Celtic 1-0 Aberdeen: result and report

Premiership · Wednesday 17 February 2021

Result

Celtic 1-0 Aberdeen

Premiership · Wednesday 17 February 2021, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Celtic 1-0 Aberdeen: match report

Celtic beat Aberdeen 1-0 in the Premiership on Wednesday 17 February 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from David Turnbull of Celtic in the 14th minute.

Discipline: Celtic received no yellow cards; Aberdeen received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Celtic were 2nd on 61 points from 28 and Aberdeen 4th on 45 points from 28. Celtic went on to finish that season 2nd with 77 points, and Aberdeen 4th with 56.

Celtic lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Aberdeen in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lewis Ferguson of Aberdeen (7.7), ahead of Kristoffer Ajer (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Celtic wins, 2 draws and 0 for Aberdeen.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 0'Yellow card · Derek McInnesAberdeen
  • 14'Goal · David TurnbullCeltic · 1-0
  • 83'Yellow card · Callum HendryAberdeen
  • 88'Yellow card · Lewis FergusonAberdeen

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Celtic 3, draws 2, Aberdeen 0.

Team news

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Celtic line-up (4-1-3-2)

Scott Bain, Jonjoe Kenny, Stephen Welsh, Kristoffer Ajer, Greg Taylor, Ismaila Soro, Ryan Christie, David Turnbull, Callum McGregor, Odsonne Édouard, Albian Ajeti

Aberdeen line-up (3-5-2)

Joe Lewis, Tommie Hoban, Ash Taylor, Andy Considine, Matty Kennedy, Ross McCrorie, Lewis Ferguson, Dean Campbell, Jonny Hayes, Fraser Hornby, Florian Kamberi