Celtic 1-0 Motherwell: result and report

Premiership · Wednesday 29 December 2010

Result

Celtic 1-0 Motherwell

Premiership · Wednesday 29 December 2010, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Celtic 1-0 Motherwell: match report

Celtic beat Motherwell 1-0 in the Premiership on Wednesday 29 December 2010. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Patrick McCourt of Celtic in the 27th minute.

Discipline: Celtic received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Motherwell received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Celtic were 2nd on 39 points from 17 and Motherwell 9th on 17 points from 16. Celtic went on to finish that season 2nd with 92 points, and Motherwell 10th with 35.

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-D-D-D-W and Motherwell's L-L-W-D-W.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · Patrick McCourtCeltic · 1-0
  • 40'Yellow card · Daniel MajstorovicCeltic
  • 57'Yellow card · Scott BrownCeltic
  • 66'Yellow card · Tom HateleyMotherwell
  • 67'Yellow card · B. KayalCeltic
  • 69'Yellow card · Keith LasleyMotherwell
  • 72'Yellow card · S. CraiganMotherwell
  • 90'Second yellow · Scott BrownCeltic

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Celtic line-up

Fraser Forster, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Daniel Majstorovic, Thomas Rogne, Joe Ledley, Patrick McCourt, Anthony Stokes, James Forrest, Narcisse-Olivier Kapo Obou, Scott Brown, Mark Wilson

Motherwell line-up

Darren Randolph, Steven Saunders, Steven Hammell, Mark Reynolds, Marc Fitzpatrick, Tom Hateley, Chris Humphrey, Keith Lasley, Alan Gow, Jamie Murphy, Stephen Craigan