Celtic 2-1 Falkirk: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 29 August 2026

Result

Celtic 2-1 Falkirk

Premiership · Saturday 29 August 2026, 14:00 UTC · Celtic Park, Glasgow · half-time 2-0

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Celtic 2-1 Falkirk: match report

Celtic defeated Falkirk 2-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 29 August 2026 at Celtic Park. The half-time score was 2-0.

Camilo Durán opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Celtic's goals came from Camilo Durán (4') and Camilo Durán (29'). Falkirk scored through an own goal by Colby Donovan (72').

Discipline: Celtic received 1 yellow card; Falkirk received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 6 points from 2 and Falkirk 10th on 1 point from 2. In the current table Celtic are 1st on 28 points and Falkirk are 4th on 18 points.

Celtic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Falkirk in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Camilo Durán of Celtic (8.8), ahead of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Celtic wins, 2 draws and 0 for Falkirk.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Camilo DuránCeltic · 1-0
  • 29'Goal · Camilo DuránCeltic · 2-0
  • 35'Yellow card · Lewis NeilsonFalkirk
  • 44'Yellow card · Leon McCannFalkirk
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Colby DonovanCeltic
  • 72'Own goal · Colby DonovanFalkirk · 2-1
  • 77'Yellow card · Connor McLeodFalkirk
  • 82'Yellow card · Aodhan DohertyFalkirk

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
1Celtic129122710+1728WWWDL
4Falkirk125341512+318LWWWW

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Celtic 8, draws 2, Falkirk 0.

Team news

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

Viljami Sinisalo, Colby Donovan, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Liam Scales, Kieran Tierney, Mika Baur, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Haissem Hassan, Benjamin Nygren, Hyun-jun Yang, Camilo Durán

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

Scott Bain, Ryan Strain, Lewis Neilson, Liam Henderson, Leon McCann, Finley Barbrook, Brad Spencer, Ethan Ross, Ben Krauhaus, CJ Fodrey, Ben Parkinson

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