Celtic 3-1 Motherwell: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 14 March 2026
Result
Celtic 3-1 Motherwell
Premiership · Saturday 14 March 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Celtic 3-1 Motherwell: match report
Celtic defeated Motherwell 3-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 14 March 2026. The half-time score was 1-1.
Elijah Just opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Celtic's goals came from Hyun-jun Yang (38'), Tomas Cvancara (72', penalty) and Hyun-jun Yang (79'). Motherwell scored through Elijah Just (32').
Discipline: Celtic received 4 yellow cards; Motherwell received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Celtic were 2nd on 58 points from 29 and Motherwell 4th on 53 points from 29. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 82 points, and Motherwell 4th with 61.
Celtic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Motherwell in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Hyun-jun Yang of Celtic (8.6), ahead of Kieran Tierney (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Celtic wins, 1 draw and 1 for Motherwell.
Going into the match Celtic's last five read W-D-L-W-W and Motherwell's L-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 7'Yellow card · Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
- 32'Goal · Elijah Just
- 38'Goal · Hyun-jun Yang
- 50'Yellow card · Colby Donovan
- 63'Yellow card · Reo Hatate
- 64'Yellow card · Elijah Just
- 71'Red card · Emmanuel Longelo
- 72'Penalty goal · Tomas Cvancara
- 72'Yellow card · Calum Ward
- 79'Goal · Hyun-jun Yang
- 82'Yellow card · Anthony Ralston
Head-to-head
Team news
Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Viljami Sinisalo, Colby Donovan, Benjamin Arthur, Liam Scales, Kieran Tierney, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Reo Hatate, Hyun-jun Yang, Benjamin Nygren, Sebastian Tounekti, Daizen Maeda
Motherwell line-up (4-2-3-1)
Calum Ward, Tom Sparrow, Stephen O'Donnell, Paul McGinn, Emmanuel Longelo, Elliot Watt, Lukas Fadinger, Ibrahim Said, Callum Slattery, Elijah Just, Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise