Hibernian 3-2 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 23 September 2007

Result

Hibernian 3-2 Celtic

Premiership · Sunday 23 September 2007, 13:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Hibernian 3-2 Celtic: match report

Hibernian won against Celtic 3-2 in the Premiership on Sunday 23 September 2007. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Steven Fletcher opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Hibernian's goals came from Steven Fletcher (5'), Thierry Gatheussi (41') and D. Shiels (87'). Celtic scored through Aiden McGeady (26') and Gary Caldwell (67').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Hibernian were 4th on 12 points from 6 and Celtic 1st on 16 points from 6. Hibernian went on to finish that season 6th with 52 points, and Celtic 1st with 89.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Hibernian win, 2 draws and 5 for Celtic.

Going into the match Hibernian's last five read D-W-D-D-W and Celtic's W-W-W-W-W.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Steven FletcherHibernian · 1-0
  • 26'Goal · Aiden McGeadyCeltic · 1-1
  • 41'Goal · Thierry GatheussiHibernian · 2-1
  • 67'Goal · Gary CaldwellCeltic · 2-2
  • 87'Goal · D. ShielsHibernian · 3-2

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Hibernian 1, draws 2, Celtic 5.

Team news

Celtic expected line-up

Lee Naylor, Stephen McManus, Paul Telfer, Aiden McGeady, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Artur Boruc, Neil Lennon, Shunsuke Nakamura, Darren O'Dea