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 · Aberdeen · Premiership predictions

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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · Kári ÁrnasonAberdeen
  • 30'Yellow card · Graeme ShinnieAberdeen
  • 35'Yellow card · Dominic BallAberdeen
  • 40'Goal · Mikael LustigCeltic · 1-0
  • 69'Goal · Jonny HayesCeltic · 2-0
  • 71'Yellow card · Kenny McLeanAberdeen
  • 76'Goal · Olivier NtchamCeltic · 3-0
  • 77'Yellow card · Mikael LustigCeltic

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Celtic 7, draws 0, Aberdeen 3.

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