Celtic 2-0 Motherwell: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 8 November 2008

Result

Celtic 2-0 Motherwell

Premiership · Saturday 8 November 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Celtic 2-0 Motherwell: match report

Celtic beat Motherwell 2-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 8 November 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.

P. Hartley opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Celtic's goals came from P. Hartley (44') and S. McDonald (71'). Motherwell did not score.

Discipline: Celtic received 1 yellow card; Motherwell received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 28 points from 11 and Motherwell 4th on 16 points from 11. Celtic went on to finish that season 2nd with 82 points, and Motherwell 6th with 48.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Celtic wins, 2 draws and 0 for Motherwell.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · B. RobsonCeltic
  • 44'Goal · P. HartleyCeltic · 1-0
  • 49'Yellow card · M. ReynoldsMotherwell
  • 58'Red card · David ClarksonMotherwell
  • 71'Goal · S. McDonaldCeltic · 2-0

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Stephen McManus, Aiden McGeady, Barry Robson, Scott McDonald, Artur Boruc, G. Caldwell, Scott Brown, Paul Hartley, Shaun Maloney, Andreas Hinkel