Celtic 3-0 Hamilton Academical: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 26 January 2019

Result

Celtic 3-0 Hamilton Academical

Premiership · Saturday 26 January 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Celtic 3-0 Hamilton Academical: match report

Celtic defeated Hamilton Academical 3-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 26 January 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Callum McGregor opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Celtic's goals came from Callum McGregor (40'), Ryan Christie (77') and Scott Sinclair (87'). Hamilton Academical did not score.

Discipline: Celtic received no yellow cards; Hamilton Academical received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 45 points from 21 and Hamilton Academical 10th on 14 points from 22. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Hamilton Academical 10th with 33.

Celtic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Hamilton Academical in a 5-4-1.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Yellow card · Lennard SowahHamilton Academical
  • 40'Goal · Callum McGregorCeltic · 1-0
  • 45'Yellow card · S. MartinHamilton Academical
  • 77'Goal · Ryan ChristieCeltic · 2-0
  • 82'Yellow card · D. ImrieHamilton Academical
  • 87'Goal · Scott SinclairCeltic · 3-0

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Celtic 2, draws 0, Hamilton Academical 0.

Team news

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

Scott Bain, Mikael Lustig, Kristoffer Ajer, Filip Benkovic, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Scott Brown, Callum McGregor, Mikey Johnston, Ryan Christie, Scott Sinclair, Timothy Weah

Hamilton Academical line-up (5-4-1)

Ryan Fulton, Aaron McGowan, Ziggy Gordon, Matthew Kilgallon, Scott McMann, Lennard Sowah, Tom Taiwo, Scott Martin, Anthony Andreu, Dougie Imrie, Steven Boyd