Celtic 2-1 Aberdeen: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 28 November 2021

Result

Celtic 2-1 Aberdeen

Premiership · Sunday 28 November 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Celtic 2-1 Aberdeen: match report

Celtic won against Aberdeen 2-1 in the Premiership on Sunday 28 November 2021. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Jota opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Celtic's goals came from Jota (20') and Callum McGregor (60'). Aberdeen scored through Lewis Ferguson (33', penalty).

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

Going into the game Celtic were 3rd on 26 points from 13 and Aberdeen 8th on 15 points from 14. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Aberdeen 9th with 41.

Celtic lined up in a 4-3-3 and Aberdeen in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Callum McGregor of Celtic (8.5), ahead of David Bates (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Celtic wins, 2 draws and 0 for Aberdeen.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · JotaCeltic · 1-0
  • 26'Yellow card · Callum McGregorCeltic
  • 28'Yellow card · Ross McCrorieAberdeen
  • 33'Penalty goal · Lewis FergusonAberdeen · 1-1
  • 60'Goal · Callum McGregorCeltic · 2-1
  • 90'Yellow card · M. JohnstonCeltic

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Celtic 4, draws 2, Aberdeen 0.

Team news

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Celtic line-up (4-3-3)

Joe Hart, Anthony Ralston, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Stephen Welsh, Josip Juranovic, David Turnbull, James McCarthy, Callum McGregor, Liel Abada, Kyogo Furuhashi, Jota

Aberdeen line-up (4-3-3)

Joe Lewis, J. Gurr, Ross McCrorie, David Bates, Jonny Hayes, Lewis Ferguson, Scott Brown, Dylan McGeouch, Ryan Hedges, Christian Ramirez, Marley Watkins