Aberdeen 2-1 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Wednesday 3 February 2016

Result

Aberdeen 2-1 Celtic

Premiership · Wednesday 3 February 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Aberdeen 2-1 Celtic: match report

Aberdeen beat Celtic 2-1 in the Premiership on Wednesday 3 February 2016. The half-time score was 2-0.

Jonny Hayes opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Aberdeen's goals came from Jonny Hayes (31') and Simon Church (37'). Celtic scored through Leigh Griffiths (90+3').

Discipline: Aberdeen received 1 yellow card; Celtic received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aberdeen were 2nd on 42 points from 23 and Celtic 1st on 49 points from 23. Aberdeen went on to finish that season 2nd with 67 points, and Celtic 1st with 74.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Aberdeen wins, 1 draw and 7 for Celtic.

Going into the match Aberdeen's last five read D-D-D-D-W and Celtic's W-W-W-W-D.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Goal · Jonny HayesAberdeen · 1-0
  • 37'Goal · Simon ChurchAberdeen · 2-0
  • 44'Yellow card · Stuart ArmstrongCeltic
  • 65'Yellow card · Colin Kazim-RichardsCeltic
  • 66'Yellow card · Scott BrownCeltic
  • 71'Yellow card · Craig StorieAberdeen
  • 84'Yellow card · Kieran TierneyCeltic
  • 90+3'Goal · Leigh GriffithsCeltic · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aberdeen 2, draws 1, Celtic 7.

Team news

Aberdeen line-up

Scott Brown, Shaleum Logan, Ash Taylor, Mark Reynolds, Graeme Shinnie, Kenny McLean, Niall McGinn, Jonny Hayes, Craig Storie, Adam Rooney, Simon Church

Celtic line-up

Craig Gordon, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera, Mikael Lustig, Erik Sviatchenko, Kieran Tierney, Nir Bitton, Scott Brown, Stuart Armstrong, Gary Mackay-Steven, Callum McGregor, Leigh Griffiths