Celtic 4-0 Motherwell: result and report

Premiership · Wednesday 21 January 2015

Result

Celtic 4-0 Motherwell

Premiership · Wednesday 21 January 2015, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Celtic 4-0 Motherwell: match report

Celtic defeated Motherwell 4-0 in the Premiership on Wednesday 21 January 2015. The half-time score was 2-0.

Virgil van Dijk opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Celtic's goals came from Virgil van Dijk (26'), Leigh Griffiths (42'), Mikael Lustig (76') and Mikael Lustig (81'). Motherwell did not score.

Discipline: Celtic received no yellow cards; Motherwell received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Celtic were 2nd on 44 points from 20 and Motherwell 10th on 19 points from 21. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 89 points, and Motherwell 11th with 36.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Celtic wins, 4 draws and 1 for Motherwell.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · Virgil van DijkCeltic · 1-0
  • 42'Goal · Leigh GriffithsCeltic · 2-0
  • 76'Goal · Mikael LustigCeltic · 3-0
  • 81'Goal · Mikael LustigCeltic · 4-0
  • 85'Yellow card · J. LawMotherwell

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Celtic 5, draws 4, Motherwell 1.

Team news

Celtic line-up

Craig Gordon, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Virgil van Dijk, Jason Denayer, Adam Matthews, Nir Bitton, Scott Brown, Kris Commons, Stefan Johansen, Anthony Stokes, Leigh Griffiths

Motherwell line-up

D. Twardzik, Craig Reid, Simon Ramsden, Stephen McManus, Mark O'Brien, Josh Law, Luke Watt, Stewart Carswell, Stephen Pearson, Lionel Ainsworth, John Sutton