yardımcı hakemler: bertino miranda (por), alvaro daniel carvalho mesquita (por)
4. hakem: vasco santos (por)
celtic: fraser forster (gk), emilio izaguirre, efe ambrose, kelvin wilson, scott brown (c), giorgos samaras (dk. 86 charlie mulgrew), anthony stokes, kris commons, mikael lustig, beram kayal (dk. 66 joe ledley), james forrest
yedekler: Łukasz załuska (gk), adam matthews, baldé, steven mouyokolo, tony watt
teknik direktör: neil lennon (nir)
elfsborg: kevin stuhr-ellegaard(gk), jon jönsson, johan larsson, anders svensson (c), daniel mobaeck, james keene (dk. 81 lars nilsson), andreas klarström, mohamed bangura (dk. 81 niklas hult), henning hauger, stefan ishizaki (dk. 86 joachim jørgensen), marcus rohdén
yedekler: abbas hassan (gk), stefan larsson, viktor claesson, tom sōderberg
teknik direktör: jörgen lennartsson (swe)
goller: 1-0 kris commons dk. 76
sarı kartlar: dk. 47 kris common, dk. 55 emilio izaguirre, dk. 66 giorgos samaras (celtic) dk. 11 andreas klarström, dk. 50 stefan ishizaki, dk. 53 johan larsson, dk. 66 james keene, dk. 78 anders svensson (c) (elfsborg)
celtic dig deep to earn elfsborg advantage published: wednesday 31 july 2013, 23.04cet
celtic fc 1-0 if elfsborg
kris commons's second-half header earned neil lennon's team a 1-0 victory over the swedish title holders in glasgow.
by alex o’henley from celtic park
celtic fc earned a narrow win against if elfsborg in the first leg of their uefa champions league third qualifying round tie in glasgow.
the swedish champions looked as though they had done enough to claim a scoreless away draw only for kris commons to head home from close range on 76 minutes.
the scottish title holders had shown their intent from the first whistle with anthony stokes latching onto a giorgos samaras flick before flashing a left-footed shot narrowly wide. elfsborg responded with long-range efforts from henning hauger and mohamed bangura, who was playing against his parent club following a loan move earlier this year.
james forrest came close to breaking the deadlock for the hoops in the 20th minute, the winger ghosting in at the back post to cushion a shot that hit the crossbar with goalkeeper kevin stuhr-ellegaard beaten. not to be outdone, elfsborg captain anders svensson rattled the woodwork at the other end with a drive from distance as jörgen lennartsson's visitors grew into the game before the interval.
just as they had done in the first half, celtic came out after the restart and created a goalscoring opportunity. this time stokes returned the favour to samaras, playing in the greek international who fired straight at the advancing stuhr-ellegaard. it would prove one of the few chances the home team would have in the second period against an elfsborg side who were increasingly content to defend deep and leave bangura on his own up front.
however, with 14 minutes remaining, celtic made the breakthrough when commons stooped inside the six-metre box to nod in emilio izaguirre's cross from the left. that goal gives neil lennon's charges a slender lead to take to the borås arena next wednesday.
