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Aberdeen vs Celtic
4 Mar 2026, 20:00 · Premiership · 2025/2026
Referee
N. WalshPremiership 2025/2026 · 25 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
AberdeenMin
Celtic- 5′⚽
Kieran Tierney 0-1
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Liam Scales
Right foot shot
- ⚽
Kevin Nisbet 1-1
Penalty · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
19′ Sivert Heltne Nilsen
Yellowcard
Foul
26′Toyosi Olusanya
Yellowcard
Foul
41′- 61′⇄
Daizen Maeda
Substitution
Off: Luke McCowan
- 61′⇄
Benjamin Nygren
Substitution
Off: Tomas Cvancara
- ⇄
Kenan Bilalovic
Substitution
Off: Toyosi Olusanya
62′ - ⇄
Liam Morrison
Substitution
Off: Sivert Heltne Nilsen
62′ - 65′⇄
James Forrest
Substitution
Off: Hyun-jun Yang
- 65′⇄
Marcelo Saracchi
Substitution
Off: Kieran Tierney
- 67′⚽
Benjamin Nygren 1-2
Goal · Left foot shot
With: James Forrest
Left foot shot
- ⇄
Graeme Shinnie
Substitution
Off: Dennis Geiger
69′ - 76′
James Forrest
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⇄
Topi Keskinen
Substitution
Off: Alexander Jensen
79′ - ⇄
Dylan Lobban
Substitution
Off: Jack Milne
79′ - 87′⇄
Colby Donovan
Substitution
Off: Julián Araujo
- 89′
Reo Hatate
Yellowcard
Foul
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 | 6.32 | |
| 79 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.38 | |
| 79 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 6.99 | |
| 62 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.56 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.81 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | 6.80 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.87 | |
| 69 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.44 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.84 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | 6.43 | |
| 62 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.47 | |
| 21 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.34 | |
| 28 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.37 | |
| 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.44 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 11 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.48 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 11 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.65 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Aberdeen
Latest: Dundee · 2–3
Match stats
21 Feb 2026, 15:00 · Home vs Dundee · 2025/2026
Celtic
Latest: Rangers · 2–2
Match stats
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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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