Motherwell 2-0 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 27 February 2011

Result

Motherwell 2-0 Celtic

Premiership · Sunday 27 February 2011, 12:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Motherwell 2-0 Celtic: match report

Motherwell won against Celtic 2-0 in the Premiership on Sunday 27 February 2011. It was 1-0 at half-time.

John Sutton opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Motherwell's goals came from John Sutton (2') and John Sutton (22', penalty). Celtic did not score.

Discipline: Motherwell received 5 yellow cards; Celtic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Motherwell were 9th on 28 points from 27 and Celtic 1st on 64 points from 26. Motherwell went on to finish that season 10th with 35 points, and Celtic 2nd with 92.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Motherwell wins, 2 draws and 8 for Celtic.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · John SuttonMotherwell · 1-0
  • 4'Yellow card · Chris HumphreyMotherwell
  • 15'Yellow card · Keith LasleyMotherwell
  • 22'Penalty goal · John SuttonMotherwell · 2-0
  • 49'Yellow card · Fraser ForsterCeltic
  • 59'Yellow card · R. ForbesMotherwell
  • 64'Yellow card · Connor JenningsMotherwell
  • 87'Yellow card · Gavin GunningMotherwell
  • 90'Yellow card · Daniel MajstorovicCeltic

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Motherwell 0, draws 2, Celtic 8.

Team news

Motherwell line-up

Darren Randolph, Steven Hammell, Shaun Hutchinson, Gavin Gunning, Tom Hateley, Chris Humphrey, Connor Jennings, Keith Lasley, Ross Forbes, Jamie Murphy, John Sutton

Celtic line-up

Fraser Forster, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Daniel Majstorovic, Charlie Mulgrew, Kris Commons, Joe Ledley, Sung-yueng Ki, Anthony Stokes, Gary Hooper, Scott Brown, Mark Wilson