Celtic 3-0 Motherwell: result and report
Premiership · Wednesday 19 December 2018
Result
Celtic 3-0 Motherwell
Premiership · Wednesday 19 December 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 3-0
Celtic 3-0 Motherwell: match report
Celtic defeated Motherwell 3-0 in the Premiership on Wednesday 19 December 2018. The half-time score was 3-0.
Anthony Ralston opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Celtic's goals came from Anthony Ralston (28'), Scott Sinclair (32', penalty) and M. Johnston (45'). Motherwell did not score.
Discipline: Celtic received no yellow cards; Motherwell received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Celtic were 3rd on 33 points from 16 and Motherwell 9th on 18 points from 17. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Motherwell 8th with 51.
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 0 Celtic wins, 1 draw and 0 for Motherwell.
Going into the match Celtic's last five read L-W-D-W-D and Motherwell's W-L-D-L-W.
Key events
- 28'Goal · Anthony Ralston
- 32'Penalty goal · Scott Sinclair
- 45'Goal · M. Johnston
- 70'Yellow card · Carl McHugh
- 88'Yellow card · Richard Tait
Head-to-head
Team news
Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Craig Gordon, Anthony Ralston, Jozo Simunovic, Filip Benkovic, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Scott Brown, Olivier Ntcham, James Forrest, Callum McGregor, Scott Sinclair, Odsonne Édouard
Motherwell line-up (4-4-2)
Mark Gillespie, Liam Grimshaw, Tom Aldred, Charles Dunne, Richard Tait, Alex Gorrin, Edi Murtado, Gaël Bigirimana, Andrew Rose, R. Bowman, Conor Sammon