Hamilton Academical 0-3 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 24 December 2016

Result

Hamilton Academical 0-3 Celtic

Premiership · Saturday 24 December 2016, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Hamilton Academical 0-3 Celtic: match report

Hamilton Academical were beaten by Celtic 0-3 in the Premiership on Saturday 24 December 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Leigh Griffiths opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Hamilton Academical did not score. Celtic scored through Leigh Griffiths (41'), Stuart Armstrong (54') and Moussa Dembélé (84').

Discipline: Hamilton Academical received 3 yellow cards; Celtic received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Hamilton Academical were 12th on 15 points from 18 and Celtic 1st on 46 points from 17. Hamilton Academical went on to finish that season 11th with 34 points, and Celtic 1st with 103.

Hamilton Academical lined up in a 3-4-3 and Celtic in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Hamilton Academical wins, 2 draws and 6 for Celtic.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · Callum McGregorCeltic
  • 35'Yellow card · Scott McMannHamilton Academical
  • 39'Yellow card · Michael DevlinHamilton Academical
  • 41'Goal · Leigh GriffithsCeltic · 0-1
  • 47'Second yellow · Callum McGregorCeltic
  • 50'Yellow card · M. DonatiHamilton Academical
  • 54'Goal · Stuart ArmstrongCeltic · 0-2
  • 84'Goal · Moussa DembéléCeltic · 0-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Hamilton Academical 2, draws 2, Celtic 6.

Team news

Hamilton Academical line-up (3-4-3)

Gary Woods, Michael Devlin, Daniel Redmond, Scott McMann, Giorgos Sarris, Ali Crawford, Darian Mackinnon, Massimo Donati, Dougie Imrie, Rakish Bingham, Louis Longridge

Celtic line-up (4-3-3)

Craig Gordon, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Cristian Gamboa, Mikael Lustig, Erik Sviatchenko, Scott Brown, Scott Sinclair, Stuart Armstrong, Patrick Roberts, Callum McGregor, Leigh Griffiths