Celtic 4-2 Hibernian: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 25 October 2008

Result

Celtic 4-2 Hibernian

Premiership · Saturday 25 October 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Celtic 4-2 Hibernian: match report

Celtic beat Hibernian 4-2 in the Premiership on Saturday 25 October 2008. The half-time score was 2-1.

S. McManus opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Celtic's goals came from S. McManus (32'), Cillian Sheridan (36'), Glenn Loovens (76') and Scott Brown (82'). Hibernian scored through Colin Nish (41') and Steven Fletcher (50').

Discipline: Celtic received 2 yellow cards; Hibernian received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 22 points from 9 and Hibernian 4th on 14 points from 9. Celtic went on to finish that season 2nd with 82 points, and Hibernian 7th with 47.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Celtic wins, 3 draws and 2 for Hibernian.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Goal · S. McManusCeltic · 1-0
  • 36'Goal · Cillian SheridanCeltic · 2-0
  • 41'Goal · Colin NishHibernian · 2-1
  • 50'Goal · Steven FletcherHibernian · 2-2
  • 69'Yellow card · S. McDonaldCeltic
  • 71'Yellow card · Derek RiordanHibernian
  • 76'Goal · Glenn LoovensCeltic · 3-2
  • 78'Yellow card · Sol BambaHibernian
  • 82'Goal · Scott BrownCeltic · 4-2
  • 86'Yellow card · P. HartleyCeltic
  • 86'Yellow card · D. ShielsHibernian

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Celtic 5, draws 3, Hibernian 2.

Team news

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

Stephen McManus, Lee Naylor, Aiden McGeady, Georgios Samaras, Artur Boruc, G. Caldwell, Scott Brown, Paul Hartley, Jirí Jarosík, John Kennedy