Celtic 3-0 Aberdeen: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 23 December 2017
Result
Celtic 3-0 Aberdeen
Premiership · Saturday 23 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Celtic 3-0 Aberdeen: match report
Celtic won against Aberdeen 3-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 23 December 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Mikael Lustig opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Celtic's goals came from Mikael Lustig (40'), Jonny Hayes (69') and Olivier Ntcham (76'). Aberdeen did not score.
Discipline: Celtic received 1 yellow card; Aberdeen received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 44 points from 19 and Aberdeen 2nd on 39 points from 19. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 82 points, and Aberdeen 2nd with 73.
Celtic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aberdeen in a 4-1-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Celtic wins, 0 draws and 3 for Aberdeen.
Going into the match Celtic's last five read W-L-W-D-W and Aberdeen's W-W-W-L-L.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · Kári Árnason
- 30'Yellow card · Graeme Shinnie
- 35'Yellow card · Dominic Ball
- 40'Goal · Mikael Lustig
- 69'Goal · Jonny Hayes
- 71'Yellow card · Kenny McLean
- 76'Goal · Olivier Ntcham
- 77'Yellow card · Mikael Lustig
Head-to-head
Team news
Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Craig Gordon, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera, Mikael Lustig, Kristoffer Ajer, Kieran Tierney, Scott Brown, Scott Sinclair, Stuart Armstrong, Jonny Hayes, Olivier Ntcham, Moussa Dembélé
Aberdeen line-up (4-1-4-1)
Joe Lewis, Andy Considine, Anthony O'Connor, Mark Reynolds, Kári Árnason, Graeme Shinnie, Kenny McLean, Greg Stewart, Gary Mackay-Steven, Dominic Ball, Adam Rooney