Aberdeen 4-2 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 18 January 2009

Result

Aberdeen 4-2 Celtic

Premiership · Sunday 18 January 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Aberdeen · Celtic · Premiership predictions

Aberdeen 4-2 Celtic: match report

Aberdeen defeated Celtic 4-2 in the Premiership on Sunday 18 January 2009. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Gary McDonald opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Aberdeen's goals came from Gary McDonald (24'), Stuart Duff (31'), Zander Diamond (75') and Zander Diamond (78'). Celtic scored through Scott Brown (25') and S. McDonald (73').

Discipline: Aberdeen received 2 yellow cards; Celtic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aberdeen were 5th on 33 points from 21 and Celtic 1st on 51 points from 21. Aberdeen went on to finish that season 4th with 53 points, and Celtic 2nd with 82.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Aberdeen wins, 1 draw and 9 for Celtic.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Goal · Gary McDonaldAberdeen · 1-0
  • 25'Goal · Scott BrownCeltic · 1-1
  • 31'Goal · Stuart DuffAberdeen · 2-1
  • 68'Yellow card · M. KerrAberdeen
  • 73'Goal · S. McDonaldCeltic · 2-2
  • 75'Goal · Zander DiamondAberdeen · 3-2
  • 78'Yellow card · Aiden McGeadyCeltic
  • 78'Goal · Zander DiamondAberdeen · 4-2
  • 82'Yellow card · Darren MackieAberdeen
  • 87'Yellow card · Scott BrownCeltic

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aberdeen 0, draws 1, Celtic 9.

Team news

Celtic expected line-up (4-4-2)

Stephen McManus, Barry Robson, Georgios Samaras, Artur Boruc, Scott Brown, G. Caldwell, Andreas Hinkel, Mark Wilson, Shunsuke Nakamura, Shaun Maloney, Paul Hartley