Dundee United 2-1 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Wednesday 17 December 2025

Result

Dundee United 2-1 Celtic

Premiership · Wednesday 17 December 2025, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Dundee United 2-1 Celtic: match report

Dundee United beat Celtic 2-1 in the Premiership on Wednesday 17 December 2025. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Daizen Maeda opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Dundee United's goals came from Krisztián Keresztes (58') and Zachary Sapsford (61'). Celtic scored through Daizen Maeda (13').

Discipline: Dundee United received 2 yellow cards; Celtic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Dundee United were 8th on 17 points from 16 and Celtic 2nd on 32 points from 15. Dundee United went on to finish that season 7th with 45 points, and Celtic 1st with 82.

Dundee United lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Celtic in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Krisztián Keresztes of Dundee United (7.7), level with Auston Trusty (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Dundee United wins, 1 draw and 3 for Celtic.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Daizen MaedaCeltic · 0-1
  • 43'Yellow card · Paulo BernardoCeltic
  • 58'Goal · Krisztián KeresztesDundee United · 1-1
  • 61'Goal · Zachary SapsfordDundee United · 2-1
  • 86'Yellow card · Luca StephensonDundee United
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Dave RichardsDundee United

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Dundee United 0, draws 1, Celtic 3.

Team news

Unavailable

  • JotaCeltic · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)

Dundee United line-up (3-4-2-1)

Dave Richards, Bert Esselink, Krisztián Keresztes, Ross Graham, Ryan Strain, Craig Sibbald, Luca Stephenson, Will Ferry, Zachary Sapsford, Amar Fatah, Max Watters

Celtic line-up (3-4-3)

Kasper Schmeichel, Anthony Ralston, Auston Trusty, Kieran Tierney, Hyun-jun Yang, Callum McGregor, Paulo Bernardo, Luke McCowan, Reo Hatate, Johnny Kenny, Daizen Maeda