Motherwell - Celtic

Motherwell

Premiership 1st Phase 2025 - Round 20

Tuesday 30 December 2025 20:00

2 - 0

Finished

Referee: K. Clancy

Celtic

Result

Ball possession

43%

57%

Timeline

Ibrahim Sa’id

1-0

14'

46'

Daizen Maeda (out)
Luke McCowan (in)

46'

Paulo Guilherme Gonçalves Bernardo (out)
Shin Yamada (in)

46'

Kieran Tierney (out)
Arne Engels (in)

52'

Auston Trusty

56'

Anthony Ralston

56'

Reo Hatate

Elliot Watt

2-0

58'

60'

Anthony Ralston (out)
Colby Donovan (in)

66'

Hyun-Jun Yang (out)
James Forrest (in)

74'

Liam Scales

Elijah Henry Just (out)
Callum Hendry (in)

75'

Oscar James Moncrieff Priestman (out)
Mbule Longelo Emmanuel (in)

85'

Ibrahim Sa’id (out)
Luca Ross (in)

90+3'

Callum Slattery (out)
(in)

90+3'

Odds

1X2	10Bet	188Bet	1xBet	Bet365	Betano	Betfair	Marathonbet	Pinnacle	SBO	Superbet	Unibet	William Hill
1 Motherwell	4.65	3.70	4.36	4.33	4.45	4.40	4.40	4.43	3.86	4.35	4.50	4.00
X Draw	3.90	4.05	3.90	3.90	4.25	4.00	3.90	4.11	3.59	4.00	3.85	3.80
2 Celtic	1.70	1.78	1.72	1.70	1.78	1.70	1.70	1.76	1.76	1.75	1.70	1.75

Previous confrontations (H2H)

1 Motherwell

6 Draw

31 Celtic

63% Over 2.5 goals

50% Both teams scored

3.3 Goals per match

1 | 19 Clean sheets

🔥 Celtic won the last 5 head-to-head meetings

Biggest win: Celtic 7-0 Motherwell (2016)

Most goals: Motherwell 2-5 Celtic (2019)

Goals scored all matches

0.63

2.68

Goals in home matches

0.68

2.84

Goals in away matches

0.58

2.53

Above is calculated based on the below matches

2025-10-05 Sunday 15:00

Won 😀

Celtic 2 P

Motherwell P

2025-02-02 Sunday 15:00

Won 😎

Motherwell

Celtic

2024-12-26 Thursday 15:00

Walkover 🔥

Celtic P

Motherwell 5

2024-10-27 Sunday 14:00

Walkover 🔥

Motherwell

Celtic 2

2024-02-25 Sunday 12:00

Won 😎

Motherwell

Celtic 2

2023-11-25 Saturday 15:00

Draw 🤔

Celtic P

Motherwell 4

2023-09-30 Saturday 12:30

Won 😎

Motherwell 3

Celtic

2023-04-22 Saturday 15:00

Draw 🤔

Celtic

Motherwell 3

2022-11-09 Wednesday 19:45

Won 😎

Motherwell 2

Celtic

2022-10-19 Wednesday 18:15

Walkover 🔥

Motherwell 2

Celtic

2022-10-01 Saturday 15:00

Won 😀

Celtic

Motherwell 4

2022-05-14 Saturday 12:15

Walkover 🔥

Celtic

Motherwell

2022-02-06 Sunday 13:30

Walkover 🔥

Motherwell 3

Celtic

2021-12-12 Sunday 15:00

Won 😀

Celtic

Motherwell 2

2021-10-16 Saturday 15:00

Won 😎

Motherwell

Celtic

2021-02-06 Saturday 15:00

Won 😀

Celtic

Motherwell 3

2020-11-08 Sunday 12:00

Walkover 🔥

Motherwell 3

Celtic

2020-08-30 Sunday 15:00

Walkover 🔥

Celtic

Motherwell 2

2020-02-05 Wednesday 19:45

Walkover 🔥

Motherwell

Celtic

2019-11-10 Sunday 15:00

Won 😎

Celtic

Motherwell

2019-08-10 Saturday 12:00

Walkover 🔥

Motherwell 5

Celtic P

2019-02-24 Sunday 15:00

Walkover 🔥

Celtic 4

Motherwell 4

2018-12-19 Wednesday 19:45

Walkover 🔥

Celtic P

Motherwell 2

2018-12-05 Wednesday 19:45

Draw 🤔

Motherwell 3

Celtic

2018-03-18 Sunday 14:15

Draw 🤔

Motherwell

Celtic

2017-12-02 Saturday 15:00

Walkover 🔥

Celtic

Motherwell 3

2017-11-29 Wednesday 19:45

Draw 🤔

Motherwell 4

Celtic P

2017-11-26 Sunday 15:00

Won 😎

Motherwell

Celtic P

2017-02-18 Saturday 15:00

Won 😎

Celtic P

Motherwell

2016-12-03 Saturday 12:15

Won 😎

Motherwell 4

Celtic 3

2016-10-15 Saturday 15:00

Won 😎

Celtic 2 P

Motherwell 2

2016-05-15 Sunday 12:30

Walkover 🔥

Celtic

Motherwell

2016-04-09 Saturday 12:30

Won 😎

Motherwell

Celtic

2015-12-19 Saturday 15:00

Won 😎

Celtic

Motherwell P

2015-10-17 Saturday 12:00

Won 😎

Motherwell

Celtic

2015-01-21 Wednesday 19:45

Walkover 🔥

Celtic

Motherwell

2014-12-06 Saturday 12:45

Won 😎

Motherwell

Celtic

2014-09-21 Sunday 15:00

Draw 🤔

Celtic P

Motherwell

Stats

Motherwell

Celtic

Shots on goal

Shots off goal

Total shots

Blocked shots

Shots inside box

Shots outside box

Fouls

Corners

Offsides

Goalkeeper saved

465

Total passes

594

398

Passes success

525

86%

Passes %

88%

Stadion

Stadion name

Fir Park

Capacity

13742

Address

Fir Park Street
Motherwell

table 2025

Premiership

Team	Pts
Heart OF Midlothian	70
Rangers	69
Celtic	67
Motherwell	54
Hibernian	51
Falkirk	46
Dundee Utd	40
Aberdeen	33
Dundee	33
ST Mirren	30
Kilmarnock	28
Livingston	16

Championship rounds

Team	Pts
Celtic	82
Heart OF Midlothian	80
Rangers	72
Motherwell	61
Hibernian	57
Falkirk	49

Premiership , Relegation Round

Team	Pts
Dundee Utd	45
Dundee	42
Aberdeen	40
Kilmarnock	40
ST Mirren	34
Livingston	21

Complete table

Line-ups

Motherwell — Formation: 4-2-3-1

Coach: Jens Askou

Callum Ward

Tom Sparrow

Stephen O'Donnell

Paul McGinn

John Koutroumbis

Oscar James Moncrieff Priestman

Elliot Watt

Elijah Henry Just

Callum Slattery

Lukas Fadinger

Ibrahim Sa’id

Daizen Maeda

Benjamin Nygren

Reo Hatate

Kieran Tierney

Paulo Guilherme Gonçalves Bernardo

Callum McGregor

Hyun-Jun Yang

Liam Scales

Auston Trusty

Anthony Ralston

Kasper Schmeichel

Celtic — Formation: 3-4-1-2 Logo Celtic

Coach: Martin O'Neill

Motherwell — Formation: 4-2-3-1

Coach: Jens Askou

Celtic — Formation: 3-4-1-2 Logo Celtic

Coach: Martin O'Neill

Callum Ward

Tom Sparrow

Stephen O'Donnell

Paul McGinn

John Koutroumbis

Oscar James Moncrieff Priestman

Elliot Watt

Elijah Henry Just

Callum Slattery

Lukas Fadinger

Ibrahim Sa’id

Daizen Maeda

Benjamin Nygren

Reo Hatate

Kieran Tierney

Paulo Guilherme Gonçalves Bernardo

Callum McGregor

Hyun-Jun Yang

Liam Scales

Auston Trusty

Anthony Ralston

Kasper Schmeichel

Substitutes

Substitutes Motherwell

Name	Age	Position
Matty Connolly	23	Goalkeeper
Liam Gordon	30	Defender
Kofi Balmer	25	Defender
Apostolos Stamatelopoulos	27	Attacker
Detlef Esapa Osong	21	Attacker
Luca Ross	19	Attacker
Mbule Longelo Emmanuel	25	Attacker
Callum Hendry	28	Attacker

Substitutes Celtic

Name	Age	Position
Viljami Kari Veikko Sinisalo	24	Goalkeeper
Jahmai Simpson-Pusey	-	Defender
Dane Murray	23	Defender
Luke McCowan	28	Midfielder
Arne Engels	22	Midfielder
James Forrest	35	Midfielder
Colby Donovan	19	Midfielder
Shin Yamada	26	Attacker
Johnny Kenny	23	Attacker

Player stats

#	Name	FN rating	Min	Pos	G	A	Sh	SoT	Pas	KP	Pas+	Tkl	Blk	Int	Du	Du+	Dri	Dri+	Foul	Foul+	🟨	Off	Sav	GC	PenSv
20	Elliot Watt	8.9	90	Midfielder	1	0	1	1	73	-	61	4	1	2	8	6	-	-	2	1	0	-	-	0	-
90	Ibrahim Sa’id	7.7	89	Attacker	1	0	1	1	15	2	13	-	1	-	10	2	2	-	2	2	0	-	-	0	-
13	Callum Ward	7.6	90	Goalkeeper	-	0	-	-	63	-	51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	3	0	0
6	Auston Trusty	7.3	90	Defender	-	0	1	-	82	-	77	4	-	-	9	6	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	0	-
2	Stephen O'Donnell	7.2	90	Defender	-	1	-	-	74	1	59	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
22	John Koutroumbis	7.2	90	Defender	-	0	1	1	32	-	31	2	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
21	Elijah Henry Just	7.2	75	Midfielder	-	0	4	2	30	1	23	1	-	-	11	6	1	1	2	2	0	2	-	0	-
7	Tom Sparrow	7.0	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	30	2	26	3	-	1	13	6	1	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
16	Paul McGinn ©️	7.0	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	52	-	50	-	-	1	3	2	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
25	Oscar James Moncrieff Priestman	7.0	85	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	28	1	25	3	-	-	5	4	-	-	1	1	0	-	-	0	-
42	Callum McGregor ©️	6.9	90	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	75	1	73	-	2	-	2	-	1	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
51	Colby Donovan (sub)	6.9	30	Defender	-	0	-	-	26	1	22	2	-	1	7	4	1	1	1	1	0	-	-	0	-
8	Callum Slattery	6.7	89	Midfielder	-	0	1	1	43	1	38	-	1	-	10	6	3	1	-	5	0	-	-	0	-
12	Lukas Fadinger	6.7	90	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	24	-	21	1	-	-	8	3	2	-	-	2	0	1	-	0	-
28	Paulo Guilherme Gonçalves Bernardo	6.7	45	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	27	-	25	3	-	-	6	4	-	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
41	Reo Hatate	6.7	90	Attacker	-	0	-	-	57	-	47	-	-	-	6	3	2	2	1	1	1	-	-	0	-
14	Luke McCowan (sub)	6.7	45	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	24	-	20	2	-	-	4	2	1	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
45	Mbule Longelo Emmanuel (sub)	6.6	9	Defender	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
27	Arne Engels (sub)	6.6	45	Midfielder	-	0	1	1	33	2	29	-	-	-	3	1	1	1	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
18	Shin Yamada (sub)	6.6	45	Attacker	-	0	1	1	7	-	6	-	-	-	5	2	2	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
49	James Forrest (sub)	6.6	24	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	17	-	15	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
8	Benjamin Nygren	6.5	90	Attacker	-	0	1	1	41	1	33	1	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
66	Callum Hendry (sub)	6.3	15	Attacker	-	0	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	5	2	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
56	Anthony Ralston	6.3	60	Defender	-	0	-	-	41	1	38	3	1	-	6	4	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	0	-
63	Kieran Tierney	6.3	45	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	13	-	9	-	-	1	7	4	3	1	-	1	0	2	-	0	-
13	Hyun-Jun Yang	6.2	66	Midfielder	-	0	1	-	23	-	16	1	-	-	6	2	2	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
38	Daizen Maeda	6.2	45	Attacker	-	0	-	-	5	-	5	-	-	1	3	-	1	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
1	Kasper Schmeichel	6.0	90	Goalkeeper	-	0	-	-	29	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	4	2	0
5	Liam Scales	6.0	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	94	-	86	-	-	3	10	3	1	1	6	-	1	-	-	0	-
28	Luca Ross (sub)	-	1	Attacker	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
31	Matty Connolly (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
4	Liam Gordon (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
5	Kofi Balmer (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
24	Detlef Esapa Osong (sub)	-	-	Attacker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
9	Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (sub)	-	-	Attacker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
12	Viljami Kari Veikko Sinisalo (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
47	Dane Murray (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
4	Jahmai Simpson-Pusey (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
24	Johnny Kenny (sub)	-	-	Attacker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-