Motherwell 0-2 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 12 December 2009

Result

Motherwell 0-2 Celtic

Premiership · Saturday 12 December 2009, 12:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Motherwell 0-2 Celtic: match report

Motherwell were beaten by Celtic 0-2 in the Premiership on Saturday 12 December 2009. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Georgios Samaras opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Motherwell's goals came from Lukas Jutkiewicz (26') and Mark Reynolds (45'). Celtic scored through Georgios Samaras (15'), Aiden McGeady (52') and Marc-Antoine Fortune (79').

Discipline: Motherwell received 1 yellow card; Celtic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Motherwell were 6th on 20 points from 14 and Celtic 2nd on 28 points from 14. Motherwell went on to finish that season 5th with 55 points, and Celtic 1st with 79.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Motherwell wins, 3 draws and 7 for Celtic.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Georgios SamarasCeltic · 0-1
  • 26'Goal · Lukas JutkiewiczMotherwell · 1-1
  • 45'Goal · Mark ReynoldsMotherwell · 2-1
  • 52'Goal · Aiden McGeadyCeltic · 2-2
  • 69'Yellow card · Barry RobsonCeltic
  • 76'Yellow card · Aiden McGeadyCeltic
  • 78'Yellow card · Jamie PollockMotherwell
  • 79'Goal · Marc-Antoine FortuneCeltic · 2-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Motherwell 0, draws 3, Celtic 7.

Team news

Celtic line-up

Danny Fox, Glenn Loovens, Landry N'Guemo, Marc Crosas, Barry Robson, Aiden McGeady, Scott McDonald, Georgios Samaras, Artur Boruc, Andreas Hinkel, G. Caldwell