Aberdeen 2-3 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Wednesday 9 February 2022

Result

Aberdeen 2-3 Celtic

Premiership · Wednesday 9 February 2022, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Aberdeen 2-3 Celtic: match report

Aberdeen lost to Celtic 2-3 in the Premiership on Wednesday 9 February 2022. The half-time score was 0-2.

Jota opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Aberdeen's goals came from Christian Ramirez (56') and Lewis Ferguson (61'). Celtic scored through Jota (16'), M. O'Riley (20') and Jota (62').

Discipline: Aberdeen received 2 yellow cards; Celtic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Aberdeen were 7th on 29 points from 24 and Celtic 1st on 60 points from 25. Aberdeen went on to finish that season 9th with 41 points, and Celtic 1st with 93.

Aberdeen lined up in a 3-5-2 and Celtic in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jota of Celtic (8.6), ahead of Matt O'Riley (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Aberdeen wins, 2 draws and 8 for Celtic.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · JotaCeltic · 0-1
  • 20'Goal · M. O'RileyCeltic · 0-2
  • 49'Yellow card · David BatesAberdeen
  • 56'Goal · Christian RamirezAberdeen · 1-2
  • 61'Yellow card · JotaCeltic
  • 61'Goal · Lewis FergusonAberdeen · 2-2
  • 62'Goal · JotaCeltic · 2-3
  • 64'Yellow card · Declan GallagherAberdeen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aberdeen 0, draws 2, Celtic 8.

Team news

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Aberdeen line-up (3-5-2)

Gary Woods, Ross McCrorie, Declan Gallagher, David Bates, Calvin Ramsay, Dylan McGeouch, Scott Brown, Lewis Ferguson, Jonny Hayes, Vicente Besuijen, Christian Ramirez

Celtic line-up (4-3-3)

Joe Hart, Anthony Ralston, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Carl Starfelt, Greg Taylor, Matt O'Riley, Callum McGregor, Reo Hatate, Liel Abada, Daizen Maeda, Jota