Celtic 2-1 Aberdeen: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 23 October 2011

Result

Celtic 2-1 Aberdeen

Premiership · Sunday 23 October 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Celtic 2-1 Aberdeen: match report

Celtic won against Aberdeen 2-1 in the Premiership on Sunday 23 October 2011. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Ki Sung-Yeung opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Celtic's goals came from Ki Sung-Yeung (17') and Charlie Mulgrew (72'). Aberdeen scored through Ryan Jack (59').

Discipline: Celtic received 1 yellow card; Aberdeen received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Celtic were 3rd on 19 points from 10 and Aberdeen 7th on 12 points from 11. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Aberdeen 9th with 41.

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

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Ki Sung-YeungCeltic · 1-0
  • 29'Yellow card · R. FosterAberdeen
  • 32'Yellow card · Rory FallonAberdeen
  • 59'Goal · Ryan JackAberdeen · 1-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Ryan JackAberdeen
  • 61'Yellow card · Isaac OsbourneAberdeen
  • 72'Goal · Charlie MulgrewCeltic · 2-1
  • 73'Yellow card · Charlie MulgrewCeltic
  • 80'Second yellow · Ryan JackAberdeen
  • 83'Yellow card · Kári ÁrnasonAberdeen

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Celtic line-up

Fraser Forster, Adam Matthews, Charlie Mulgrew, Glenn Loovens, Joe Ledley, Sung-yueng Ki, Beram Kayal, Victor Wanyama, Anthony Stokes, James Forrest, Gary Hooper

Aberdeen line-up

D. González, Richard Foster, Youl Mawene, Andy Considine, Robert Milsom, Isaac Osbourne, Fraser Fyvie, Ryan Jack, Scott Vernon, Rory Fallon, Kári Árnason