Hamilton Academical 1-2 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 8 April 2018

Result

Hamilton Academical 1-2 Celtic

Premiership · Sunday 8 April 2018, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Hamilton Academical 1-2 Celtic: match report

Hamilton Academical lost to Celtic 1-2 in the Premiership on Sunday 8 April 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.

Callum McGregor opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Hamilton Academical's goal came from R. Bingham (18'). Celtic scored through Callum McGregor (3') and Leigh Griffiths (46').

Discipline: Hamilton Academical received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Celtic received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Hamilton Academical were 9th on 30 points from 31 and Celtic 1st on 72 points from 32. Hamilton Academical went on to finish that season 10th with 33 points, and Celtic 1st with 82.

Hamilton Academical lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and Celtic in a 3-4-2-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Hamilton Academical wins, 0 draws and 2 for Celtic.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Callum McGregorCeltic · 0-1
  • 18'Goal · R. BinghamHamilton Academical · 1-1
  • 34'Yellow card · Darian MackinnonHamilton Academical
  • 40'Yellow card · D. LyonHamilton Academical
  • 42'Second yellow · D. LyonHamilton Academical
  • 46'Goal · Leigh GriffithsCeltic · 1-2
  • 49'Yellow card · Scott McMannHamilton Academical

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Hamilton Academical 0, draws 0, Celtic 2.

Team news

Hamilton Academical line-up (3-5-1-1)

Ryan Fulton, Scott McMann, Xavier Tomas, Daniel Redmond, Kenny van der Weg, Shaun Want, Ross Jenkins, Ali Crawford, Darian Mackinnon, Darren Lyon, Rakish Bingham

Celtic line-up (3-4-2-1)

Scott Bain, Jack Hendry, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera, Kristoffer Ajer, Kieran Tierney, Patrick Roberts, Scott Brown, Scott Sinclair, Olivier Ntcham, Callum McGregor, Moussa Dembélé