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
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.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Shaun Maloney
- 9'Goal · Georgios Samaras
- 24'Goal · S. McDonald
- 42'Goal · Georgios Samaras
- 52'Yellow card · S. McDonald
- 55'Goal · John Sutton
- 57'Goal · David Clarkson
- 61'Yellow card · Keith Lasley
- 71'Yellow card · S. Craigan
- 73'Yellow card · B. Robson
- 74'Yellow card · M. Reynolds
- 75'Yellow card · 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