Motherwell 1-3 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 25 February 2024

Result

Motherwell 1-3 Celtic

Premiership · Sunday 25 February 2024, 12:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Motherwell · Celtic · Premiership predictions

Motherwell 1-3 Celtic: match report

Motherwell lost to Celtic 1-3 in the Premiership on Sunday 25 February 2024. The half-time score was 1-0.

Blair Spittal opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Motherwell's goal came from Blair Spittal (43'). Celtic scored through Adam Idah (51'), Adam Idah (90+4') and Luis Palma (90+6').

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

Going into the game Motherwell were 9th on 26 points from 26 and Celtic 2nd on 62 points from 26. Motherwell went on to finish that season 8th with 43 points, and Celtic 1st with 93.

Motherwell lined up in a 3-5-2 and Celtic in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Alistair Johnston of Celtic (8.5), level with Adam Idah (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Motherwell wins, 2 draws and 3 for Celtic.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 43'Goal · Blair SpittalMotherwell · 1-0
  • 51'Goal · Adam IdahCeltic · 1-1
  • 55'Yellow card · Greg TaylorCeltic
  • 79'Yellow card · Calum ButcherMotherwell
  • 90+4'Goal · Adam IdahCeltic · 1-2
  • 90+6'Goal · Luis PalmaCeltic · 1-3
  • 90+8'Yellow card · Luis PalmaCeltic

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Motherwell 0, draws 2, Celtic 3.

Team news

Motherwell line-up (3-5-2)

Liam Kelly, Paul McGinn, Bevis Mugabi, Dan Casey, Adam Devine, Lennon Miller, Davor Zdravkovski, Georgie Gent, Jack Vale, Blair Spittal, Theo Bair

Celtic line-up (4-3-3)

Joe Hart, Alistair Johnston, Maik Nawrocki, Liam Scales, Greg Taylor, Matt O'Riley, Tomoki Iwata, Callum McGregor, Nicolas Kühn, Kyogo Furuhashi, Daizen Maeda