Motherwell 3-4 Celtic: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 3 December 2016
Result
Motherwell 3-4 Celtic
Premiership · Saturday 3 December 2016, 12:15 UTC · half-time 2-0
Motherwell 3-4 Celtic: match report
Motherwell were beaten by Celtic 3-4 in the Premiership on Saturday 3 December 2016. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Louis Moult opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Motherwell's goals came from Louis Moult (3'), Louis Moult (35') and Lionel Ainsworth (71'). Celtic scored through Callum McGregor (48'), P. Roberts (70'), Stuart Armstrong (72') and Tom Rogic (90').
Discipline: Motherwell received 5 yellow cards; Celtic received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Motherwell were 7th on 15 points from 14 and Celtic 1st on 31 points from 12. Motherwell went on to finish that season 9th with 38 points, and Celtic 1st with 103.
Motherwell lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Celtic in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Motherwell win, 5 draws and 4 for Celtic.
Going into the match Motherwell's last five read L-W-L-W-L and Celtic's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Louis Moult
- 25'Yellow card · E. Izaguirre
- 28'Yellow card · Louis Moult
- 35'Goal · Louis Moult
- 43'Yellow card · R. MacLean
- 48'Goal · Callum McGregor
- 56'Yellow card · Scott Brown
- 63'Yellow card · S. McManus
- 70'Goal · P. Roberts
- 71'Goal · Lionel Ainsworth
- 72'Goal · Stuart Armstrong
- 74'Yellow card · Lionel Ainsworth
- 74'Yellow card · Lionel Ainsworth
- 90'Goal · Tom Rogic
- 90+1'Yellow card · Tom Rogic
Head-to-head
Team news
Motherwell line-up (4-4-1-1)
Craig Samson, Steven Hammell, Ben Heneghan, Stephen McManus, Chris Cadden, Richard Tait, Keith Lasley, Craig Clay, Ross MacLean, L. Moult, Scott McDonald
Celtic line-up (4-4-2)
Craig Gordon, Kolo Touré, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Jozo Simunovic, Mikael Lustig, Scott Brown, Stuart Armstrong, Tom Rogić, Patrick Roberts, James Forrest, Moussa Dembélé