Match centre · H2H Stats & Game Preview
Celtic vs Motherwell
14 Mar 2026, 15:00 · Premiership · 2025/2026
Referee
John BeatonPremiership 2025/2026 · 20 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
CelticMin
MotherwellAlex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Yellowcard
Foul
7′- 32′⚽
Elijah Just 0-1
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Callum Slattery
Left foot shot
- ⚽
Hyun-jun Yang 1-1
Goal · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
38′ - ⇄
Tomas Cvancara
Substitution
Off: Sebastian Tounekti
46′ Colby Donovan
Yellowcard
Foul
50′- ⇄
Luke McCowan
Substitution
Off: Benjamin Nygren
62′ Reo Hatate
Yellowcard
63′- 64′
Elijah Just
Yellowcard
Foul
- VAR
Daizen Maeda
VAR · Penalty confirmed
69′ - 71′
Emmanuel Longelo
Redcard
Professional foul last man
- ⚽
Tomas Cvancara 2-1
Penalty · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
72′ - 72′
Calum Ward
Yellowcard
- ⇄
Paulo Bernardo
Substitution
Off: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
78′ - 78′⇄
Eythor Bjørgolfsson
Substitution
Off: Ibrahim Said
- 78′⇄
Oscar Priestman
Substitution
Off: Lukas Fadinger
- ⇄
Anthony Ralston
Substitution
Off: Colby Donovan
78′ - ⇄
Marcelo Saracchi
Substitution
Off: Kieran Tierney
78′ - ⚽
Hyun-jun Yang 3-1
Goal · Left foot shot
Left foot shot
79′ Anthony Ralston
Yellowcard
Foul
82′- 83′⇄
Jordan McGhee
Substitution
Off: Tom Sparrow
- 83′⇄
Sam Nicholson
Substitution
Off: Elijah Just
- 90+1′⇄
Luca Ross
Substitution
Off: Tawanda Maswanhise
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 | 6.76 | |
| 78 | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | — | 6.82 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.79 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 6.85 | |
| 78 | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | — | 7.64 | |
| 78 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.76 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.22 | |
| 90 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 8.60 | |
| 62 | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | 6.73 | |
| 46 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.29 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 6.70 | |
| 44 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.93 | |
| 28 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.61 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.58 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.51 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 12 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 6.63 |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Celtic
Latest: Hibernian · 1–2
Match stats
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Motherwell
Latest: Dundee · 1–2
Match stats
7 Mar 2026, 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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