Celtic 3-0 Motherwell: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 18 January 2014

Result

Celtic 3-0 Motherwell

Premiership · Saturday 18 January 2014, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Celtic 3-0 Motherwell: match report

Celtic defeated Motherwell 3-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 18 January 2014. The half-time score was 2-0.

Kris Commons opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Celtic's goals came from Kris Commons (5'), Kris Commons (39', penalty) and an own goal by S. McManus (68'). Motherwell did not score.

Discipline: Celtic received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Motherwell received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 52 points from 20 and Motherwell 2nd on 43 points from 21. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 99 points, and Motherwell 2nd with 70.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Celtic wins, 1 draw and 1 for Motherwell.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Kris CommonsCeltic · 1-0
  • 9'Yellow card · S. McManusMotherwell
  • 15'Yellow card · Darnell FisherCeltic
  • 39'Penalty goal · Kris CommonsCeltic · 2-0
  • 39'Yellow card · G. NielsenMotherwell
  • 63'Yellow card · E. AmbroseCeltic
  • 68'Own goal · S. McManusCeltic · 3-0
  • 80'Red card · Anthony StokesCeltic

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Celtic 8, draws 1, Motherwell 1.

Team news

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

Fraser Forster, Efe Eric Ambrose, Virgil van Dijk, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Joe Ledley, Kris Commons, Scott Brown, Adam Matthews, James Forrest, Georgios Samaras, Anthony Stokes

Motherwell expected line-up

Lee Hollis, Steven Hammell, Shaun Hutchinson, Simon Ramsden, Zaine Francis-Angol, Stephen McManus, Keith Lasley, Iain Vigurs, James McFadden, John Sutton