Celtic 5-1 Hamilton Academical: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 2 August 2020

Result

Celtic 5-1 Hamilton Academical

Premiership · Sunday 2 August 2020, 15:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Celtic 5-1 Hamilton Academical: match report

Celtic beat Hamilton Academical 5-1 in the Premiership on Sunday 2 August 2020. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Odsonne Edouard opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Celtic's goals came from Odsonne Edouard (20'), J. Frimpong (31'), Odsonne Edouard (49'), Odsonne Edouard (53') and Patryk Klimala (90'). Hamilton Academical scored through an own goal by Christopher Jullien (34').

Discipline: Celtic received 1 yellow card; Hamilton Academical received 4 yellow cards.

Celtic went on to finish that season 2nd with 77 points, and Hamilton Academical 12th with 30.

Celtic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Hamilton Academical in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Odsonne Édouard of Celtic (9.2), ahead of Christopher Jullien (8.0).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

17'Yellow card · S. MartinHamilton Academical
20'Goal · Odsonne EdouardCeltic · 1-0
31'Goal · J. FrimpongCeltic · 2-0
34'Own goal · Christopher JullienHamilton Academical · 2-1
36'Yellow card · Ross CallachanHamilton Academical
49'Goal · Odsonne EdouardCeltic · 3-1
53'Goal · Odsonne EdouardCeltic · 4-1
55'Yellow card · Marios OgboeHamilton Academical
55'Yellow card · M. OgkmpoeHamilton Academical
85'Yellow card · Greg TaylorCeltic
90'Goal · Patryk KlimalaCeltic · 5-1

Head-to-head

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

Celtic 3-0 Hamilton AcademicalPremiership · 26 Jan 2019
Hamilton Academical 0-3 CelticPremiership · 24 Nov 2018
Celtic 1-0 Hamilton AcademicalPremiership · 26 Aug 2018

Team news

Unavailable

Will CollarHamilton Academical · injury (Knock)
Brian EastonHamilton Academical · injury (Ankle Injury)
Mikey JohnstonCeltic · injury (Medial Collateral Ligament Injury)
Leigh GriffithsCeltic · injury (Calf Injury)

Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)

Scott Bain, Jeremie Frimpong, Christopher Jullien, Kristoffer Ajer, Greg Taylor, Scott Brown, Callum McGregor, James Forrest, Ryan Christie, Mohamed Elyounoussi, Odsonne Édouard

Hamilton Academical line-up (4-4-2)

Ryan Fulton, Hakeem Odoffin, Jamie Hamilton, Shaun Want, Scott McMann, Lewis Smith, R. Callachan, Scott Martin, Ronan Hughes, David Moyo, Andy Winter