Celtic 3-0 Motherwell: result and report

Premiership · Wednesday 19 December 2018

Result

Celtic 3-0 Motherwell

Premiership · Wednesday 19 December 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Celtic 3-0 Motherwell: match report

Celtic defeated Motherwell 3-0 in the Premiership on Wednesday 19 December 2018. The half-time score was 3-0.

Anthony Ralston opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Celtic's goals came from Anthony Ralston (28'), Scott Sinclair (32', penalty) and M. Johnston (45'). Motherwell did not score.

Discipline: Celtic received no yellow cards; Motherwell received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Celtic were 3rd on 33 points from 16 and Motherwell 9th on 18 points from 17. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Motherwell 8th with 51.

Celtic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Motherwell in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Celtic wins, 1 draw and 0 for Motherwell.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Goal · Anthony RalstonCeltic · 1-0
  • 32'Penalty goal · Scott SinclairCeltic · 2-0
  • 45'Goal · M. JohnstonCeltic · 3-0
  • 70'Yellow card · Carl McHughMotherwell
  • 88'Yellow card · Richard TaitMotherwell

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Celtic 0, draws 1, Motherwell 0.

Team news

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

Craig Gordon, Anthony Ralston, Jozo Simunovic, Filip Benkovic, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Scott Brown, Olivier Ntcham, James Forrest, Callum McGregor, Scott Sinclair, Odsonne Édouard

Motherwell line-up (4-4-2)

Mark Gillespie, Liam Grimshaw, Tom Aldred, Charles Dunne, Richard Tait, Alex Gorrin, Edi Murtado, Gaël Bigirimana, Andrew Rose, R. Bowman, Conor Sammon