Motherwell 2-4 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 13 September 2008

Result

Motherwell 2-4 Celtic

Premiership · Saturday 13 September 2008, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-4

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Motherwell 2-4 Celtic: match report

Motherwell were beaten by Celtic 2-4 in the Premiership on Saturday 13 September 2008. It was 0-4 at half-time.

Shaun Maloney opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Motherwell's goals came from John Sutton (55') and David Clarkson (57'). Celtic scored through Shaun Maloney (5'), Georgios Samaras (9'), S. McDonald (24') and Georgios Samaras (42').

Discipline: Motherwell received 3 yellow cards; Celtic received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Motherwell were 9th on 4 points from 4 and Celtic 4th on 7 points from 4. Motherwell went on to finish that season 6th with 48 points, and Celtic 2nd with 82.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Motherwell wins, 2 draws and 7 for Celtic.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Shaun MaloneyCeltic · 0-1
  • 9'Goal · Georgios SamarasCeltic · 0-2
  • 24'Goal · S. McDonaldCeltic · 0-3
  • 42'Goal · Georgios SamarasCeltic · 0-4
  • 52'Yellow card · S. McDonaldCeltic
  • 55'Goal · John SuttonMotherwell · 1-4
  • 57'Goal · David ClarksonMotherwell · 2-4
  • 61'Yellow card · Keith LasleyMotherwell
  • 71'Yellow card · S. CraiganMotherwell
  • 73'Yellow card · B. RobsonCeltic
  • 74'Yellow card · M. ReynoldsMotherwell
  • 75'Yellow card · Georgios SamarasCeltic

Head-to-head

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

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