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Aberdeen vs Celtic
10 Aug 2025, 12:30 · Premiership · 2025/2026
Referee
John BeatonPremiership 2025/2026 · 20 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
AberdeenMin
Celtic- 27′⚽
Benjamin Nygren 0-1
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Kieran Tierney
Left foot shot
Sivert Heltne Nilsen
Yellowcard
Foul
51′- ⇄
Ester Sokler
Substitution
Off: Kusini Yengi
55′ - 61′
Liam Scales
Yellowcard
Foul
- 66′⚽
Reo Hatate 0-2
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Benjamin Nygren
Right foot shot
- 66′⇄
Shin Yamada
Substitution
Off: Adam Idah
- ⇄
Leighton Clarkson
Substitution
Off: Sivert Heltne Nilsen
67′ - 67′⇄
Auston Trusty
Substitution
Off: Kieran Tierney
- ⇄
Fletcher Boyd
Substitution
Off: Nicolas Milanovic
73′ - ⇄
Shayden Morris
Substitution
Off: Topi Keskinen
73′ - ⇄
Dante Polvara
Substitution
Off: Graeme Shinnie
73′ - 74′
Reo Hatate
Yellowcard
Foul
- 74′
Callum McGregor
Yellowcard
Foul
- 78′⇄
Arne Engels
Substitution
Off: James Forrest
- 78′⇄
Luke McCowan
Substitution
Off: Reo Hatate
- 88′⇄
Anthony Ralston
Substitution
Off: Alistair Johnston
Nicky Devlin
Yellowcard
Foul
90+2′
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 6.50 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 6.95 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.55 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.12 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.12 | |
| 73 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 6.36 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.03 | |
| 73 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.47 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6.99 | |
| 73 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.45 | |
| 55 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.30 | |
| 17 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 6.61 | |
| 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.31 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 35 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.72 | |
| 17 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.44 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 17 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.62 |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Aberdeen
Latest: Celtic · 1–5
Match stats
14 May 2025, 20:00 · Home vs Celtic · 2024/2025
Celtic
Latest: Aberdeen · 5–1
Match stats
14 May 2025, 20:00 · Away vs Aberdeen · 2024/2025
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Aberdeen’s ground: 29 previous meetings, 3 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Aberdeen’s home games with Celtic’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Aberdeen
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Celtic
Goals
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Aberdeen
Celtic
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Aberdeen
Celtic
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Aberdeen
Celtic
Previous meetings
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