Celtic 5-1 Aberdeen: result and report
Premiership · Tuesday 25 February 2025
Result
Celtic 5-1 Aberdeen
Premiership · Tuesday 25 February 2025, 20:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Celtic 5-1 Aberdeen: match report
Celtic defeated Aberdeen 5-1 in the Premiership on Tuesday 25 February 2025. It was 3-0 at half-time.
Daizen Maeda opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Celtic's goals came from Daizen Maeda (24'), Jota (30'), Callum McGregor (45'), Hyun-jun Yang (72') and Daizen Maeda (90+2'). Aberdeen scored through Shayden Morris (90').
Discipline: Celtic received 1 yellow card; Aberdeen received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 69 points from 27 and Aberdeen 3rd on 41 points from 27. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 92 points, and Aberdeen 4th with 53.
Celtic lined up in a 4-3-3 and Aberdeen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Arne Engels of Celtic (9.1), ahead of Daizen Maeda (8.9).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Celtic wins, 2 draws and 0 for Aberdeen.
Going into the match Celtic's last five read L-W-W-W-D and Aberdeen's W-W-L-L-L.
Key events
- 24'Goal · Daizen Maeda
- 30'Goal · Jota
- 45'Goal · Callum McGregor
- 65'Yellow card · Callum McGregor
- 72'Goal · Hyun-jun Yang
- 90'Goal · Shayden Morris
- 90+2'Goal · Daizen Maeda
Head-to-head
Team news
Celtic line-up (4-3-3)
Kasper Schmeichel, Alistair Johnston, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Auston Trusty, Jeffrey Schlupp, Arne Engels, Callum McGregor, Reo Hatate, Nicolas Kühn, Daizen Maeda, Jota
Aberdeen line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ross Doohan, Alexander Jensen, Kristers Tobers, Mats Knoester, Jack MacKenzie, Sivert Heltne Nilsen, Graeme Shinnie, Topi Keskinen, Kevin Nisbet, Jeppe Okkels, Oday Dabbagh