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Celtic vs Aberdeen
21 Dec 2025, 15:00 · Premiership · 2025/2026
Referee
David DickinsonPremiership 2025/2026 · 21 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
CelticMin
Aberdeen- 18′
Stuart Armstrong
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⚽
Benjamin Nygren 1-0
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Daizen Maeda
Right foot shot
39′ Arne Engels
Yellowcard
Foul
45+1′- 45+3′
Dylan Lobban
Redcard
Professional foul last man
- 53′⇄
Emmanuel Gyamfi
Substitution
Off: Topi Keskinen
- 54′⇄
Graeme Shinnie
Substitution
Off: Jesper Karlsson
- 68′⇄
Kenan Bilalovic
Substitution
Off: Marko Lazetić
- 68′⇄
Kjartan Már Kjartansson
Substitution
Off: Adil Aouchiche
- ⇄
Liam Scales
Substitution
Off: Luke McCowan
69′ - ⇄
James Forrest
Substitution
Off: Hyun-jun Yang
69′ - ⇄
Shin Yamada
Substitution
Off: Johnny Kenny
70′ - 74′⚽
Kenan Bilalovic 1-1
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Kjartan Már Kjartansson
Right foot shot
- ⇄
Colby Donovan
Substitution
Off: Anthony Ralston
82′ - 84′
Alexander Jensen
Yellowcard
- ⚽
Kieran Tierney 2-1
Goal · Header
With: Colby Donovan
Header
88′ - 89′⇄
Kevin Nisbet
Substitution
Off: Alexander Jensen
- ⚽
James Forrest 3-1
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Callum McGregor
Right foot shot
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6.57 | |
| 82 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 7.69 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 7.92 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 8.63 | |
| 70 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.85 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 6 | — | — | 7.78 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | — | 8.13 | |
| 69 | — | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.96 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | 8.35 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | 7.07 | |
| 70 | — | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | 6.53 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.45 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 20 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.63 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 20 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 7.58 | |
| 8 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 6.95 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Celtic
Latest: Hearts · 1–2
Match stats
7 Dec 2025, 15:00 · Home vs Hearts · 2025/2026
Aberdeen
Latest: Dundee · 3–1
Match stats
6 Dec 2025, 15:00 · Away vs Dundee · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Celtic’s ground: 29 previous meetings, 24 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Celtic’s home games with Aberdeen’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.
Celtic
Goals
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Aberdeen
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.
Celtic
Aberdeen
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Celtic
Aberdeen
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.
Celtic
Aberdeen
Previous meetings
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