Motherwell 1-4 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 8 November 2020

Result

Motherwell 1-4 Celtic

Premiership · Sunday 8 November 2020, 12:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Motherwell 1-4 Celtic: match report

Motherwell lost to Celtic 1-4 in the Premiership on Sunday 8 November 2020. The half-time score was 0-2.

Mohamed Elyounoussi opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Motherwell's goal came from Declan Gallagher (72'). Celtic scored through Mohamed Elyounoussi (8'), Mohamed Elyounoussi (27'), Mohamed Elyounoussi (76') and Olivier Ntcham (86').

Discipline: Motherwell received 3 yellow cards; Celtic received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Motherwell were 7th on 14 points from 11 and Celtic 2nd on 26 points from 11. Motherwell went on to finish that season 8th with 45 points, and Celtic 2nd with 77.

Motherwell lined up in a 4-3-3 and Celtic in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mohamed Elyounoussi of Celtic (10.0), ahead of Tom Rogić (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Motherwell wins, 0 draws and 1 for Celtic.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Mohamed ElyounoussiCeltic · 0-1
  • 27'Goal · Mohamed ElyounoussiCeltic · 0-2
  • 43'Yellow card · Barry MaguireMotherwell
  • 53'Yellow card · Devante ColeMotherwell
  • 72'Goal · Declan GallagherMotherwell · 1-2
  • 76'Goal · Mohamed ElyounoussiCeltic · 1-3
  • 81'Yellow card · Tony WattMotherwell
  • 86'Goal · Olivier NtchamCeltic · 1-4

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Motherwell 0, draws 0, Celtic 1.

Team news

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Motherwell line-up (4-3-3)

Aaron Chapman, Stephen O'Donnell, Mark O'Hara, Declan Gallagher, N. McGinley, Allan Campbell, Barry Maguire, Liam Polworth, Callum Lang, Tony Watt, Devante Cole

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

Scott Bain, Jeremie Frimpong, Nir Bitton, Kristoffer Ajer, Diego Laxalt, Scott Brown, Callum McGregor, Ryan Christie, Tom Rogić, Mohamed Elyounoussi, Albian Ajeti