Match Report
| Celtic | Celtic |  |  | Alloa Athletic | Alloa Athletic | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vítor Hugo Ribeiro | V. Ribeiro |  | 75 | G |  | 1 | | G | 55 |  | Antonio Nascimento | A. Nascimento | |||||||||
| Vasyl Korkishko | V. Korkishko |  | 78 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 83 |  | Garry Souness | G. Souness | |||||||||
| Jose Javier Pascual | J. Pascual |  | 73 | D | | 3 | | D | 60 | | Andy Mcinnes | A. Mcinnes | |||||||||
| Fotis Moissidis | F. Moissidis |  | 65 | D | | 4 | | D | 58 |  | Ross Burbage | R. Burbage | |||||||||
| Billy Niven | B. Niven | | 60 | D | | 5 | | D | 55 | | Kevin Morrison | K. Morrison | |||||||||
| Stephen Kewell | S. Kewell |  | 80 | M | | 6 | | M | 76 |  | Dami‘n Wiekens | D. Wiekens | |||||||||
| Pablo Parra | P. Parra |  | 74 | M | | 7 | | M | 74 | | Matt Burley | M. Burley | |||||||||
| Luciano Riquelme | L. Riquelme | | 67 | M | | 8 | | M | 66 | | Scott Greig | S. Greig | |||||||||
| Yoshimitsu Ono | Y. Ono |  | 74 | A | | 9 | | M | 62 | | Rodrigo Vieira | R. Vieira | |||||||||
| Julian Velasco | J. Velasco | | 70 | A | | 10 | | A | 79 | | Danny Holloway | D. Holloway | |||||||||
| David Zanoni | D. Zanoni |  | 69 | A | | 11 | | A | 74 | | Colin Dalglish | C. Dalglish | |||||||||
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Match Report
Heavy rain falls from above here at Celtic Park where Celtic play host to Alloa Athletic. A crowd of 20,905 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Celtic are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Alloa Athletic appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
Celtic are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Alloa Athletic appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
0.00
0-0Alloa Athletic kick off!
4.58
0-0Stephen Kewell takes it forward alone. Stephen Kewell whips in a cross ball towards Yoshimitsu Ono. Yoshimitsu Ono connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
8.26
0-0David Zanoni catches Kevin Morrison on the ankles. The referee calls over David Zanoni and shows him a yellow card! Kevin Morrison runs off the knock.
12.10
Luciano Riquelme knocks the ball to his team mate, Yoshimitsu Ono. Yoshimitsu Ono sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
14.48
1-0Jose Javier Pascual threads the ball through to Pablo Parra. Pablo Parra makes a beautiful solo run. Pablo Parra threads the ball through to David Zanoni. David Zanoni shows great control and tries a shot on goal. David Zanoni scores for Celtic!!
18.55
Ross Burbage decides to run forward with the ball. Ross Burbage kicks a strong pass forward to Colin Dalglish. Colin Dalglish goes all the way! Colin Dalglish tries a spectacular strike but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
21.37
1-0Fotis Moissidis deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Luciano Riquelme. Luciano Riquelme chips the ball to his team mate, Yoshimitsu Ono. Yoshimitsu Ono knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Garry Souness.
22.21
Fotis Moissidis flicks the ball to his team mate, Luciano Riquelme. Luciano Riquelme advances with the ball. Luciano Riquelme knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
30.12
Luciano Riquelme knocks the ball forward to Yoshimitsu Ono. Yoshimitsu Ono knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
32.41
Pablo Parra knocks the ball to his team mate, Julian Velasco. Julian Velasco knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
33.21
Fotis Moissidis sees a break and surges forward. Fotis Moissidis sees space and advances. Fotis Moissidis knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Andy Mcinnes.
34.21
Matt Burley flicks the ball to his team mate, Danny Holloway. Danny Holloway knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
38.24
Fotis Moissidis kicks a strong pass forward to Pablo Parra. Pablo Parra makes a probing pass to Yoshimitsu Ono. Yoshimitsu Ono knocks in a cross ball towards Julian Velasco. Julian Velasco is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
40.02
1-0Fotis Moissidis deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Stephen Kewell. Stephen Kewell sees a break and surges forward. Stephen Kewell tries a spectacular long range effort. It curls slightly but Antonio Nascimento manages to gather it comfortably.
42.00
1-0Alloa Athletic are easily keeping Celtic at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
45.00
Matt Burley passes the ball forward to Danny Holloway. Danny Holloway sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
The second half starts with Celtic kicking off!
49.55
Jose Javier Pascual knocks the ball to his team mate, Pablo Parra. Pablo Parra flicks the ball to his team mate, David Zanoni. David Zanoni knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Ross Burbage.
51.02
Alloa Athletic are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate Celtic's defence.
53.01
Stephen Kewell controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, David Zanoni. David Zanoni knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Andy Mcinnes.
59.32
Luciano Riquelme chips the ball to his team mate, Yoshimitsu Ono. Yoshimitsu Ono knocks in a cross ball towards David Zanoni. David Zanoni directs the ball goalwards with his head. What a cracker!! Antonio Nascimento had no chance!! Goal for Celtic!
63.53
Stephen Kewell chips the ball to his team mate, David Zanoni. David Zanoni knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Antonio Nascimento who gathers it comfortably.
67.23
Jose Javier Pascual knocks the ball forward to Luciano Riquelme. Luciano Riquelme makes a beautiful solo run. Luciano Riquelme lofts in a cross ball towards Julian Velasco. Julian Velasco powers a header at goal. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
71.38
Pablo Parra passes the ball forward to Yoshimitsu Ono. Yoshimitsu Ono lofts in a cross ball towards Julian Velasco. Julian Velasco powers a header at goal. What a cracker!! Antonio Nascimento had no chance!! Goal for Celtic!
77.35
Luciano Riquelme threads the ball through to David Zanoni. David Zanoni passes the ball forward to Julian Velasco. Julian Velasco shows great control and tries a shot on goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
78.21
Stephen Kewell sees a break and surges forward. Stephen Kewell knocks in a cross ball towards David Zanoni. David Zanoni connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal. Antonio Nascimento is helpless! The ball slams into the back of the net - goal!!
83.51
Ross Burbage hits it upfield. Colin Dalglish plays a perfect one-two with Danny Holloway and rushes in on goal... Colin Dalglish makes some space for himself and shoots at goal which easily beats the keeper. Goal!!
89.56
Pablo Parra makes a probing pass to Julian Velasco. Julian Velasco lofts in a cross ball towards David Zanoni. David Zanoni directs the ball goalwards with his head but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
90.00
Rodrigo Vieira takes it forward alone. Rodrigo Vieira finds some space and shoots from distance but it curls horrendously wide!
90.00
The referee blows for full-time
Match Statistics
Goals
5
1
Shots on Target
6
1
Shots off Target
5
3
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
1
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
71.1%
28.9%
Play Area
26.3%
42.1%
31.6%
Scorers
| David Zanoni 14, 59, 78 Julian Velasco 67, 71 | Colin Dalglish 84 |