A celebration of 20 years of the Stadium of Light
Opponents: v Sunderland
Competition: Dafabet Cup
Date: 29/07/2017
Venue: Stadium of Light, Sunderland
Score: 5-0
Scorers: McGregor (3), Hayes, Armstrong.
Referee: Tony Harrington (ENG)
Attendance: unknown
Comments: Celtic win the Dafabet Cup 2017. Calum McGregor hat-trick. Sunderland's new signing Aidan McGeady fouled Tony ralston in the box to give Celtic a penalty. 10,000 Celtic fans attended the match. De Vries saved a James Vaughan penalty at 2-0. Former Celt Adam matthews in the Sunderland team.
Match report at safc.com
"This wasn’t even Celtic’s strongest team. With the Hoops in between crucial Champions League qualifiers boss Brendan Rodgers made six changes.Yet they tore Sunderland to shreds.The five-goal winning margin didn’t flatter them. It could have been more." - Sunderland Echo.
Match photo gallery at www.chroniclelive.co.uk
Manager: Brendan Rodgers
Scorers: McGregor 4, 14, 57 (pen), Hayes 39, Armstrong 69
Team: de Vries, Ralston, Ajer (McCart 73), Tierney (c) (Hill 61), Miller (Benyu 73), Kouassi, Ntcham (Bitton 46), Hayes (Rogic 46), McGregor (Henderson 75), Sinclair (Armstrong 46), Forrest (Ciftci 61).
Subs not used: Gordon (g/k), Hazard (g/k), Aitchison.
Manager: Simon Grayson
Scorers: n/a
Team: Steele, Jones (Matthews 77), Galloway, Kone, Browning (O’Shea 54), Cattermole (Gibson 77), Ndong, McGeady, Grabban (Asoro 68), Khazri (Honeyman 31), Vaughan.
Subs not used: Djilbodji, Love, Embleton, Mika, Stryjek.