Celtic 1-2 Aberdeen: result and report
Premiership · Sunday 8 May 2016
Result
Celtic 1-2 Aberdeen
Premiership · Sunday 8 May 2016, 11:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
Celtic 1-2 Aberdeen: match report
Celtic lost to Aberdeen 1-2 in the Premiership on Sunday 8 May 2016. The half-time score was 2-0.
P. Roberts opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Celtic's goals came from P. Roberts (7'), P. Roberts (20') and Mikael Lustig (49'). Aberdeen scored through Niall McGinn (57') and Andy Considine (64').
Discipline: Celtic received 2 yellow cards; Aberdeen received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 71 points from 35 and Aberdeen 2nd on 64 points from 35. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 74 points, and Aberdeen 2nd with 67.
Celtic lined up in a 4-5-1 and Aberdeen in a 4-5-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Celtic wins, 1 draw and 3 for Aberdeen.
Going into the match Celtic's last five read W-D-D-D-W and Aberdeen's W-L-L-W-L.
Key events
- 7'Goal · P. Roberts
- 17'Yellow card · Mikael Lustig
- 20'Goal · P. Roberts
- 40'Yellow card · S. Logan
- 49'Goal · Mikael Lustig
- 50'Yellow card · Willo Flood
- 57'Goal · Niall McGinn
- 61'Yellow card · Ash Taylor
- 63'Yellow card · E. Ambrose
- 64'Goal · Andy Considine
Head-to-head
Team news
Celtic line-up (4-5-1)
Craig Gordon, Charlie Mulgrew, Mikael Lustig, Erik Sviatchenko, Kieran Tierney, Nir Bitton, Stuart Armstrong, Tom Rogić, Patrick Roberts, Callum McGregor, Leigh Griffiths
Aberdeen line-up (4-5-1)
Adam Collin, Shaleum Logan, Andy Considine, Ash Taylor, Willo Flood, Graeme Shinnie, Kenny McLean, Niall McGinn, Jonny Hayes, Ryan Jack, Simon Church