Aberdeen 3-4 Celtic: result and report
Premiership · Wednesday 26 December 2018
Result
Aberdeen 3-4 Celtic
Premiership · Wednesday 26 December 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Aberdeen 3-4 Celtic: match report
Aberdeen were beaten by Celtic 3-4 in the Premiership on Wednesday 26 December 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Scott Sinclair opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Aberdeen's goals came from Stevie May (24', penalty), Sam Cosgrove (83', penalty) and Lewis Ferguson (90'). Celtic scored through Scott Sinclair (6'), Scott Sinclair (76'), Odsonne Edouard (86') and Scott Sinclair (88').
Discipline: Aberdeen received 3 yellow cards; Celtic received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Aberdeen were 3rd on 36 points from 19 and Celtic 1st on 39 points from 18. Aberdeen went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and Celtic 1st with 87.
Aberdeen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Celtic in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Aberdeen wins, 0 draws and 1 for Celtic.
Going into the match Aberdeen's last five read W-W-W-W-L and Celtic's W-W-L-W-D.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Scott Sinclair
- 24'Penalty goal · Stevie May
- 38'Yellow card · Niall McGinn
- 52'Yellow card · Stevie May
- 76'Goal · Scott Sinclair
- 83'Penalty goal · Sam Cosgrove
- 86'Goal · Odsonne Edouard
- 88'Goal · Scott Sinclair
- 90'Yellow card · Sam Cosgrove
- 90'Goal · Lewis Ferguson
- 90+2'Yellow card · Scott Sinclair
Head-to-head
Team news
Aberdeen line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joe Lewis, Shaleum Logan, Andy Considine, Scott McKenna, Graeme Shinnie, Dominic Ball, Lewis Ferguson, Connor McLennan, Stevie May, Niall McGinn, Sam Cosgrove
Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Craig Gordon, Mikael Lustig, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera, Filip Benkovic, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Scott Brown, Tom Rogić, James Forrest, Ryan Christie, Callum McGregor, Scott Sinclair