Hibernian 1-2 Celtic: result and report
Premiership · Sunday 3 May 2026
Result
Hibernian 1-2 Celtic
Premiership · Sunday 3 May 2026, 11:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Hibernian 1-2 Celtic: match report
Hibernian lost to Celtic 1-2 in the Premiership on Sunday 3 May 2026. The half-time score was 1-1.
Daizen Maeda opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Hibernian's goal came from Joe Newell (45+3'). Celtic scored through Daizen Maeda (41') and Kelechi Iheanacho (72').
Discipline: Hibernian received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Celtic received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Hibernian were 5th on 51 points from 34 and Celtic 2nd on 70 points from 34. Hibernian went on to finish that season 5th with 57 points, and Celtic 1st with 82.
Hibernian lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Celtic in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Callum McGregor of Celtic (7.7), ahead of Hyun-jun Yang (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Hibernian wins, 2 draws and 6 for Celtic.
Going into the match Hibernian's last five read L-L-W-D-D and Celtic's W-W-W-L-W.
Key events
- 21'Red card · Jamie McGrath
- 41'Goal · Daizen Maeda
- 45+3'Goal · Joe Newell
- 48'Yellow card · Jordan Obita
- 54'Yellow card · Josh Campbell
- 54'Yellow card · Liam Scales
- 72'Goal · Kelechi Iheanacho
- 90+2'Yellow card · Arne Engels
- 90+3'Yellow card · Ante Suto
- 90+4'Yellow card · Luke McCowan
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Jota
- Kasper Schmeichel
- Adam Montgomery
- Cameron Carter-Vickers
- Callum Osmand
- Julián Araujo
- Munashe Peter Garan'anga
- Josh Mulligan
- Tomas Cvancara
Hibernian line-up (3-4-1-2)
Jordan Smith, Warren O'Hora, Rocky Bushiri, Jack Iredale, Kanayo Megwa, Miguel Chaiwa, Joe Newell, Nicky Cadden, Jamie McGrath, Martin Boyle, Owen Elding
Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Viljami Sinisalo, Alistair Johnston, Auston Trusty, Liam Scales, Kieran Tierney, Callum McGregor, Arne Engels, Hyun-jun Yang, Benjamin Nygren, Sebastian Tounekti, Daizen Maeda