Celtic 3-0 Aberdeen: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 5 December 2009

Result

Celtic 3-0 Aberdeen

Premiership · Saturday 5 December 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Celtic 3-0 Aberdeen: match report

Celtic defeated Aberdeen 3-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 5 December 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.

S. McDonald opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Celtic's goals came from S. McDonald (39'), Georgios Samaras (52') and Georgios Samaras (76'). Aberdeen did not score.

Discipline: Celtic received no yellow cards; Aberdeen received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Celtic were 2nd on 25 points from 13 and Aberdeen 5th on 21 points from 13. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 79 points, and Aberdeen 8th with 45.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Celtic wins, 0 draws and 2 for Aberdeen.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Goal · S. McDonaldCeltic · 1-0
  • 44'Yellow card · Charlie MulgrewAberdeen
  • 51'Yellow card · Derek YoungAberdeen
  • 52'Goal · Georgios SamarasCeltic · 2-0
  • 55'Red card · Jerel IfilAberdeen
  • 76'Goal · Georgios SamarasCeltic · 3-0
  • 77'Yellow card · R. FosterAberdeen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Celtic 8, draws 0, Aberdeen 2.

Team news

Celtic line-up

Danny Fox, Glenn Loovens, Landry N'Guemo, Marc Crosas, Barry Robson, Aiden McGeady, Scott McDonald, Georgios Samaras, Artur Boruc, Andreas Hinkel, G. Caldwell

Aberdeen line-up

Jamie Langfield, Charlie Mulgrew, Richard Foster, Andy Considine, Jerel Ifil, Gary McDonald, Derek Young, Peter Pawlett, Michael Paton, Lee Miller, Mo Ross