Hamilton Academical 0-3 Celtic: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 24 December 2016
Result
Hamilton Academical 0-3 Celtic
Premiership · Saturday 24 December 2016, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Hamilton Academical 0-3 Celtic: match report
Hamilton Academical were beaten by Celtic 0-3 in the Premiership on Saturday 24 December 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Leigh Griffiths opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Hamilton Academical did not score. Celtic scored through Leigh Griffiths (41'), Stuart Armstrong (54') and Moussa Dembélé (84').
Discipline: Hamilton Academical received 3 yellow cards; Celtic received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Hamilton Academical were 12th on 15 points from 18 and Celtic 1st on 46 points from 17. Hamilton Academical went on to finish that season 11th with 34 points, and Celtic 1st with 103.
Hamilton Academical lined up in a 3-4-3 and Celtic in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Hamilton Academical wins, 2 draws and 6 for Celtic.
Going into the match Hamilton Academical's last five read L-L-D-D-D and Celtic's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 26'Yellow card · Callum McGregor
- 35'Yellow card · Scott McMann
- 39'Yellow card · Michael Devlin
- 41'Goal · Leigh Griffiths
- 47'Second yellow · Callum McGregor
- 50'Yellow card · M. Donati
- 54'Goal · Stuart Armstrong
- 84'Goal · Moussa Dembélé
Head-to-head
Team news
Hamilton Academical line-up (3-4-3)
Gary Woods, Michael Devlin, Daniel Redmond, Scott McMann, Giorgos Sarris, Ali Crawford, Darian Mackinnon, Massimo Donati, Dougie Imrie, Rakish Bingham, Louis Longridge
Celtic line-up (4-3-3)
Craig Gordon, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Cristian Gamboa, Mikael Lustig, Erik Sviatchenko, Scott Brown, Scott Sinclair, Stuart Armstrong, Patrick Roberts, Callum McGregor, Leigh Griffiths