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Motherwell vs Celtic

2 Feb 2025, 15:00 · Premiership · 2024/2025

55 completed meetings

Premiership 2024/2025 · 25 matches

3.96yellow cards per match23 matches with data
1red cards per match6 matches with data
22.84fouls per match25 matches with data
0.37Post-match xG2.96

As it happened

Match timeline

MotherwellMinCeltic
  1. 1′
    ⚽

    Daizen Maeda 0-1

    Goal · Header

    With: Anthony Ralston

    Header

  2. L. Armstrong 1-1

    Goal · Right foot shot

    Right foot shot

    ⚽
    23′
  3. 29′
    ⚽

    Adam Idah 1-2

    Goal · Right foot shot

    With: Daizen Maeda

    Right foot shot

  4. H. Paton

    Substitution · Substitution because of injury

    Off: Marvin Kaleta

    ⇄
    38′
  5. Tom Sparrow

    VAR · Goal Disallowed

    Offside

    VAR
    52′
  6. Luke Plange

    Substitution · Tactical sub

    Off: Tawanda Maswanhise

    ⇄
    63′
  7. Ewan Wilson

    Substitution · Tactical sub

    Off: Sam Nicholson

    ⇄
    63′
  8. 65′
    ⇄

    Arne Engels

    Substitution · Tactical sub

    Off: Luke McCowan

  9. 65′
    ⇄

    Jota

    Substitution · Tactical sub

    Off: Nicolas Kühn

  10. W. Dickson

    Substitution · Tactical sub

    Off: Andy Halliday

    ⇄
    76′
  11. D. Zdravkovski

    Substitution · Substitution because of injury

    Off: Dominic Thompson

    ⇄
    76′
  12. 79′
    ⇄

    Hyun-jun Yang

    Substitution · Tactical sub

    Off: Adam Idah

  13. 84′
    ⇄

    Paulo Bernardo

    Substitution · Tactical sub

    Off: Reo Hatate

  14. 84′
    ⇄

    Liam Scales

    Substitution · Tactical sub

    Off: Greg Taylor

  15. 90+4′
    ⚽

    Jota 1-3

    Goal · Right foot shot

    With: Daizen Maeda

    Right foot shot

The numbers

Fixture statistics

40 imported stat types
MotherwellMatch statCeltic
3
Corners
10
1
Shots Off Target
8
2
Shots Total
18
53
Attacks
188
18
Dangerous Attacks
78
19
Ball Possession %
81
68
Ball Safe
109
2
Shots Insidebox
14
0
Shots Outsidebox
4
1
Offsides
2
1
Goals
3
10
Goal Kicks
7
8
Free Kicks
5
5
Fouls
8
6
Saves
0
0
Shots Blocked
1
5
Substitutions
5
12
Throwins
24
49
Long Passes
47
0
Hit Woodwork
1
16
Successful Headers
16
19
Tackles
18
0
Assists
3
191
Passes
830
127
Successful Passes
754
66
Successful Passes Percentage
91
1
Shots On Target
9
3
Injuries
0
9
Total Crosses
29
0
Accurate Crosses
8
6
Interceptions
3
42
Duels Won
45
11
Dribble Attempts
16
1
Successful Dribbles
6
0
Key Passes
18
1
Big Chances Created
6
0
Big Chances Missed
4
9
Successful Dribbles Percentage
38
19
Successful Long Passes
34
39
Successful Long Passes Percentage
72

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

40 imported players
PlayerMinGAShotsKeyTacklesSavesRating
90—————66.79
38————2—5.93
90————1—5.98
90————1—6.55
90————3—7.07
76————1—6.37
90————2—6.65
76————1—6.50
63————3—6.95
901—1—1—7.56
63——1—2—6.22
————————
14——————6.23
52————2—6.72
27————1—6.40
————————
————————
————————
27——————6.58
14——————6.64

Select a player to inspect every available typed match statistic. Ratings are provider match ratings; an unreported rating stays unavailable.

Before this match

Recent form

Select W, D or L to see that match’s stats. Pink outline = 2024/2025.

Motherwell

Latest: Aberdeen · 2–0

Match stats

5 Jan 2025, 14:30 · Home vs Aberdeen · 2024/2025

Celtic

Latest: Dundee · 3–3

Match stats

14 Jan 2025, 20:00 · Away vs Dundee · 2024/2025

The rivalry

Head-to-head record

Last 150 completed meetings at most
40Celtic wins
11Draws
4Motherwell wins
44%Both teams scored
55%Over 2.5 goals
127Celtic goals
38Motherwell goals

At Motherwell’s ground: 28 previous meetings, 3 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.

Matchup context

Home vs away this season

2024/2025 · Premiership

Compare Motherwell’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.

MotherwellPer matchCeltic
1.50 / 18Goals scored2.63 / 19
1.50 / 18Goals conceded0.89 / 19
3.00 / 18Total match goals3.53 / 19
0.22 / 18Clean sheets / match0.42 / 19
0.33 / 18Failed to score / match0.16 / 19
10.94 / 18Shots17.42 / 19
4.17 / 18Corners7.63 / 19
10.11 / 18Total match corners11.16 / 19
1.65 / 17Cards1.18 / 17

The number after / is how many matches had that stat.

More team stats

Results & goals

MotherwellStatCeltic
1.0018 matchesGoals scored by half-time1.0519 matches
0.6718 matchesGoals conceded by half-time0.5319 matches
44% (8)18 matchesWins68% (13)19 matches
28% (5)18 matchesDraws16% (3)19 matches
28% (5)18 matchesLosses16% (3)19 matches
50% (9)18 matchesHalf-time clean sheets53% (10)19 matches
28% (5)18 matchesScored in both halves53% (10)19 matches
56% (10)18 matchesBoth teams scored47% (9)19 matches

Goal frequencies

MotherwellStatCeltic
67%18 matchesScored 1+ goals84%19 matches
56%18 matchesScored 2+ goals68%19 matches
22%18 matchesScored 3+ goals53%19 matches
6%18 matchesScored 4+ goals32%19 matches
78%18 matchesConceded 1+ goals58%19 matches
44%18 matchesConceded 2+ goals21%19 matches
28%18 matchesConceded 3+ goals11%19 matches
61%18 matchesScored 1+ by half-time58%19 matches
33%18 matchesScored 2+ by half-time37%19 matches
6%18 matchesScored 3+ by half-time11%19 matches
50%18 matchesConceded 1+ by half-time47%19 matches
17%18 matchesConceded 2+ by half-time5%19 matches
0%18 matchesConceded 3+ by half-time0%19 matches

Corners

MotherwellStatCeltic
5.9418 matchesCorners conceded / match3.5319 matches
83%18 matchesWon 3+ corners100%19 matches
39%18 matchesWon 5+ corners79%19 matches
17%18 matchesWon 7+ corners58%19 matches
11%18 matchesWon 9+ corners47%19 matches
67%18 matchesMatch had 8+ corners84%19 matches
50%18 matchesMatch had 10+ corners74%19 matches
39%18 matchesMatch had 12+ corners58%19 matches
22%18 matchesMatch had 14+ corners16%19 matches

Cards

MotherwellStatCeltic
2.6517 matchesOpponent cards / match2.5317 matches
4.2917 matchesTotal cards / match3.7117 matches
1.4717 matchesYellow cards / match1.1817 matches
0.506 matchesRed cards / match0.002 matches
71%17 matchesReceived 1+ cards82%17 matches
47%17 matchesReceived 2+ cards29%17 matches
24%17 matchesReceived 3+ cards6%17 matches
18%17 matchesReceived 4+ cards0%17 matches
6%17 matchesReceived 5+ cards0%17 matches
65%17 matchesMatch had 3+ cards82%17 matches
47%17 matchesMatch had 5+ cards24%17 matches
24%17 matchesMatch had 7+ cards0%17 matches

Shots & play

MotherwellStatCeltic
14.0618 matchesShots conceded / match9.0019 matches
42.89%18 matchesPossession / match74.00%19 matches
10.2218 matchesFouls / match9.1119 matches
2.1217 matchesOffsides / match1.6819 matches

Chance quality

Season xG

Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.

Expected goals (xG)38 games with data
1.19 per game
Expected goals against (xGA)38 games with data
1.60 per game
Expected goals (xG)38 games with data
2.64 per game
Expected goals against (xGA)38 games with data
0.74 per game

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.

Expected goals and shot quality

Match counts are shown beside each player.

Expected goals (xG)

Chance quality before the shot.

Motherwell

Tony Watt17 matches
4.87
Moses Ebiye15 matches
4.43
Lennon Miller23 matches
4.20

Celtic

Adam Idah27 matches
14.01
Kyogo Furuhashi18 matches
12.39
Arne Engels24 matches
10.72

xG on target (xGoT)

Chance quality of shots that reached the target.

Motherwell

6.41
Tom Sparrow11 matches
4.75
Tony Watt13 matches
4.46

Celtic

Adam Idah22 matches
15.33
Kyogo Furuhashi16 matches
12.29
Daizen Maeda20 matches
11.95

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.

Motherwell

3.05
Tom Sparrow11 matches
2.52
Callum Slattery11 matches
1.50

Celtic

Luke McCowan18 matches
3.67
Reo Hatate23 matches
3.41
Adam Idah22 matches
2.22

Previous meetings

Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.