Hibernian 2-0 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 7 December 2008

Result

Hibernian 2-0 Celtic

Premiership · Sunday 7 December 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Hibernian 2-0 Celtic: match report

Hibernian beat Celtic 2-0 in the Premiership on Sunday 7 December 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.

J. Rankin opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Hibernian's goals came from J. Rankin (55') and Colin Nish (69'). Celtic did not score.

Discipline: Hibernian received 1 yellow card; Celtic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Hibernian were 6th on 20 points from 16 and Celtic 1st on 43 points from 16. Hibernian went on to finish that season 7th with 47 points, and Celtic 2nd with 82.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Hibernian wins, 3 draws and 5 for Celtic.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 51'Yellow card · Gary CaldwellCeltic
  • 55'Goal · J. RankinHibernian · 1-0
  • 69'Goal · Colin NishHibernian · 2-0
  • 82'Yellow card · Yves Makabu-MakalambayHibernian

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Hibernian 2, draws 3, Celtic 5.

Team news

Celtic expected line-up (4-4-2)

Stephen McManus, Barry Robson, Scott McDonald, Georgios Samaras, Artur Boruc, Scott Brown, G. Caldwell, Andreas Hinkel, Mark Wilson, Shunsuke Nakamura