Aberdeen 1-2 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Wednesday 4 March 2026

Result

Aberdeen 1-2 Celtic

Premiership · Wednesday 4 March 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Aberdeen 1-2 Celtic: match report

Aberdeen were beaten by Celtic 1-2 in the Premiership on Wednesday 4 March 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Kieran Tierney opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Aberdeen's goal came from Kevin Nisbet (19', penalty). Celtic scored through Kieran Tierney (5') and Benjamin Nygren (67').

Discipline: Aberdeen received 2 yellow cards; Celtic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aberdeen were 8th on 29 points from 28 and Celtic 3rd on 55 points from 28. Aberdeen went on to finish that season 9th with 40 points, and Celtic 1st with 82.

Aberdeen lined up in a 5-3-2 and Celtic in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kieran Tierney of Celtic (8.0), ahead of Benjamin Arthur (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Aberdeen wins, 2 draws and 7 for Celtic.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Kieran TierneyCeltic · 0-1
  • 19'Penalty goal · Kevin NisbetAberdeen · 1-1
  • 26'Yellow card · Sivert Heltne NilsenAberdeen
  • 41'Yellow card · Toyosi OlusanyaAberdeen
  • 67'Goal · Benjamin NygrenCeltic · 1-2
  • 76'Yellow card · James ForrestCeltic
  • 89'Yellow card · Reo HatateCeltic

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Aberdeen 0, draws 2, Celtic 7.

Team news

Aberdeen line-up (5-3-2)

Dimitar Mitov, Alexander Jensen, Jack Milne, Sivert Heltne Nilsen, Gavin Molloy, Mitchel Frame, Lyall Cameron, Dennis Geiger, Stuart Armstrong, Kevin Nisbet, Toyosi Olusanya

Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)

Viljami Sinisalo, Julián Araujo, Benjamin Arthur, Liam Scales, Kieran Tierney, Callum McGregor, Reo Hatate, Hyun-jun Yang, Luke McCowan, Sebastian Tounekti, Tomas Cvancara