Aberdeen 1-3 Celtic: result and report
Premiership · Friday 12 May 2017
Result
Aberdeen 1-3 Celtic
Premiership · Friday 12 May 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-3
Aberdeen 1-3 Celtic: match report
Aberdeen lost to Celtic 1-3 in the Premiership on Friday 12 May 2017. The half-time score was 1-3.
Dedryck Boyata opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Aberdeen's goal came from Jonny Hayes (12'). Celtic scored through Dedryck Boyata (3'), Stuart Armstrong (8') and Leigh Griffiths (11').
Discipline: Aberdeen received 2 yellow cards; Celtic received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aberdeen were 2nd on 70 points from 35 and Celtic 1st on 94 points from 35. Aberdeen went on to finish that season 2nd with 76 points, and Celtic 1st with 103.
Aberdeen lined up in a 4-4-2 and Celtic in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Aberdeen win, 0 draws and 3 for Celtic.
Going into the match Aberdeen's last five read W-L-W-L-W and Celtic's W-W-D-W-D.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Dedryck Boyata
- 8'Goal · Stuart Armstrong
- 11'Goal · Leigh Griffiths
- 12'Goal · Jonny Hayes
- 54'Yellow card · Kieran Tierney
- 72'Yellow card · Leigh Griffiths
- 85'Yellow card · Graeme Shinnie
- 89'Yellow card · S. Logan
Head-to-head
Team news
Aberdeen line-up (4-4-2)
Joe Lewis, Shaleum Logan, Andy Considine, Ash Taylor, Mark Reynolds, Anthony O'Connor, Graeme Shinnie, Kenny McLean, Niall McGinn, Jonny Hayes, Jayden Stockley
Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Craig Gordon, Jozo Simunovic, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera, Mikael Lustig, Kieran Tierney, Scott Sinclair, Stuart Armstrong, Tom Rogić, Patrick Roberts, Callum McGregor, Leigh Griffiths