Celtic 4-0 Motherwell: result and report

Premiership · Thursday 26 December 2024

Result

Celtic 4-0 Motherwell

Premiership · Thursday 26 December 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Celtic 4-0 Motherwell: match report

Celtic beat Motherwell 4-0 in the Premiership on Thursday 26 December 2024. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Arne Engels opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Celtic's goals came from Arne Engels (45+1', penalty), Daizen Maeda (57'), Nicolas Kühn (74') and Reo Hatate (81'). Motherwell did not score.

Discipline: Celtic received 2 yellow cards; Motherwell received 10 yellow cards.

Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 44 points from 16 and Motherwell 4th on 26 points from 17. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 92 points, and Motherwell 8th with 49.

Celtic lined up in a 4-3-3 and Motherwell in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Anthony Ralston of Celtic (8.7), ahead of Arne Engels (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Celtic wins, 2 draws and 0 for Motherwell.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Tawanda MaswanhiseMotherwell
  • 11'Yellow cardMotherwell
  • 41'Yellow card · Tony WattMotherwell
  • 41'Yellow cardMotherwell
  • 42'Yellow card · D. CaseyMotherwell
  • 42'Yellow cardMotherwell
  • 45+1'Penalty goal · Arne EngelsCeltic · 1-0
  • 45+4'Yellow card · Adam IdahCeltic
  • 45+4'Yellow cardCeltic
  • 45+5'Yellow card · Tom SparrowMotherwell
  • 45+5'Yellow cardMotherwell
  • 57'Goal · Daizen MaedaCeltic · 2-0
  • 71'Yellow card · H. PatonMotherwell
  • 71'Yellow cardMotherwell
  • 74'Goal · Nicolas KühnCeltic · 3-0
  • 81'Goal · Reo HatateCeltic · 4-0

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Celtic 5, draws 2, Motherwell 0.

Team news

Celtic line-up (4-3-3)

Kasper Schmeichel, Anthony Ralston, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Liam Scales, Greg Taylor, Paulo Bernardo, Callum McGregor, Arne Engels, Hyun-jun Yang, Adam Idah, Daizen Maeda

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

Aston Oxborough, Dan Casey, Kofi Balmer, Shane Blaney, Marvin Kaleta, Harry Paton, Lennon Miller, Ewan Wilson, Tom Sparrow, Tony Watt, Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise