Motherwell 1-4 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 13 April 2008

Result

Motherwell 1-4 Celtic

Premiership · Sunday 13 April 2008, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-3

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Motherwell 1-4 Celtic: match report

Motherwell were beaten by Celtic 1-4 in the Premiership on Sunday 13 April 2008. It was 1-3 at half-time.

S. McManus opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Motherwell's goal came from an own goal by S. McManus (24'). Celtic scored through S. McManus (17'), S. McDonald (30'), Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (43') and Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (57').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Motherwell were 5th on 49 points from 30 and Celtic 2nd on 68 points from 30. Motherwell went on to finish that season 3rd with 57 points, and Celtic 1st with 89.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Motherwell wins, 2 draws and 5 for Celtic.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · S. McManusCeltic · 0-1
  • 24'Own goal · S. McManusMotherwell · 1-1
  • 30'Goal · S. McDonaldCeltic · 1-2
  • 43'Goal · Jan Vennegoor of HesselinkCeltic · 1-3
  • 57'Goal · Jan Vennegoor of HesselinkCeltic · 1-4

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Motherwell 0, draws 2, Celtic 5.

Team news

Celtic expected line-up (4-5-1)

Stephen McManus, Lee Naylor, Aiden McGeady, Massimo Donati, Scott McDonald, Artur Boruc, Jirí Jarosík, G. Caldwell, Paul Hartley, Scott Brown