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FC Barcelona 2-1 Celtic Glasgow - October 23, 2012 / Champions League 2012/2013

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Champions League 2012/2013 - Group G

Camp Nou - Barcelona - Spain

October 23, 2012

75 000

2 - 1

Celtic Glasgow

Scotland

Assist by Xavi (right foot) Andrés Iniesta

45'

Assist by Adriano (left foot) Jordi Alba

90+4'

18'

Georgios Samaras (header) Assist by Charlie Mulgrew

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18' - Goal Georgios Samaras

43' - Substitution Georgios Samarasis substituted by James Forrest

45' - Goal Andrés Iniesta45

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63' - Substitution Scott Brownis substituted by Kris Commons

76' - Substitution Pedrois substituted by Cristian Tello76

76' - Substitution Charlie Mulgrewis substituted by Beram Kayal

80' - Substitution Alexis Sánchezis substituted by David Villa80

94' - Goal Jordi Alba94

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

FC Barcelona

2 - 1

Celtic Glasgow

FC Barcelona Celtic Glasgow

Team line-ups

FC Barcelona

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10Messi

Lionel Messi

Argentina

B.date24/06/1987

Age25 years

H1m69

positionRight Winger

17Pedro76

Pedro

Spain

B.date28/07/1987

Age25 years

H1m69

positionLeft Winger

9Sánchez80

Alexis Sánchez

Chile

B.date19/12/1988

Age23 years

H1m71

positionVersatile Forward

8Iniesta45

Andrés Iniesta

Spain

B.date11/05/1984

Age28 years

H1m70

positionLeft central midfielder

6Xavi

Xavi

Spain

B.date25/01/1980

Age32 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

25Song

Alexandre Song

Cameroon

B.date09/09/1987

Age25 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

18Alba94

Jordi Alba

Spain

B.date21/03/1989

Age23 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

14Mascherano

Javier Mascherano

Argentina

B.date08/06/1984

Age28 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

15Bartra

Marc Bartra

Spain

B.date15/01/1991

Age21 years

H1m84

positionRight central defender

21Adriano

Adriano

Brazil

B.date26/10/1984

Age27 years

H1m72

positionLeft full-back

1Valdés

Víctor Valdés

Spain

B.date14/01/1982

Age30 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Víctor Valdés		30	470	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Marc Bartra		21	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Adriano		27	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Jordi Alba	94	23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Javier Mascherano		28	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Alexandre Song		25	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Xavi		32	641	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Andrés Iniesta	45	28	414	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Pedro	76	25	182	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Alexis Sánchez	80	23	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Lionel Messi		25	342	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

211

Celtic Glasgow

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

88Hooper

Gary Hooper

England

B.date26/01/1988

Age24 years

H1m75

positionStriker

21Mulgrew76

Charlie Mulgrew

Scotland

B.date06/03/1986

Age26 years

H1m91

positionLeft full-back

16Ledley

Joe Ledley

Wales

B.date21/01/1987

Age25 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

8Brown63

Scott Brown

Scotland

B.date25/06/1985

Age27 years

H1m65

positionRight central midfielder

9Samaras1843

Georgios Samaras

Greece

B.date21/02/1985

Age27 years

H1m92

positionForward

67Wanyama

Victor Wanyama

Kenya

B.date25/06/1991

Age21 years

H1m88

positionCentre Midfield

3Izaguirre

Emilio Izaguirre

Honduras

B.date10/05/1986

Age26 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

4Ambrose

Efe Ambrose

Nigeria

B.date18/10/1988

Age24 years

H1m90

positionRight central defender

6Wilson

Kelvin Wilson

England

B.date03/09/1985

Age27 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

23Lustig

Mikael Lustig

Sweden

B.date13/12/1986

Age25 years

H1m89

positionRight full-back

1Forster

Fraser Forster

England

B.date17/03/1988

Age24 years

H2m101

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Fraser Forster		24	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Efe Ambrose		24	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Kelvin Wilson		27	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Charlie Mulgrew	76	26	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Emilio Izaguirre		26	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Mikael Lustig		25	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Joe Ledley		25	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Scott Brown	63	27	207	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
67	M	Victor Wanyama		21	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Georgios Samaras	1843	27	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
88	F	Gary Hooper		24	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
7	F		David Villa	80	30	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
37	F		Cristian Tello	76	21	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
15	M	Kris Commons	63	29	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	M	Beram Kayal	76	24	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
49	M	James Forrest	43	21	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Xavi

Cesc Fàbregas

OUT

Adriano

Martín Montoya

OUT

Pedro

David Villa

OUT

Alexis Sánchez

Cristian Tello

OUT

Marc Bartra

Sergio Busquets

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Scott Brown

Beram Kayal

OUT

Georgios Samaras

Lassad Nouioui

OUT

Emilio Izaguirre

Adam Matthews

OUT

Mikael Lustig

Tony Watt

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Tito Vilanova

Success rate in this team:

85 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

85 %

Vilanova vs Celtic Glasgow

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 23, 2012

Vilanova vs Lennon

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 23, 2012

Manager

Age

Match num

Neil Lennon

132

Success rate in this team:

74 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

74 %

Lennon vs FC Barcelona

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 23, 2012

Lennon vs Vilanova

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 23, 2012

Referee

Gianluca Rocchi

5 victories	0 draw	0 loss	FC Barcelona5 matches	General total	Celtic Glasgow2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	FC Barcelona1 match	Season total	Celtic Glasgow1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 10, 2019					Latest figure on October 23, 2012

Videos

August 31, 2013

Comments

Key figures

FC Barcelona keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw vs Celtic Glasgow running (since 20/02/2008). It's a record streak. The first of history

FC Barcelona keeps its 3 consecutive wins vs Celtic Glasgow running (since 20/02/2008). It's a record streak. The first of history

FC Barcelona keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal conceded at home in Champions League running (since 07/03/2012). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 07/12/1994-05/11/1997 time period (5 matches).

Read the next 22 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VFC Barcelona 5-1 Real Sociedad19/08/2012

VFC Barcelona 3-2 Real Madrid23/08/2012

VFC Barcelona 1-0 Valencia CF02/09/2012

VFC Barcelona 3-2 Spartak Moscow19/09/2012

VFC Barcelona 2-0 Granada CF22/09/2012

DFC Barcelona 2-2 Real Madrid07/10/2012

Overall

VFC Barcelona 3-2 Spartak Moscow19/09/2012

VFC Barcelona 2-0 Granada CF22/09/2012

VSevilla FC 2-3 FC Barcelona29/09/2012

VBenfica 0-2 FC Barcelona02/10/2012

DFC Barcelona 2-2 Real Madrid07/10/2012

VDeportivo La Coruña 4-5 FC Barcelona20/10/2012

Current form

Away

VHelsingborgs IF 0-2 Celtic Glasgow21/08/2012

VInverness 2-4 Celtic Glasgow25/08/2012

LSt. Johnstone 2-1 Celtic Glasgow15/09/2012

VMotherwell 0-2 Celtic Glasgow29/09/2012

VSpartak Moscow 2-3 Celtic Glasgow02/10/2012

VSt. Mirren 0-5 Celtic Glasgow20/10/2012

Overall

VCeltic Glasgow 2-0 Dundee FC22/09/2012

VCeltic Glasgow 4-1 Raith Rovers25/09/2012

VMotherwell 0-2 Celtic Glasgow29/09/2012

VSpartak Moscow 2-3 Celtic Glasgow02/10/2012

VCeltic Glasgow 1-0 Heart of Midlothian07/10/2012

VSt. Mirren 0-5 Celtic Glasgow20/10/2012

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	9	8
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	28	19
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	3	6
Unbeaten streak	3	7
Drawless streak	6	6
Scoring streak	8	6
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	23
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	6
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
2	Victories (Competition total)	5
1	Victories (Home / Away)	3
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	11
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.83
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.33
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.67

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
3-2 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (2 times)

Bookings

3	Yellow cards (Competition total)	16
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	10
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Lionel Messi	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Georgios Samaras
Lionel Messi	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Georgios Samaras
Lionel Messi	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Georgios Samaras
Xavi	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Charlie Mulgrew
Lionel Messi	2 goals, 2 assists during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	3 goals, 3 assists during the last 6 matches	Georgios Samaras

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

2 v

2 d

0 l

5 gf

2 ga

Away

4 matches

2 v

1 d

1 l

6 gf

4 ga

Total

8 matches

4 v

3 d

1 l

11 gf

6 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

1 v

1 d

2 l

4 gf

6 ga

Away

4 matches

0 v

2 d

2 l

2 gf

5 ga

Total

8 matches

1 v

3 d

4 l

6 gf

11 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	September 14, 2004
Home	3 - 1	November 18, 1964

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	March 11, 2004
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

March 04, 2008 - Ligue des Champions 2007/2008

FC Barcelona

1 - 0

Celtic Glasgow logo Celtic Glasgow

February 20, 2008 - Ligue des Champions 2007/2008

Celtic Glasgow

2 - 3

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

November 24, 2004 - Ligue des Champions 2004/2005

FC Barcelona

1 - 1

Celtic Glasgow logo Celtic Glasgow

September 14, 2004 - Ligue des Champions 2004/2005

Celtic Glasgow

1 - 3

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

March 25, 2004 - (C3) Coupe UEFA 2003/2004

FC Barcelona

0 - 0

Celtic Glasgow logo Celtic Glasgow

Best historical scorers against Celtic Glasgow

Lionel Messi	2 goals	2008 - 2008
Joaquin Rifé	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Juan Seminario	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Thierry Henry	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Xavi	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Deco	1 goal	2004 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/11/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelona

Vennegoor of Hesselink	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Alan Thompson	1 goal	2004 - 2004
John Hartson	1 goal	2004 - 2004
John Hughes	1 goal	1964 - 1964
Barry Robson	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Chris Sutton	1 goal	2004 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/11/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Celtic Glasgow

Xavi	6 matches	2004 - 2008
Ronaldinho	6 matches	2004 - 2008
Víctor Valdés	6 matches	2004 - 2008
Carles Puyol	6 matches	2004 - 2008
Deco	4 matches	2004 - 2008
Samuel Eto'o	4 matches	2004 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/11/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Barcelona

Stilian Petrov	4 matches	2004 - 2004
Didier Agathe	4 matches	2004 - 2004
Alan Thompson	4 matches	2004 - 2004
Jackie McNamara	4 matches	2004 - 2004
Neil Lennon	4 matches	2004 - 2004
Stanislav Varga	4 matches	2004 - 2004