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Motherwell vs Celtic
13 May 2026, 20:00 · Premiership · 2025/2026
Referee
John BeatonPremiership 2025/2026 · 20 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
MotherwellMin
Celtic- ⚽
Elliot Watt 1-0
Goal · Left foot shot
Left foot shot
17′ - 41′⚽
Daizen Maeda 1-1
Goal · Left foot shot
Left foot shot
- 58′⚽
Benjamin Nygren 1-2
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Hyun-jun Yang
Left foot shot
- 61′
Daizen Maeda
Yellowcard
Off the ball foul
- ⇄
Regan Charles-Cook
Substitution
Off: Callum Slattery
69′ - 70′⇄
Reo Hatate
Substitution
Off: Benjamin Nygren
- 70′⇄
Kelechi Iheanacho
Substitution
Off: Sebastian Tounekti
- 70′⇄
Anthony Ralston
Substitution
Off: Alistair Johnston
- 78′⇄
James Forrest
Substitution
Off: Hyun-jun Yang
- 78′⇄
Marcelo Saracchi
Substitution
Off: Kieran Tierney
- ⇄
Liam Gordon
Substitution
Off: John Koutroumbis
81′ - ⇄
Sam Nicholson
Substitution
Off: Ibrahim Said
81′ - ⚽
Liam Gordon 2-2
Goal · Left foot shot
Left foot shot
85′ - ⇄
Callum Hendry
Substitution
Off: Elijah Just
88′ - ⇄
Oscar Priestman
Substitution
Off: Tawanda Maswanhise
88′ Sam Nicholson
Yellowcard
Time wasting
90+1′- 90+1′
Liam Scales
Yellowcard
Foul
- 90+7′VAR
Auston Trusty
VAR · Penalty confirmed
Emmanuel Longelo
Yellowcard
90+8′- 90+9′⚽
Kelechi Iheanacho 2-3
Penalty · Left foot shot
Left foot shot
- 90+10′
Kelechi Iheanacho
Yellowcard
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.86 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 6.79 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.03 | |
| 81 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.46 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 6.04 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.83 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 7.71 | |
| 81 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 6.45 | |
| 69 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 6.45 | |
| 88 | — | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | 7.05 | |
| 88 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 6.42 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 9 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 7.01 | |
| 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.73 | |
| 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
| 21 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 6.77 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
Select W, D or L to see that match’s stats. Pink outline = 2025/2026.
Motherwell
Latest: Hearts · 1–1
Match stats
9 May 2026, 20:00 · Home vs Hearts · 2025/2026
Celtic
Latest: Hibernian · 2–1
Match stats
3 May 2026, 12:00 · Away vs Hibernian · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
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
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.
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.
Motherwell
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.
Motherwell
Celtic
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Motherwell
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.
Motherwell
Celtic
Previous meetings
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