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Celtic vs Falkirk
1 Feb 2026, 15:00 · Premiership · 2025/2026
Referee
David DickinsonPremiership 2025/2026 · 21 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
CelticMin
Falkirk- 17′
Leon McCann
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⚽
Tomas Cvancara 1-0
Goal · Header
With: Kieran Tierney
Header
39′ - ⇄
James Forrest
Substitution
Off: Hyun-jun Yang
48′ - ⚽
Benjamin Nygren 2-0
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Callum McGregor
Left foot shot
62′ - 63′⇄
Finn Yeats
Substitution
Off: Louie Marsh
- 64′⇄
Henry Cartwright
Substitution
Off: Dylan Tait
- 64′⇄
Ethan Ross
Substitution
Off: Kyrell Wilson
- 66′
Henry Cartwright
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⇄
Reo Hatate
Substitution
Off: Arne Engels
71′ - ⇄
Sebastian Tounekti
Substitution
Off: Tomas Cvancara
72′ - 74′⇄
Brian Graham
Substitution
Off: Barney Stewart
- VAR
Celtic
VAR · Goal Disallowed
77′ - ⇄
Stephen Welsh
Substitution
Off: Kieran Tierney
83′ - ⇄
Kelechi Iheanacho
Substitution
Off: Daizen Maeda
84′ - 84′⇄
Aidan Nesbitt
Substitution
Off: Calvin Miller
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 | 7.96 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 7.45 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.03 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 8.01 | |
| 83 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 7.57 | |
| 48 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 6.39 | |
| 71 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 7.05 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 7.65 | |
| 84 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.37 | |
| 72 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 7.07 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 7.36 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.53 | |
| 18 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 6.85 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.45 | |
| 42 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.68 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.46 |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Celtic
Latest: Dundee United · 4–0
Match stats
10 Jan 2026, 15:00 · Home vs Dundee United · 2025/2026
Falkirk
Latest: St. Mirren · 2–0
Match stats
10 Jan 2026, 15:00 · Away vs St. Mirren · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Celtic’s ground: 4 previous meetings, 4 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Celtic’s home games with Falkirk’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
Falkirk
Assists
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
Falkirk
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Celtic
Falkirk
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
Falkirk
Previous meetings
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