Aberdeen 1-1 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Wednesday 21 April 2021

Result

Aberdeen 1-1 Celtic

Premiership · Wednesday 21 April 2021, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Aberdeen 1-1 Celtic: match report

Aberdeen drew with Celtic 1-1 in the Premiership on Wednesday 21 April 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Lewis Ferguson opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Aberdeen's goal came from Lewis Ferguson (17'). Celtic scored through Leigh Griffiths (90+3').

Discipline: Aberdeen received 1 yellow card; Celtic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Aberdeen were 4th on 52 points from 34 and Celtic 2nd on 72 points from 34. Aberdeen went on to finish that season 4th with 56 points, and Celtic 2nd with 77.

Aberdeen lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Celtic in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lewis Ferguson of Aberdeen (8.3), ahead of David Turnbull (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Aberdeen wins, 2 draws and 5 for Celtic.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 0'Yellow card · Stephen GlassAberdeen
  • 17'Goal · Lewis FergusonAberdeen · 1-0
  • 85'Yellow card · David TurnbullCeltic
  • 90+3'Goal · Leigh GriffithsCeltic · 1-1

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Aberdeen 0, draws 2, Celtic 5.

Team news

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Aberdeen line-up (4-4-1-1)

Gary Woods, Ross McCrorie, Tommie Hoban, Andy Considine, Jonny Hayes, Matty Kennedy, Lewis Ferguson, Dean Campbell, Niall McGinn, Florian Kamberi, Callum Hendry

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

Scott Bain, Jonjoe Kenny, Stephen Welsh, Nir Bitton, Greg Taylor, Scott Brown, Callum McGregor, Ryan Christie, David Turnbull, Mohamed Elyounoussi, Odsonne Édouard