Celtic 4-1 Aberdeen: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 27 August 2016
Result
Celtic 4-1 Aberdeen
Premiership · Saturday 27 August 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Celtic 4-1 Aberdeen: match report
Celtic defeated Aberdeen 4-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 27 August 2016. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Leigh Griffiths opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Celtic's goals came from Leigh Griffiths (13'), James Forrest (42'), Scott Sinclair (87', penalty) and Tom Rogic (90'). Aberdeen scored through A. Rooney (32').
Discipline: Celtic received no yellow cards; Aberdeen received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Celtic were 8th on 3 points from 2 and Aberdeen 5th on 5 points from 3. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 103 points, and Aberdeen 2nd with 76.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Leigh Griffiths
- 32'Goal · A. Rooney
- 42'Goal · James Forrest
- 83'Yellow card · M. Reynolds
- 87'Second yellow · M. Reynolds
- 87'Penalty goal · Scott Sinclair
- 90'Goal · Tom Rogic
- 90+3'Yellow card · Graeme Shinnie
Team news
Celtic line-up
Dorus De Vries, Kolo Touré, Mikael Lustig, Erik Sviatchenko, Kieran Tierney, Nir Bitton, Scott Brown, Scott Sinclair, Tom Rogić, James Forrest, Leigh Griffiths
Aberdeen line-up
Joe Lewis, Shaleum Logan, Andy Considine, Ash Taylor, Mark Reynolds, Anthony O'Connor, Graeme Shinnie, Kenny McLean, Wes Burns, Niall McGinn, Adam Rooney