Match Report


CelticCeltic     East FifeEast Fife
Brendan McmahonBrendan Mcmahon Computer Player Computer Player
Allan SørensenA. Sørensen83
G
1captain
G
79Egutu OkochaE. Okocha
Tiziano VeroneseT. Veronese71
D
2
D
75Brahim BoukramiB. Boukrami
Uwe FreundU. Freund71
D
3
D
71Maximilian HaiderM. Haider
Philippe NilisP. Nilis76
D
4
D
71Linus ZickL. Zick
Luukas SteniusL. Stenius77
M
5
M
77Matthias StreichM. Streich
Alex McGroryA. McGrory75
M
6
M
76Stephen FergusonS. Ferguson
Noah FrommN. Fromm75
M
7
M
73Paolo MyersP. Myers
Neil McStayN. McStay79
M
captain8
M
72Danny ImpeyD. Impey
Julio Ricardo CastromanJ. Castroman75
A
9
A
82Kevin HenchozK. Henchoz
Markus HelmerM. Helmer72
A
10
A
76Salomon NjankaS. Njanka
Duncan BrambleD. Bramble75
A
11
A
75Wes EadieW. Eadie
 
Erik KristmundssonE. Kristmundsson70
D
12
M
72Aimo PanarelliA. Panarelli
Gianfranco GonzalezG. Gonzalez74
M
13
D
69P. Gilberto TurciP. Turci
Arno PiketA. Piket72
A
14
M
69Melvin StewartM. Stewart

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Match Report
It's a clear sunny day here at Celtic Park where Celtic play host to East Fife. Its a sell-out today with the 21,000 capacity stadium completely full.
The pitch is in good condition.
Both Celtic and East Fife are lined up in a 3-4-3 formation.
Today's match is refereed by Stephen Cleland.


0.00
The first half starts with Celtic kicking off!
3.20
Danny Impey makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Wes Eadie. Wes Eadie knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Allan Sørensen who gathers it comfortably.
8.50
Brahim Boukrami knocks the ball to his team mate, Stephen Ferguson. Stephen Ferguson runs straight at the opposition's defence. Stephen Ferguson threads the ball through to Wes Eadie but he's offside!
9.21
Noah Fromm barges into Paolo Myers. Noah Fromm is shown the yellow card! Paolo Myers stretches but gets up unharmed.
12.13
Tiziano Veronese lofts the ball long. Julio Ricardo Castroman whips in a cross ball towards Duncan Bramble. Duncan Bramble gets a glancing touch on the cross ball but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
14.31
Noah Fromm flicks a high pass forward. Duncan Bramble collects the pass. Duncan Bramble controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. The ball dips but the keeper is on top of it. Superb keeping!
15.36
Maximilian Haider sees Danny Impey in space ahead and quickly passes the ball. Danny Impey knocks the ball forward to Wes Eadie. Wes Eadie controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it's well over the bar!
21.48
Alex McGrory flicks a high ball forward to Duncan Bramble who takes it down. Duncan Bramble controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. Solid save from Egutu Okocha.
30.13
Noah Fromm sees Julio Ricardo Castroman in space ahead and quickly passes the ball. Julio Ricardo Castroman controls the ball well and immediately threads the ball forward, putting Duncan Bramble through on goal. Duncan Bramble takes a shot at goal. The ball dips under the bar and into the back of the net. Goal!!
33.11
Philippe Nilis receives the ball from a throw-in from Uwe Freund. Philippe Nilis makes a probing pass to Alex McGrory. Alex McGrory chips the ball to his team mate, Markus Helmer. Markus Helmer knocks in a cross ball towards Julio Ricardo Castroman. Julio Ricardo Castroman flicks the ball with his head but is denied by Egutu Okocha. Excellent save.
34.37
Stephen Ferguson barges into Alex McGrory. Stephen Ferguson is shown the yellow card! Alex McGrory stretches but gets up unharmed.
36.51
Philippe Nilis flicks a high pass forward to Noah Fromm who brings the ball under control. Noah Fromm flicks a high pass forward to Duncan Bramble who brings the ball under control. Duncan Bramble knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Egutu Okocha who gathers it comfortably.
38.57
Philippe Nilis makes a probing pass to Alex McGrory. Alex McGrory controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Duncan Bramble. Duncan Bramble lofts in a cross ball towards Markus Helmer. Markus Helmer whips the ball goalwards with his head but it curls horrendously wide!
44.54
With imagination, Alex McGrory picks a pass forward to Markus Helmer. Markus Helmer shoots from distance but it slams into the crowd!
45.00
Noah Fromm chips the ball to his team mate, Markus Helmer. Markus Helmer runs straight at the defence! Markus Helmer cuts inside onto his preferred right foot and rushes a shot at goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
45.00
The whistle indicates the end of the first half!

Both teams emerge for the second half. Celtic appear unchanged since the first half. East Fife also appear unchanged since the first half.

45.00
East Fife kick off!
48.09
Stephen Ferguson flicks a high ball forward to Salomon Njanka who takes it down. Salomon Njanka lofts in a cross ball towards Kevin Henchoz. Kevin Henchoz makes a deft header. Allan Sørensen effortlessly punches it away to safety.
57.52
Brahim Boukrami flicks the ball to his team mate, Stephen Ferguson. Stephen Ferguson knocks the ball forward to Kevin Henchoz. Kevin Henchoz knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
60.24
East Fife have made 3 substitutions with Aimo Panarelli replacing Maximilian Haider, P. Gilberto Turci replacing Danny Impey and Melvin Stewart replacing Stephen Ferguson .
66.56
Philippe Nilis passes the ball forward to Noah Fromm. Noah Fromm knocks the ball forward to Julio Ricardo Castroman. Julio Ricardo Castroman knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
69.30
Alex McGrory controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Markus Helmer. Markus Helmer knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Brahim Boukrami.
72.19
Tiziano Veronese barges into Salomon Njanka. Tiziano Veronese is shown the yellow card! Salomon Njanka gets up, but that knock is affecting his game.
75.33
Philippe Nilis chips the ball to his team mate, Luukas Stenius. Luukas Stenius threads a neat ball through to Duncan Bramble. Duncan Bramble controls the ball well and immediately threads the ball forward, putting Markus Helmer through on goal. Markus Helmer shows great control and tries a shot on goal. Linus Zick steps in front, blocking the shot. He clears the ball quickly up field.
77.16
Celtic have made 3 substitutions with Erik Kristmundsson replacing Uwe Freund, Gianfranco Gonzalez replacing Luukas Stenius and Arno Piket replacing Markus Helmer .
84.35
Noah Fromm threads the ball through to Duncan Bramble. Duncan Bramble threads the ball through to Arno Piket but he's offside!
87.09
Melvin Stewart makes a simple pass to Kevin Henchoz. Kevin Henchoz knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Allan Sørensen who gathers it comfortably.
89.35
Alex McGrory knocks the ball to his team mate, Julio Ricardo Castroman. Julio Ricardo Castroman lofts in a cross ball towards Duncan Bramble. Duncan Bramble connects with a diving header but it's well over the bar!
90.00
Full-time is reached with the referee blowing his whistle!

Match Statistics
 

Celtic

East Fife
Goals
1
0
Shots on Target
5
1
Shots off Target
5
1
Offsides
2
1
Fouls
2
1
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
0

Possession
67.7%
32.3%
Play Area
26.2%
41.5%
32.3%

Scorers
Duncan Bramble 30

Man of the Match
The man of the match was awarded to Duncan Bramble of Celtic

Match Ratings
1.Allan Sørensen (GK)
6
2.Tiziano Veronese (DEF)yellow card
5
3.Uwe Freund (DEF)
6
4.Philippe Nilis (DEF)
7
5.Luukas Stenius (MID)
6
6.Alex McGrory (MID)
8
7.Noah Fromm (MID)yellow card
7
8.Neil McStay (MID)
6
9.Julio Ricardo Castroman (ATT)
8
10.Markus Helmer (ATT)
7
11.Duncan Bramble (ATT)goal scored
9
 
12.Erik Kristmundsson (DEF)
6
13.Gianfranco Gonzalez (MID)
6
14.Arno Piket (ATT)
6

1.Egutu Okocha (GK)
7
2.Brahim Boukrami (DEF)
6
3.Maximilian Haider (DEF)
6
4.Linus Zick (DEF)
6
5.Matthias Streich (MID)
6
6.Stephen Ferguson (MID)yellow card
6
7.Paolo Myers (MID)
6
8.Danny Impey (MID)
6
9.Kevin Henchoz (ATT)
6
10.Salomon Njanka (ATT)
6
11.Wes Eadie (ATT)
6
 
12.Aimo Panarelli (MID)
6
13.P. Gilberto Turci (DEF)
6
14.Melvin Stewart (MID)
6