Celtic 3–1 Aberdeen

CELCeltic

3–1

Full Time

ABEAberdeen

Benjamin Nygren 39′ · assist Daizen Maeda
Kieran Tierney 88′ · assist Colby Donovan
James Forrest 90+2′ · assist Callum McGregor

Kenan Bilalovic 74′ · assist Kjartan Már Kjartansson

Sunday 21 December at 15:00 · Celtic Park · Referee David Dickinson

Match stats

73%Possession27%

31Shots10

10Shots on target2

8Big chances1

8Corners4

Line-ups

Celtic3-4-2-15-4-1Aberdeen

Next meetingAberdeen v CelticWed 4 Mar

Previous meetings · last 5

4

Celtic

1

Draws

0

Aberdeen

701

Passes

266

91%Pass accuracy70%

13Tackles9

6Interceptions6

1Saves7

12Fouls13

3Offsides1

1Yellow cards2

0Red cards1

How it happened

18′Stuart Armstrong · away
39′Benjamin Nygren · assist Daizen Maeda · home
45+1′Arne Engels · home
45+3′Dylan Lobban · away
53′Emmanuel Gyamfi on for Topi Keskinen · away
54′Graeme Shinnie on for Jesper Karlsson · away
68′Kenan Bilalovic on for Marko Lazetić · away
68′Kjartan Már Kjartansson on for Adil Aouchiche · away
69′Liam Scales on for Luke McCowan · home
69′James Forrest on for Hyun-jun Yang · home
70′Shin Yamada on for Johnny Kenny · home
74′Kenan Bilalovic · assist Kjartan Már Kjartansson · away
82′Colby Donovan on for Anthony Ralston · home
84′Alexander Jensen · away
88′Kieran Tierney · assist Colby Donovan · home
89′Kevin Nisbet on for Alexander Jensen · away
90+2′James Forrest · assist Callum McGregor · home

CELCeltic3-4-2-1

1Kasper Schmeichel
56Anthony Ralston▾ 82′ (Donovan on)
6Auston Trusty
63Kieran Tierney
13Hyun-jun Yang▾ 69′ (Forrest on)
27Arne Engels
42Callum McGregorA
14Luke McCowan▾ 69′ (Scales on)
8Benjamin Nygren
38Daizen MaedaA
24Johnny Kenny▾ 70′ (Yamada on)

5Liam Scales▴ 69′ for McCowan

18Shin Yamada▴ 70′ for Kenny

49James Forrest▴ 69′ for Yang

51Colby DonovanA▴ 82′ for Ralston

Bench: Jahmai Simpson-Pusey, Viljami Sinisalo, Hayato Inamura, Paulo Bernardo, Dane Murray

ABEAberdeen5-4-1

1Dimitar Mitov
38Dylan Lobban
2Nicky Devlin
22Jack Milne
5Mats Knoester
28Alexander Jensen▾ 89′ (Nisbet on)
81Topi Keskinen▾ 53′ (Gyamfi on)
7Adil Aouchiche▾ 68′ (Kjartansson on)
16Stuart Armstrong

Players we hold link to their Scout profiles.

Oct 2024Celtic2–2Aberdeen

We go again

17Jesper Karlsson▾ 54′ (Shinnie on)

27Marko Lazetić▾ 68′ (Bilalovic on)

4Graeme Shinnie▴ 54′ for Karlsson

14Kenan Bilalovic▴ 68′ for Lazetić

15Kevin Nisbet▴ 89′ for Jensen

29Kjartan Már KjartanssonA▴ 68′ for Aouchiche

77Emmanuel Gyamfi▴ 53′ for Keskinen

Bench: Sivert Heltne Nilsen, Leighton Clarkson, Nicolas Milanovic, Nick Suman