Celtic 3-1 Falkirk: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 25 April 2026
Result
Celtic 3-1 Falkirk
Premiership · Saturday 25 April 2026, 16:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
Celtic 3-1 Falkirk: match report
Celtic won against Falkirk 3-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 25 April 2026. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Daizen Maeda opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Celtic's goals came from Daizen Maeda (30'), Kieran Tierney (44') and Daizen Maeda (83'). Falkirk scored through Kyrell Wilson (70').
Discipline: Celtic received 2 yellow cards; Falkirk received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Celtic were 3rd on 67 points from 33 and Falkirk 6th on 46 points from 33. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 82 points, and Falkirk 6th with 49.
Celtic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Falkirk in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Daizen Maeda of Celtic (9.3), ahead of Benjamin Nygren (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Celtic wins, 2 draws and 0 for Falkirk.
Going into the match Celtic's last five read W-W-L-W-W and Falkirk's L-W-L-D-W.
Key events
- 30'Goal · Daizen Maeda
- 44'Goal · Kieran Tierney
- 64'Yellow card · Auston Trusty
- 70'Yellow card · Anthony Ralston
- 70'Goal · Kyrell Wilson
- 71'Yellow card · Kyrell Wilson
- 77'Yellow card · Dylan Tait
- 83'Goal · Daizen Maeda
- 89'Yellow card · Leon McCann
Head-to-head
Team news
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Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Viljami Sinisalo, Anthony Ralston, Auston Trusty, Liam Scales, Kieran Tierney, Callum McGregor, Arne Engels, James Forrest, Benjamin Nygren, Hyun-jun Yang, Daizen Maeda
Falkirk line-up (4-2-3-1)
Nicky Hogarth, Keelan Adams, Lewis Neilson, Connor Allan, Leon McCann, Dylan Tait, Brad Spencer, Ben Broggio, Finn Yeats, Calvin Miller, Barney Stewart