Celtic vs Motherwell, 2024-25 Scottish Premiership

Dec 26, 2024, 3:00 PM · Scottish Premiership

45'+1': Arne Engels (P)
57': Daizen Maeda
74': Nicolas Kühn
81': Reo Hatate

FT
4 - 0

About

Celtic are hosting Motherwell at Celtic Park, Glasgow, Scotland, starting on Thursday 26 Dec 2024 3:00 PM UTC+00:00 . The match is a part of the Scottish Premiership.

Match Commentary

11': Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell) Yellow Card at 11'
41': Tony Watt (Motherwell) Yellow Card at 41'
42': Dan Casey (Motherwell) Yellow Card at 42'
45'+1': Arne Engels (Celtic) Penalty - Scored at 46'
45'+4': Adam Idah (Celtic) Yellow Card at 49'
45'+5': Tom Sparrow (Motherwell) Yellow Card at 50'
57': Daizen Maeda (Celtic) Goal at 57'
63': Nicolas Gerrit Kühn (Celtic) Substitution at 63'
63': Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic) Substitution at 63'
63': Reo Hatate (Celtic) Substitution at 63'
63': Andy Halliday (Motherwell) Substitution at 63'
63': Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Motherwell) Substitution at 63'
71': Harrison Patton (Motherwell) Yellow Card at 71'
72': Luke McCowan (Celtic) Substitution at 72'
72': Sam Nicholson (Motherwell) Substitution at 72'
74': Nicolas Gerrit Kühn (Celtic) Goal at 74'
78': Álex Valle (Celtic) Substitution at 78'
79': Jair Tavares (Motherwell) Substitution at 79'
79': Stephen O'Donnell (Motherwell) Substitution at 79'
81': Reo Hatate (Celtic) Goal at 81'

Statistics

MOT		CEL
10	Fouls	10
5	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
3	Corner Kicks	6
4	Saves	0
16	Possession	84
2	SHOTS	23
0	ON GOAL	7
0.0	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
1	Blocked Shots	8
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Game Information

Competition: Scottish Premiership
3:00 PM, Thu, Dec 26, 2024
Venue: Celtic Park
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Attendance: 58,687

SPFL Premiership Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Celtic	31	+72	78
2	Rangers	31	+35	65
3	Hibernian	31	+7	47
4	Aberdeen	31	-5	46

Full Standings

Line-Ups

Celtic (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Kasper Schmeichel (GK)
5	Liam Scales
20	Cameron Carter-Vickers
3	Greg Taylor
56	Anthony Ralston
42	Callum McGregor
28	Paulo Bernardo
27	Arne Engels
9	Adam Idah
38	Daizen Maeda
13	Yang Hyun-Jun

Celtic Substitutes:

Auston Trusty, Nicolas Kühn, Stephen Welsh, Kyogo Furuhashi, Reo Hatate, Luis Palma, Luke McCowan, Álex Valle, Viljami Sinisalo.

Motherwell (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
13	Aston Oxborough (GK)
5	Kofi Balmer
20	Shane Blaney
15	Dan Casey
38	Lennon Miller
12	Harrison Patton
23	Ewan Wilson
21	Marvin Kaleta
52	Tony Watt
55	Tawanda Maswanhise
7	Tom Sparrow

Motherwell Substitutes:

Kristjan Hegyi, Davor Zdravkovski, Liam Gordon, Apostolos Stamatelopoulos, Andy Halliday, Jair Tavares, Sam Nicholson, Moses Ebiye, Stephen O'Donnell.

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