Scottish Premiership

FT Sunday, December 21, 2008
Celtic LWLWD 3
–
Falkirk WLDLL 0
Falkirk Stadium · 6,543 att.

Team Stats

8
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
10
49
Possession
51
13
SHOTS
5
6
ON GOAL
4
0.5
On Target %
0.8
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
2
Accurate Crosses
0
7
Crosses
2
0.3
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
2
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
2
Clearances
6

Head to Head

CEL leads series 4-1

Lineups

FALK

  1. 17Robert OlejnikG
  2. 22Chris MitchellD
  3. 3Dean HoldenD
  4. 2Lee BullenD
  5. 20Darren BarrM
  6. 7Neil McCannM
  7. 8Arnau RieraM
  8. 16Scott ArfieldM
  9. 47Burton O'BrienM
  10. 9Graham BarrettF
  11. 15Steve LovellF

Substitutes

  1. 1Scott FlindersG
  2. 33Thomas ScobbieD
  3. 4Patrick CreggM
  4. 6Kevin McBrideM
  5. 24Mark StewartM
  6. 21Carl FinniganF
  7. 29Sean LynchF

CEL

  1. 1Artur BorucG
  2. 2Andreas HinkelD
  3. 3Lee NaylorD
  4. 5Gary CaldwellD
  5. 48Darren O'DeaD
  6. 22Glenn LoovensD
  7. 8Scott BrownM
  8. 25Shunsuke NakamuraM
  9. 29Koki MizunoM
  10. 9Georgios SamarasF
  11. 7Scott McDonaldF

Substitutes

  1. 21Mark BrownG
  2. 12Mark WilsonD
  3. 52Paul CaddisD
  4. 17Marc Luque CrosasM
  5. 20Pat McCourtF
  6. 23Ben HutchinsonF
  7. 26Cillian SheridanF

Timeline

  1. 25' Lee Bullen is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  2. 48' Goal!! Georgios Samaras hits a very good header to the lower right corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Celtic now leads 1 - 0
  3. 75' Falkirk makes a sub: Mark Stewart enters for Arnau Riera. Reason: Tactical
  4. 75' Falkirk makes a sub: Carl Finnigan enters for Graham Barrett. Reason: Tactical
  5. 77' Chris Mitchell is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  6. 89' Carl Finnigan is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  7. 90' Goal!! Koki Mizuno hits a very good right footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Celtic now leads 2 - 0
  8. 90' End of the game
  9. 90'+1' Koki Mizuno is awarded a yellow card. Reason: dissent
  10. 90'+2' Celtic makes a sub: Cillian Sheridan enters for Georgios Samaras. Reason: Tactical
  11. 90'+4' Goal!! Scott McDonald hits a very good right footed shot to the lower right corner from the right penalty area (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Celtic now leads 3 - 0

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