Falkirk 0-1 Celtic: result and report
Premiership · Wednesday 14 January 2026
Result
Falkirk 0-1 Celtic
Premiership · Wednesday 14 January 2026, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Falkirk 0-1 Celtic: match report
Falkirk were beaten by Celtic 0-1 in the Premiership on Wednesday 14 January 2026. It was 0-1 at half-time.
The only goal came from Benjamin Nygren of Celtic in the 43rd minute.
Discipline: Falkirk received no yellow cards; Celtic received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Falkirk were 6th on 30 points from 21 and Celtic 3rd on 41 points from 21. Falkirk went on to finish that season 6th with 49 points, and Celtic 1st with 82.
Falkirk lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Celtic in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Kasper Schmeichel of Celtic (8.1), ahead of Benjamin Nygren (7.9).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Falkirk wins, 2 draws and 8 for Celtic.
Going into the match Falkirk's last five read W-W-L-W-L and Celtic's W-L-L-W-W.
Key events
- 43'Goal · Benjamin Nygren
- 74'Yellow card · Kieran Tierney
Head-to-head
Team news
Falkirk line-up (4-2-3-1)
Scott Bain, Filip Lissah, Connor Allan, Liam Henderson, Leon McCann, Brad Spencer, Dylan Tait, Kyrell Wilson, Finn Yeats, Calvin Miller, Barney Stewart
Celtic line-up (4-3-3)
Kasper Schmeichel, Julián Araujo, Auston Trusty, Liam Scales, Kieran Tierney, Arne Engels, Callum McGregor, Benjamin Nygren, Hyun-jun Yang, Daizen Maeda, Sebastian Tounekti