. 28' Celtic makes a sub: Shaun Maloney enters for Jan Vennegoor. Reason: Injury
  2. 32' Goal!! Stephen McManus hits a very good right footed shot to the upper right corner from the right 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Celtic now leads 1 - 0
  3. 44' Goal!! Georgios Samaras hits a very good left footed shot to the lower right corner from the left 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Celtic now leads 2 - 0
  4. 48' Mark Stewart is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  5. 55' Scott Brown is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  6. 68' Goal!! Georgios Samaras hits a very good left footed shot to the lower right corner from the left penalty area (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Celtic now leads 3 - 0
  7. 73' Celtic makes a sub: Christopher Killen enters for Georgios Samaras. Reason: Tactical
  8. 73' Celtic makes a sub: Marc Luque Crosas enters for Scott Brown. Reason: Tactical
  9. 84' Falkirk makes a sub: Chris Mitchell enters for Gerard Aafjes. Reason: Tactical
  10. 84' Falkirk makes a sub: Dermott McCaffrey enters for John Stewart. Reason: Tactical
  11. 84' Falkirk makes a sub: Dayne Robertson enters for Mark Stewart. Reason: Tactical
  12. 85' Patrick Cregg is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  13. 90' End of the game

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