Celtic 3-1 Motherwell: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 14 March 2026

Result

Celtic 3-1 Motherwell

Premiership · Saturday 14 March 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Celtic · Motherwell · Premiership predictions

Celtic 3-1 Motherwell: match report

Celtic defeated Motherwell 3-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 14 March 2026. The half-time score was 1-1.

Elijah Just opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Celtic's goals came from Hyun-jun Yang (38'), Tomas Cvancara (72', penalty) and Hyun-jun Yang (79'). Motherwell scored through Elijah Just (32').

Discipline: Celtic received 4 yellow cards; Motherwell received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Celtic were 2nd on 58 points from 29 and Motherwell 4th on 53 points from 29. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 82 points, and Motherwell 4th with 61.

Celtic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Motherwell in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Hyun-jun Yang of Celtic (8.6), ahead of Kieran Tierney (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Celtic wins, 1 draw and 1 for Motherwell.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Yellow card · Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainCeltic
  • 32'Goal · Elijah JustMotherwell · 0-1
  • 38'Goal · Hyun-jun YangCeltic · 1-1
  • 50'Yellow card · Colby DonovanCeltic
  • 63'Yellow card · Reo HatateCeltic
  • 64'Yellow card · Elijah JustMotherwell
  • 71'Red card · Emmanuel LongeloMotherwell
  • 72'Penalty goal · Tomas CvancaraCeltic · 2-1
  • 72'Yellow card · Calum WardMotherwell
  • 79'Goal · Hyun-jun YangCeltic · 3-1
  • 82'Yellow card · Anthony RalstonCeltic

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Celtic 6, draws 1, Motherwell 1.

Team news

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

Viljami Sinisalo, Colby Donovan, Benjamin Arthur, Liam Scales, Kieran Tierney, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Reo Hatate, Hyun-jun Yang, Benjamin Nygren, Sebastian Tounekti, Daizen Maeda

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

Calum Ward, Tom Sparrow, Stephen O'Donnell, Paul McGinn, Emmanuel Longelo, Elliot Watt, Lukas Fadinger, Ibrahim Said, Callum Slattery, Elijah Just, Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise