Motherwell 2-0 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Tuesday 30 December 2025

Result

Motherwell 2-0 Celtic

Premiership · Tuesday 30 December 2025, 20:00 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 Tuesday 30 December 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Ibrahim Said opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Motherwell's goals came from Ibrahim Said (14') and Elliot Watt (58'). Celtic did not score.

Discipline: Motherwell received no yellow cards; Celtic received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Motherwell were 5th on 30 points from 19 and Celtic 2nd on 38 points from 18. Motherwell went on to finish that season 4th with 61 points, and Celtic 1st with 82.

Motherwell lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Celtic in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Elliot Watt of Motherwell (8.0), ahead of Elijah Just (7.5).

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-D-W-D and Celtic's W-W-L-L-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Ibrahim SaidMotherwell · 1-0
  • 52'Yellow card · Auston TrustyCeltic
  • 56'Yellow card · Reo HatateCeltic
  • 56'Yellow card · Anthony RalstonCeltic
  • 58'Goal · Elliot WattMotherwell · 2-0
  • 74'Yellow card · Liam ScalesCeltic

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Motherwell line-up (4-2-3-1)

Calum Ward, Tom Sparrow, Stephen O'Donnell, Paul McGinn, John Koutroumbis, Oscar Priestman, Elliot Watt, Elijah Just, Callum Slattery, Lukas Fadinger, Ibrahim Said

Celtic line-up (3-4-1-2)

Kasper Schmeichel, Anthony Ralston, Auston Trusty, Liam Scales, Hyun-jun Yang, Callum McGregor, Paulo Bernardo, Kieran Tierney, Reo Hatate, Benjamin Nygren, Daizen Maeda