Celtic 4-3 Aberdeen: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 16 March 2013

Result

Celtic 4-3 Aberdeen

Premiership · Saturday 16 March 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Celtic 4-3 Aberdeen: match report

Celtic won against Aberdeen 4-3 in the Premiership on Saturday 16 March 2013. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Kris Commons opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Celtic's goals came from Kris Commons (1'), Charlie Mulgrew (68'), G. Hooper (87') and Georgios Samaras (90+4'). Aberdeen scored through S. Vernon (45'), Josh Magennis (53') and Josh Magennis (60').

Discipline: Celtic received 2 yellow cards; Aberdeen received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 63 points from 30 and Aberdeen 7th on 38 points from 30. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 80 points, and Aberdeen 7th with 48.

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

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Kris CommonsCeltic · 1-0
  • 45'Goal · S. VernonAberdeen · 1-1
  • 53'Goal · Josh MagennisAberdeen · 1-2
  • 60'Goal · Josh MagennisAberdeen · 1-3
  • 62'Yellow card · M. ReynoldsAberdeen
  • 68'Goal · Charlie MulgrewCeltic · 2-3
  • 75'Yellow card · Josh MagennisAberdeen
  • 79'Yellow card · Joe ShaughnessyAberdeen
  • 80'Yellow card · Peter PawlettAberdeen
  • 87'Goal · G. HooperCeltic · 3-3
  • 90'Yellow card · Georgios SamarasCeltic
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Russell AndersonAberdeen
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Georgios SamarasCeltic
  • 90+4'Goal · Georgios SamarasCeltic · 4-3

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Celtic line-up

Fraser Forster, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Efe Eric Ambrose, Kelvin Wilson, Charlie Mulgrew, Mikael Lustig, Kris Commons, Joe Ledley, Beram Kayal, Anthony Stokes, Gary Hooper

Aberdeen line-up

Jamie Langfield, Ryan Jack, Russell Anderson, Joe Shaughnessy, Niall McGinn, Jonny Hayes, Stephen Hughes, Mark Reynolds, Scott Vernon, Josh Magennis, Gavin Rae