Celtic 2-0 Motherwell: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 15 October 2016

Result

Celtic 2-0 Motherwell

Premiership · Saturday 15 October 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Celtic 2-0 Motherwell: match report

Celtic won against Motherwell 2-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 15 October 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.

Scott Sinclair opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Celtic's goals came from Scott Sinclair (18') and Moussa Dembélé (87', penalty). Motherwell did not score.

Discipline: Celtic received 2 yellow cards; Motherwell received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Celtic were 3rd on 16 points from 7 and Motherwell 6th on 9 points from 8. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 103 points, and Motherwell 9th with 38.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Scott SinclairCeltic · 1-0
  • 23'Yellow card · Liam HendersonCeltic
  • 46'Yellow card · Richard TaitMotherwell
  • 70'Yellow card · Scott BrownCeltic
  • 79'Yellow card · Louis MoultMotherwell
  • 87'Penalty goal · Moussa DembéléCeltic · 2-0

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Celtic line-up

Craig Gordon, Jozo Simunovic, Cristian Gamboa, Erik Sviatchenko, Kieran Tierney, Scott Brown, Scott Sinclair, Stuart Armstrong, James Forrest, Liam Henderson, Moussa Dembélé

Motherwell line-up

Craig Samson, Ben Heneghan, Stephen McManus, Chris Cadden, Richard Tait, Keith Lasley, Craig Clay, Ross MacLean, J. McMillan, L. Moult, Scott McDonald