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
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.
Key events
- 51'Yellow card · Gary Caldwell
- 55'Goal · J. Rankin
- 69'Goal · Colin Nish
- 82'Yellow card · Yves Makabu-Makalambay
Head-to-head
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