Celtic 3-2 Aberdeen: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 27 September 2008
Result
Celtic 3-2 Aberdeen
Premiership · Saturday 27 September 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Celtic 3-2 Aberdeen: match report
Celtic beat Aberdeen 3-2 in the Premiership on Saturday 27 September 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Celtic's goals came from Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (14'), S. McDonald (77') and Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (90'). Aberdeen scored through Charlie Mulgrew (58') and Charlie Mulgrew (65').
Discipline: Celtic received 1 yellow card; Aberdeen received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Celtic were 2nd on 13 points from 6 and Aberdeen 8th on 7 points from 6. Celtic went on to finish that season 2nd with 82 points, and Aberdeen 4th with 53.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 Celtic wins, 1 draw and 0 for Aberdeen.
Going into the match Celtic's last five read W-W-L-W-D and Aberdeen's L-L-W-D-W.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink
- 58'Goal · Charlie Mulgrew
- 65'Goal · Charlie Mulgrew
- 77'Goal · S. McDonald
- 90'Yellow card · Artur Boruc
- 90'Goal · Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink
Head-to-head
Team news
Celtic expected line-up (4-4-2)
Stephen McManus, Lee Naylor, Scott McDonald, Artur Boruc, G. Caldwell, Scott Brown, Jirí Jarosík, Massimo Donati, John Kennedy