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Dundee United vs Celtic
22 Dec 2024, 12:00 · Premiership · 2024/2025
Referee
David DickinsonPremiership 2024/2025 · 19 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Dundee UnitedMin
CelticRyan Strain
Yellowcard
Handball
26′- 59′
Reo Hatate
Yellowcard
Foul
- 61′⇄
Luis Palma
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Hyun-jun Yang
- 62′⇄
Adam Idah
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Luke McCowan
- ⇄
Jort van der Sande
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Miller Thomson
74′ - 78′⇄
Paulo Bernardo
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Reo Hatate
- ⇄
Ross Docherty
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: L. Stephenson
80′ - ⇄
Kristijan Trapanovski
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: G. Middleton
80′ - 86′⇄
Arne Engels
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Daizen Maeda
Kristijan Trapanovski
Yellowcard
Foul
89′- ⇄
Richard Odada
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: S. Dalby
90′
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 7.30 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.80 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.10 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.80 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 7.30 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.50 | |
| 80 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 6.70 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | 7.10 | |
| 80 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.70 | |
| 74 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.70 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.70 | |
| 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.90 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.60 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 16 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.50 |
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Before this match
Recent form
Select W, D or L to see that match’s stats. Pink outline = 2024/2025.
Dundee United
Latest: Kilmarnock · 1–1
Match stats
7 Dec 2024, 15:00 · Home vs Kilmarnock · 2024/2025
Celtic
Latest: Aberdeen · 1–0
Match stats
4 Dec 2024, 20:00 · Away vs Aberdeen · 2024/2025
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Dundee United’s ground: 22 previous meetings, 3 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Dundee United’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 2024/2025. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Dundee United
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Celtic
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
No recorded figure
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Dundee United
Celtic
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Dundee United
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.
Dundee United
Celtic
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.