Hamilton Academical 1-0 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Friday 26 February 2016

Result

Hamilton Academical 1-0 Celtic

Premiership · Friday 26 February 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Hamilton Academical 1-0 Celtic: match report

Hamilton Academical won against Celtic 1-0 in the Premiership on Friday 26 February 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Leigh Griffiths opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Hamilton Academical's goal came from E. Brophy (73'). Celtic scored through Leigh Griffiths (35', penalty).

Discipline: Hamilton Academical received 4 yellow cards; Celtic received no yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Hamilton Academical were 8th on 32 points from 27 and Celtic 1st on 55 points from 26. Hamilton Academical went on to finish that season 9th with 48 points, and Celtic 1st with 74.

Hamilton Academical lined up in a 3-5-2 and Celtic in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Hamilton Academical win, 1 draw and 3 for Celtic.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Penalty goal · Leigh GriffithsCeltic · 0-1
  • 42'Red card · Dedryck BoyataCeltic
  • 49'Yellow card · Ziggy GordonHamilton Academical
  • 66'Missed penalty · Leigh GriffithsCeltic
  • 66'Yellow card · Lucas TagliapietraHamilton Academical
  • 73'Goal · E. BrophyHamilton Academical · 1-1
  • 80'Yellow card · Darian MackinnonHamilton Academical
  • 85'Yellow card · D. ImrieHamilton Academical

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Hamilton Academical 1, draws 1, Celtic 3.

Team news

Hamilton Academical line-up (3-5-2)

Michael McGovern, Ziggy Gordon, Antons Kurakins, Michael Devlin, Lucas Tagliapietra, Ali Crawford, Gramoz Kurtaj, Darian Mackinnon, Darren Lyon, Dougie Imrie, Carlton Morris

Celtic line-up (4-4-2)

Logan Bailly, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera, Mikael Lustig, Erik Sviatchenko, Kieran Tierney, Scott Brown, Kris Commons, Gary Mackay-Steven, Scott Allan, Stefan Johansen, Leigh Griffiths