Scottish League Cup

FT Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Raith Rovers WLLWW 0
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Celtic LWLDW 2
1st2ndT
RRFC000
CEL112
Celtic Park · 13,591 att.

Match Report

Head to Head

CEL leads series 2-0

Lineups

CEL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Craig GordonG
  2. 2Tyler BlackettCD-L
  3. 4Efe AmbroseCD-R
  4. 63Kieran TierneyLB
  5. 22Saidy JankoRB
  6. 15Kris CommonsAM
  7. 25Stefan JohansenLM
  8. 8Scott BrownRM
  9. 7Nadir CiftciF
  10. 16Gary Mackay-StevenAM-L
  11. 42Callum McGregorAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Anthony StokesSUB
  2. 64Aidan NesbittSUB
  3. 26Logan BaillySUB
  4. 18Tom RogicSUB
  5. 49James ForrestSUB
  6. 3Emilio IzaguirreSUB
  7. 23Mikael LustigSUB

RRFC · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Kevin CuthbertG
  2. 5Lewis ToshneyCD-L
  3. 6Kyle BenedictusCD-R
  4. 23Rory McKeownLB
  5. 2Jason ThomsonRB
  6. 12Ross MatthewsCM-L
  7. 14Iain DavidsonCM-R
  8. 28James CraigenLM
  9. 7Grant AndersonRM
  10. 9Mark StewartF
  11. 18Craig WightRCF

Substitutes

  1. 8Ryan McCordSUB
  2. 17Ross LaidlawSUB
  3. 3Darren PetrieSUB
  4. 11Mitchel MegginsonSUB
  5. 29Sean MackieSUB
  6. 24Laurie EllisSUB
  7. 16Jonathan DalySUB

Timeline

  1. 32' Goal! Celtic 1, Raith Rovers 0. Kris Commons (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Callum McGregor.
  2. 40' Lewis Toshney (Raith Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 66' Substitution, Celtic. Tomas Rogic replaces Kris Commons.
  4. 66' Substitution, Celtic. James Forrest replaces Callum McGregor.
  5. 70' Substitution, Raith Rovers. Jon Daly replaces Iain Davidson.
  6. 75' Substitution, Raith Rovers. Mitchel Megginson replaces Grant Anderson.
  7. 76' Ross Matthews (Raith Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 79' Substitution, Raith Rovers. Ryan McCord replaces Ross Matthews.
  9. 87' Goal! Celtic 2, Raith Rovers 0. Stefan Johansen (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Saidy Janko.
  10. 89' Substitution, Celtic. Aidan Nesbitt replaces Nadir Ciftci.

Scottish League Cup News

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