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Celtic vs Motherwell
5 Oct 2025, 15:00 · Premiership · 2025/2026
Referee
Calum ScottPremiership 2025/2026 · 14 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
CelticMin
Motherwell- ⚽
Kelechi Iheanacho 1-0
Penalty · Left foot shot
Left foot shot
28′ - 40′⚽
Apostolos Stamatelopoulos 1-1
Goal · Header
With: Tawanda Maswanhise
Header
- 54′VAR
Tawanda Maswanhise
VAR · Penalty confirmed
- 56′⚽
Apostolos Stamatelopoulos 1-2
Penalty · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
- ⇄
Benjamin Nygren
Substitution
Off: Reo Hatate
59′ - ⇄
Arne Engels
Substitution
Off: Luke McCowan
60′ - ⇄
James Forrest
Substitution
Off: Sebastian Tounekti
60′ - ⇄
Kieran Tierney
Substitution
Off: Marcelo Saracchi
64′ - 68′⇄
Stephen O'Donnell
Substitution
Off: John Koutroumbis
- ⚽
Benjamin Nygren 2-2
Goal · Left foot shot
Left foot shot
69′ Arne Engels
Yellowcard
Foul
72′- 76′⇄
Detlef Esapa Osong
Substitution
Off: Apostolos Stamatelopoulos
- ⇄
Michel-Ange Balikwisha
Substitution
Off: Kelechi Iheanacho
78′ - 80′⇄
Oscar Priestman
Substitution
Off: Ibrahim Said
- ⚽
Daizen Maeda 3-2
Goal · Header
With: Michel-Ange Balikwisha
Header
90+2′ Daizen Maeda
Yellowcard
Time wasting
90+8′
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 | 6.34 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 6.69 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.97 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.67 | |
| 64 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.29 | |
| 60 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.38 | |
| 90 | — | — | 3 | — | 5 | — | 6.85 | |
| 60 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.13 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | 7.25 | |
| 78 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 7.55 | |
| 59 | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | — | 6.98 | |
| 31 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 7.78 | |
| 12 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 6.94 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.30 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 30 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 6.73 | |
| 26 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 7.12 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Before this match
Recent form
Select W, D or L to see that match’s stats. Pink outline = 2025/2026.
Celtic
Latest: Hibernian · 0–0
Match stats
27 Sept 2025, 15:00 · Home vs Hibernian · 2025/2026
Motherwell
Latest: Dundee · 1–1
Match stats
13 Sept 2025, 15:00 · Away vs Dundee · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Celtic’s ground: 27 previous meetings, 23 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Celtic’s home games with Motherwell’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
Motherwell
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
Motherwell
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Celtic
Motherwell
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
Motherwell
Previous meetings
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