Celtic 5-1 Motherwell: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 2 December 2017

Result

Celtic 5-1 Motherwell

Premiership · Saturday 2 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Celtic 5-1 Motherwell: match report

Celtic won against Motherwell 5-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 2 December 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.

Odsonne Edouard opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Celtic's goals came from Odsonne Edouard (16'), Odsonne Edouard (33'), James Forrest (76'), Odsonne Edouard (85') and James Forrest (88'). Motherwell scored through E. Frear (65').

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

Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 34 points from 14 and Motherwell 5th on 23 points from 14. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 82 points, and Motherwell 7th with 48.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Scott BrownCeltic
  • 16'Goal · Odsonne EdouardCeltic · 1-0
  • 24'Yellow card · Richard TaitMotherwell
  • 33'Goal · Odsonne EdouardCeltic · 2-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Allan CampbellMotherwell
  • 65'Goal · E. FrearMotherwell · 2-1
  • 75'Yellow card · Carl McHughMotherwell
  • 76'Goal · James ForrestCeltic · 3-1
  • 85'Goal · Odsonne EdouardCeltic · 4-1
  • 88'Goal · James ForrestCeltic · 5-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Celtic line-up

Craig Gordon, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera, Mikael Lustig, Kristoffer Ajer, Kieran Tierney, Scott Sinclair, Jonny Hayes, Tom Rogić, Olivier Ntcham, Odsonne Édouard, Scott Brown

Motherwell line-up

Trevor Carson, Richard Tait, Peter Hartley, Chris Cadden, Charles Dunne, Cédric Kipré, Allan Campbell, L. Moult, R. Bowman, Craig Tanner, Andrew Rose