Celtic 4-0 Motherwell: result and report
Premiership · Thursday 26 December 2024
Result
Celtic 4-0 Motherwell
Premiership · Thursday 26 December 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Celtic 4-0 Motherwell: match report
Celtic beat Motherwell 4-0 in the Premiership on Thursday 26 December 2024. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Arne Engels opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Celtic's goals came from Arne Engels (45+1', penalty), Daizen Maeda (57'), Nicolas Kühn (74') and Reo Hatate (81'). Motherwell did not score.
Discipline: Celtic received 2 yellow cards; Motherwell received 10 yellow cards.
Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 44 points from 16 and Motherwell 4th on 26 points from 17. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 92 points, and Motherwell 8th with 49.
Celtic lined up in a 4-3-3 and Motherwell in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Anthony Ralston of Celtic (8.7), ahead of Arne Engels (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Celtic wins, 2 draws and 0 for Motherwell.
Going into the match Celtic's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Motherwell's D-W-W-L-L.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Tawanda Maswanhise
- 11'Yellow card
- 41'Yellow card · Tony Watt
- 41'Yellow card
- 42'Yellow card · D. Casey
- 42'Yellow card
- 45+1'Penalty goal · Arne Engels
- 45+4'Yellow card · Adam Idah
- 45+4'Yellow card
- 45+5'Yellow card · Tom Sparrow
- 45+5'Yellow card
- 57'Goal · Daizen Maeda
- 71'Yellow card · H. Paton
- 71'Yellow card
- 74'Goal · Nicolas Kühn
- 81'Goal · Reo Hatate
Head-to-head
Team news
Celtic line-up (4-3-3)
Kasper Schmeichel, Anthony Ralston, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Liam Scales, Greg Taylor, Paulo Bernardo, Callum McGregor, Arne Engels, Hyun-jun Yang, Adam Idah, Daizen Maeda
Motherwell line-up (3-4-2-1)
Aston Oxborough, Dan Casey, Kofi Balmer, Shane Blaney, Marvin Kaleta, Harry Paton, Lennon Miller, Ewan Wilson, Tom Sparrow, Tony Watt, Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise