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 · Falkirk · Premiership predictions

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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Goal · Daizen MaedaCeltic · 1-0
  • 44'Goal · Kieran TierneyCeltic · 2-0
  • 64'Yellow card · Auston TrustyCeltic
  • 70'Yellow card · Anthony RalstonCeltic
  • 70'Goal · Kyrell WilsonFalkirk · 2-1
  • 71'Yellow card · Kyrell WilsonFalkirk
  • 77'Yellow card · Dylan TaitFalkirk
  • 83'Goal · Daizen MaedaCeltic · 3-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Leon McCannFalkirk

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Celtic 8, draws 2, Falkirk 0.

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