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Falkirk vs Celtic
14 Jan 2026, 19:45 · Premiership · 2025/2026
Referee
John BeatonPremiership 2025/2026 · 20 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
FalkirkMin
Celtic- 43′⚽
Benjamin Nygren 0-1
Goal · Header
With: Arne Engels
Header
- ⇄
Louie Marsh
Substitution
Off: Finn Yeats
63′ - ⇄
Ben Parkinson
Substitution
Off: Barney Stewart
63′ - 66′⇄
Reo Hatate
Substitution
Off: Sebastian Tounekti
- 66′⇄
Luke McCowan
Substitution
Off: Hyun-jun Yang
- 74′
Kieran Tierney
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⇄
Henry Cartwright
Substitution
Off: Dylan Tait
74′ - ⇄
Ethan Ross
Substitution
Off: Kyrell Wilson
78′ - ⇄
E. Williams
Substitution
Off: Calvin Miller
78′ - 79′⇄
Johnny Kenny
Substitution
Off: Arne Engels
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 | 7.30 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 7 | — | 7.20 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 7.10 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 6.80 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.90 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 7.00 | |
| 74 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.40 | |
| 78 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.30 | |
| 63 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.30 | |
| 78 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 7.00 | |
| 63 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 6.50 | |
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| 16 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.70 | |
| 12 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.50 | |
| 12 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.40 | |
| 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.30 | |
| 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.50 |
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Before this match
Recent form
Select W, D or L to see that match’s stats. Pink outline = 2025/2026.
Falkirk
Latest: Aberdeen · 1–0
Match stats
3 Jan 2026, 15:00 · Home vs Aberdeen · 2025/2026
Celtic
Latest: Motherwell · 0–2
Match stats
30 Dec 2025, 20:00 · Away vs Motherwell · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Falkirk’s ground: 1 previous meetings, 0 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Falkirk’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.
Falkirk
Assists
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.
Falkirk
Celtic
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Falkirk
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.
Falkirk
Celtic
Previous meetings
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