Motherwell 1-2 Celtic: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 3 May 2008
Result
Motherwell 1-2 Celtic
Premiership · Saturday 3 May 2008, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Motherwell 1-2 Celtic: match report
Motherwell were beaten by Celtic 1-2 in the Premiership on Saturday 3 May 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Chris Porter opened the scoring in the 60th minute. Motherwell's goal came from Chris Porter (60'). Celtic scored through S. McDonald (61') and Georgios Samaras (78').
Discipline: Motherwell received 1 yellow card; Celtic received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Motherwell were 5th on 50 points from 32 and Celtic 1st on 80 points from 34. 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 6 for Celtic.
Going into the match Motherwell's last five read D-L-W-L-L and Celtic's W-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 40'Yellow card · B. Robson
- 60'Goal · Chris Porter
- 61'Goal · S. McDonald
- 72'Yellow card · Robert Malcolm
- 78'Goal · Georgios Samaras
Head-to-head
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