Motherwell 2-3 Celtic: result and report
Premiership · Wednesday 13 May 2026
Result
Motherwell 2-3 Celtic
Premiership · Wednesday 13 May 2026, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Motherwell 2-3 Celtic: match report
Motherwell lost to Celtic 2-3 in the Premiership on Wednesday 13 May 2026. The half-time score was 1-1.
Elliot Watt opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Motherwell's goals came from Elliot Watt (17') and Liam Gordon (85'). Celtic scored through Daizen Maeda (41'), Benjamin Nygren (58') and Kelechi Iheanacho (90+9', penalty).
Discipline: Motherwell received 2 yellow cards; Celtic received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Motherwell were 4th on 58 points from 36 and Celtic 2nd on 76 points from 36. Motherwell went on to finish that season 4th with 61 points, and Celtic 1st with 82.
Motherwell lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Celtic in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Elliot Watt of Motherwell (7.7), ahead of Auston Trusty (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Motherwell win, 1 draw and 7 for Celtic.
Going into the match Motherwell's last five read D-L-W-L-L and Celtic's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Elliot Watt
- 41'Goal · Daizen Maeda
- 58'Goal · Benjamin Nygren
- 61'Yellow card · Daizen Maeda
- 85'Goal · Liam Gordon
- 90+1'Yellow card · Sam Nicholson
- 90+1'Yellow card · Liam Scales
- 90+8'Yellow card · Emmanuel Longelo
- 90+9'Penalty goal · Kelechi Iheanacho
- 90+10'Yellow card · Kelechi Iheanacho
Head-to-head
Team news
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Motherwell line-up (4-2-3-1)
Calum Ward, Tom Sparrow, Stephen O'Donnell, John Koutroumbis, Emmanuel Longelo, Lukas Fadinger, Elliot Watt, Ibrahim Said, Callum Slattery, Elijah Just, Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise
Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Viljami Sinisalo, Alistair Johnston, Auston Trusty, Liam Scales, Kieran Tierney, Callum McGregor, Arne Engels, Hyun-jun Yang, Benjamin Nygren, Sebastian Tounekti, Daizen Maeda