Scottish League Cup

FT Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Alloa Athletic WWWLW 0
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Celtic LWWLD 2
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Celtic Park · 15,900 att.

Match Report

Head to Head

CEL leads series 1-0

Lineups

CEL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Craig GordonG
  2. 5Jozo SimunovicCD-L
  3. 2Kolo TouréCD-R
  4. 63Kieran TierneyLB
  5. 23Mikael LustigRB
  6. 18Tom RogicAM
  7. 14Stuart ArmstrongLM
  8. 8Scott BrownRM
  9. 10Moussa DembéléF
  10. 49James ForrestAM-L
  11. 27Patrick RobertsAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 12Cristian GamboaSUB
  2. 28Erik SviatchenkoSUB
  3. 11Scott SinclairSUB
  4. 6Nir BittonSUB
  5. 24Dorus de VriesSUB
  6. 53Liam HendersonSUB
  7. 17Ryan ChristieSUB

ALL · 4-5-1

  1. 1Neil ParryG
  2. 4Andy GrahamCD-L
  3. 5Ben GordonCD-R
  4. 3Calum WatersLB
  5. 2Scott TaggartRB
  6. 8John RobertsonCM-L
  7. 7Iain FlanniganCM-R
  8. 6James GoodwinAM
  9. 11Jordan KirkpatrickLM
  10. 10Kevin CawleyRM
  11. 9Greig SpenceF

Substitutes

  1. 21Craig McdowallSUB
  2. 17James Patrick ScullionSUB
  3. 14Ryan HogganSUB
  4. 18Jamie LongworthSUB
  5. 15Jason MarrSUB
  6. 12Lewis WilsonSUB
  7. 16Graeme HolmesSUB

Timeline

  1. 42' Craig Gordon (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45' Substitution, Celtic. Scott Sinclair replaces Patrick Roberts.
  3. 60' Andy Graham (Alloa Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 67' Tomas Rogic (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 71' Substitution, Celtic. Ryan Christie replaces Jozo Simunovic.
  6. 78' Substitution, Alloa Athletic. Graeme Holmes replaces Kevin Cawley.
  7. 83' Goal! Celtic 1, Alloa Athletic 0. James Forrest (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ryan Christie.
  8. 84' Substitution, Alloa Athletic. Jamie Longworth replaces Jim Goodwin.
  9. 85' Substitution, Celtic. Erik Sviatchenko replaces Tomas Rogic.
  10. 88' Ben Gordon (Alloa Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 90' Goal! Celtic 2, Alloa Athletic 0. Moussa Dembele (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Kieran Tierney.

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