Motherwell 1-3 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 2 February 2025

Result

Motherwell 1-3 Celtic

Premiership · Sunday 2 February 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Motherwell 1-3 Celtic: match report

Motherwell were beaten by Celtic 1-3 in the Premiership on Sunday 2 February 2025. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Daizen Maeda opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Motherwell's goal came from L. Armstrong (23'). Celtic scored through Daizen Maeda (1'), Adam Idah (29') and Jota (90+4').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Motherwell were 7th on 31 points from 24 and Celtic 1st on 60 points from 23. Motherwell went on to finish that season 8th with 49 points, and Celtic 1st with 92.

Motherwell lined up in a 5-3-2 and Celtic in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Daizen Maeda of Celtic (8.9), ahead of Anthony Ralston (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Motherwell wins, 2 draws and 6 for Celtic.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Daizen MaedaCeltic · 0-1
  • 23'Goal · L. ArmstrongMotherwell · 1-1
  • 29'Goal · Adam IdahCeltic · 1-2
  • 90+4'Goal · JotaCeltic · 1-3

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Motherwell 0, draws 2, Celtic 6.

Team news

Motherwell line-up (5-3-2)

Ellery Balcombe, Marvin Kaleta, Stephen O'Donnell, Liam Gordon, Shane Blaney, Dominic Thompson, Tom Sparrow, Andy Halliday, Sam Nicholson, L. Armstrong, Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise

Celtic line-up (4-3-3)

Kasper Schmeichel, Anthony Ralston, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Auston Trusty, Greg Taylor, Luke McCowan, Callum McGregor, Reo Hatate, Nicolas Kühn, Adam Idah, Daizen Maeda