Celtic 3-1 Hamilton Academical: result and report

Premiership · Wednesday 13 December 2017

Result

Celtic 3-1 Hamilton Academical

Premiership · Wednesday 13 December 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Celtic 3-1 Hamilton Academical: match report

Celtic defeated Hamilton Academical 3-1 in the Premiership on Wednesday 13 December 2017. The half-time score was 3-1.

Olivier Ntcham opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Celtic's goals came from Olivier Ntcham (12'), James Forrest (40') and Scott Sinclair (41'). Hamilton Academical scored through D. Redmond (29').

Discipline: Celtic received 1 yellow card; Hamilton Academical received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 38 points from 16 and Hamilton Academical 9th on 17 points from 17. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 82 points, and Hamilton Academical 10th with 33.

Celtic lined up in a 3-5-2 and Hamilton Academical in a 3-5-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Celtic wins, 0 draws and 0 for Hamilton Academical.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Olivier NtchamCeltic · 1-0
  • 29'Goal · D. RedmondHamilton Academical · 1-1
  • 36'Yellow card · G. GillespieHamilton Academical
  • 40'Goal · James ForrestCeltic · 2-1
  • 41'Goal · Scott SinclairCeltic · 3-1
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Odsonne EdouardCeltic

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Celtic 3, draws 0, Hamilton Academical 0.

Team news

Celtic line-up (3-5-2)

Craig Gordon, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera, Kristoffer Ajer, Nir Bitton, Scott Brown, Scott Sinclair, Stuart Armstrong, Olivier Ntcham, Callum McGregor, James Forrest, Odsonne Édouard

Hamilton Academical line-up (3-5-2)

Gary Woods, Scott McMann, Xavier Tomas, Daniel Redmond, Alex Gogic, Grant Gillespie, Greg Docherty, Darian Mackinnon, Massimo Donati, Dougie Imrie, Rakish Bingham