Celtic 4-0 Motherwell: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 15 May 2016

Result

Celtic 4-0 Motherwell

Premiership · Sunday 15 May 2016, 11:30 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Celtic 4-0 Motherwell: match report

Celtic beat Motherwell 4-0 in the Premiership on Sunday 15 May 2016. The half-time score was 3-0.

Kieran Tierney opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Celtic's goals came from Kieran Tierney (21'), Tom Rogic (26'), Mikael Lustig (28'), Stuart Armstrong (50'), P. Roberts (54'), Ryan Christie (59') and Jack Aitchison (77'). Motherwell did not score.

Discipline: Celtic received no yellow cards; Motherwell received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Celtic were 5th on 12 points from 8 and Motherwell 7th on 9 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Premiership season and is kept for reference.

Celtic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Motherwell in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Celtic wins, 5 draws and 1 for Motherwell.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Kieran TierneyCeltic · 1-0
  • 26'Goal · Tom RogicCeltic · 2-0
  • 28'Goal · Mikael LustigCeltic · 3-0
  • 50'Goal · Stuart ArmstrongCeltic · 4-0
  • 52'Yellow card · M. GomisMotherwell
  • 54'Goal · P. RobertsCeltic · 5-0
  • 59'Goal · Ryan ChristieCeltic · 6-0
  • 77'Goal · Jack AitchisonCeltic · 7-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Celtic 4, draws 5, Motherwell 1.

Team news

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

Craig Gordon, Efe Eric Ambrose, Mikael Lustig, Erik Sviatchenko, Kieran Tierney, Stuart Armstrong, Ryan Christie, Tom Rogić, Stefan Johansen, Patrick Roberts, Callum McGregor

Motherwell line-up (4-4-2)

Connor Ripley, Stephen McManus, Chris Cadden, Luke Watt, Ben Hall, Stephen Pearson, Marvin Johnson, Morgaro Gomis, Lionel Ainsworth, L. Moult, Scott McDonald