Celtic 1-2 Aberdeen: result and report
Premiership · Sunday 8 May 2016
Result
Celtic 1-2 Aberdeen
Premiership · Sunday 8 May 2016, 11:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
Celtic 1-2 Aberdeen: match report
Celtic lost to Aberdeen 1-2 in the Premiership on Sunday 8 May 2016. The half-time score was 2-0.
P. Roberts opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Celtic's goals came from P. Roberts (7'), P. Roberts (20') and Mikael Lustig (49'). Aberdeen scored through Niall McGinn (57') and Andy Considine (64').
Discipline: Celtic received 2 yellow cards; Aberdeen received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Celtic were 3rd on 12 points from 6 and Aberdeen 2nd on 12 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Premiership season and is kept for reference.
Celtic lined up in a 4-5-1 and Aberdeen in a 4-5-1.
Going into the match Celtic's last five read W-D-W-D-W and Aberdeen's W-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 7'Goal · P. Roberts
- 17'Yellow card · Mikael Lustig
- 20'Goal · P. Roberts
- 40'Yellow card · S. Logan
- 49'Goal · Mikael Lustig
- 50'Yellow card · Willo Flood
- 57'Goal · Niall McGinn
- 61'Yellow card · Ash Taylor
- 63'Yellow card · E. Ambrose
- 64'Goal · Andy Considine
Team news
Celtic line-up (4-5-1)
Craig Gordon, Charlie Mulgrew, Mikael Lustig, Erik Sviatchenko, Kieran Tierney, Nir Bitton, Stuart Armstrong, Tom Rogić, Patrick Roberts, Callum McGregor, Leigh Griffiths
Aberdeen line-up (4-5-1)
Adam Collin, Shaleum Logan, Andy Considine, Ash Taylor, Willo Flood, Graeme Shinnie, Kenny McLean, Niall McGinn, Jonny Hayes, Ryan Jack, Simon Church