Motherwell vs Celtic
Result, Stats, Lineups & H2H

Premiership

2026/2027

Motherwell

-FT

Oct 11, 2026

Fir Park

Celtic

Durán9'

Nygren58'

Match Timeline

Man of the Match

Alex Paulsen

Motherwell

9.0

85'Yellow Card

Jordan Lotomba

Celtic

85'Yellow Card

—

Celtic

83'Substitution

Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise· In

Alex Lowry· Out

Motherwell

83'Substitution

Jake Girdwood-Reich· In

Stephen O'Donnell· Out

Motherwell

82'Substitution

Jordan Lotomba· In

Kieran Tierney· Out

Celtic

82'Yellow Card

Kieran Tierney

Celtic

78'Substitution

Oliver Sørensen· In

Benjamin Nygren· Out

Celtic

74'Substitution

Jota· In

Sebastian Tounekti· Out

Celtic

73'Substitution

Haissem Hassan· In

Camilo Durán· Out

Celtic

73'Substitution

Shumaira Mheuka· In

Kasper Høgh· Out

Celtic

71'Substitution

Eythor Bjørgolfsson· In

Dylan Levitt· Out

Motherwell

71'Substitution

Jardell Kanga· In

S. Palmer-Houlden· Out

Motherwell

60'Substitution

Ibrahim Said· In

Willy Vogt· Out

Motherwell

Goal!

0-2

Benjamin Nygren

58'·Celtic

⚽

41'Yellow Card

Joe Hodge

Motherwell

Goal!

0-1

Camilo Durán

9'·Celtic

⚽

Statistics of the Game

Motherwell

Celtic

34%Ball Possession66%

8Shots Total25

2Shots On Target15

2Corners9

3Fouls4

1Yellow Cards2

2Offsides1

12Saves1

389Passes763

3Shots Off Target2

85Attacks135

45Dangerous Attacks107

6Shots Inside Box19

2Shots Outside Box6

0Goals2

4Free Kicks3

3Shots Blocked8

5Substitutions5

0Hit Woodwork2

15Tackles14

0Assists1

334Accurate Passes703

1Injuries0

21Total Crosses34

3Accurate Crosses8

7Interceptions9

29Duels Won33

3Big Chances Created3

3Big Chances Missed2

Motherwell

Manager: Alfred Johansson

Starting XI

9.0

6.9

6.0

6.9

6.5

7.3

6.4

6.4

6.4

6.9

6.1

Substitutes

6.7

6.6

6.2

Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise

6.5

Ibrahim Said

7.2

Matty Connelly

Mikey Booth

Celtic

Manager: Martin O'Neill

Starting XI

6.9

7.6

7.5

8.3

7.9

7.4

8.4

7.5

7.6

7.5

7.2

Substitutes

6.4

6.5

6.8

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

6.8

6.5

Player Stats

Player	Rating	Min	Shots	Passes	Tackles	Duels
Alex Paulsen GK	9.0	90'	-	45(70%)	1	2/3
Lukas Fadinger MF	7.3	90'	1/1	48(92%)	3	3/7
Ibrahim Said FW	7.2	30'	-	10(90%)	2	5/8
Martin Moormann DF	6.9	90'	-	37(85%)	-	1/2
Joe Hodge MF	6.9	90'	0/1	38(84%)	2	3/7
Tom Sparrow DF	6.9	90'	-	40(85%)	5	6/8
Jake Girdwood-Reich DF	6.7	7'	-	11(100%)	-	2/2
Jardell Kanga MF	6.6	19'	-	5(100%)	-	0/2
Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise FW	6.5	7'	-	2(100%)	1	1/2
Emmanuel Longelo DF	6.5	90'	-	30(93%)	-	0/1
Willy Vogt MF	6.4	60'	-	5(80%)	1	1/1
Dylan Levitt MF	6.4	71'	-	27(100%)	-	0/1
Alex Lowry MF	6.4	83'	-	26(80%)	-	0/5
Eythor Bjørgolfsson FW	6.2	19'	0/2	2(50%)	-	1/3
S. Palmer-Houlden FW	6.1	71'	1/4	11(73%)	-	4/9
Stephen O'Donnell DF	6.0	83'	-	52(85%)	-	0/1

Motherwell vs Celtic H2H, Form & Key Stats

Celtic moved from 2nd to 1st in the Premiership table with this result.(Into first place. Before kickoff: 2nd, 18 points from 7 matches. After: 1st, 21 points from 8 matches; 12 teams.)

Current streaks (all competitions)

Team	Games	Run	Unbeaten	Winless	Scored in	Conceded in	Last-5 pts	Last-5 goals
Motherwell	15	L3	0	3	1	3	4/15	7-10
Celtic	15	L3	0	3	0	3	6/15	4-8

Motherwell — last 5 games

D3-3 @ St. Mirren2026-08-30
W3-0 vs Dundee United2026-09-02
L0-1 @ Rangers2026-09-05
L0-4 vs Aberdeen2026-09-15
L1-2 @ Dundee2026-09-19

Celtic — last 5 games

W2-1 @ St. Mirren2026-09-05
W1-0 @ St. Johnstone2026-09-09
L0-3 @ Rangers2026-09-13
L1-3 vs Ferencvárosi2026-09-17
L0-1 vs Rangers2026-09-20

Goal markets & scoring rates

Team	Games	Avg goals	Over 1.5	Over 2.5	Over 3.5	BTTS	Clean sheets	Failed to score
Motherwell	15	3	67%	60%	40%	47%	20%	40%
Celtic	15	3.27	80%	73%	40%	53%	33%	13%

Venue split (Home vs Away)

Team	Where	Pld	W	D	L	Goals	PPG	Over 2.5	Clean sheets
Motherwell	Home	6	1	2	3	9-12	0.83	67%	33%
Celtic	Away	7	4	0	3	14-14	1.71	86%	29%

1st half vs 2nd half scoring

Team	Games	1H goals	2H goals	2H share	1H Over 0.5	HT W-D-L
Motherwell	15	9-12	8-16	47%	73%	3-6-6
Celtic	15	17-8	10-14	37%	87%	6-4-5

Head-to-head, computed

Meetings on record: 40
Period covered: 2014-12-06 – 2026-05-13
Motherwell wins: 2
Draws: 5
Celtic wins: 33
Avg goals per meeting: 3.33
Over 2.5 goals: 63%
Both teams scored: 50%
Home side won: 45%share of all meetings won by whichever team hosted
Last 5 meetings: 1W 0D 4L (Motherwell view)
Avg goals, last 5 vs all-time: 4 vs 3.33

Most recent meetings (5 of 40)

Date	Home	Score	Away
2026-05-13	Motherwell	2-3	Celtic
2026-03-14	Celtic	3-1	Motherwell
2025-12-30	Motherwell	2-0	Celtic
2025-10-05	Celtic	3-2	Motherwell
2025-02-02	Motherwell	1-3	Celtic

Standings before kickoff (rebuilt from 46 earlier results)

Team	Pos	Pld	Pts	GD	Form	Form rank	Form vs pos
Motherwell	9	7	8	-2	DWLLL	10	-1
Celtic	2	7	18	10	WWWWL	2	0

Table context

Points gap: 10 ptsMotherwell 8 · Celtic 18
Positions: #9 vs #2
Goals per game: 1.29/1.57 vs 2/0.57scored/conceded per game · league average 1.3

How we calculate this

Premiership Standings

Premiership · 2026/2027

Full standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	PTS	Form
1	CelticA	11	9	1	1	+19	28	WWWWW
2	Rangers	11	7	3	1	+10	24	WWWLD
3	Hearts	11	6	2	3	+7	20	WWLWL
4	Dundee	11	5	2	4	+4	17	DLWWL
5	Dundee United	11	4	4	3	0	16	LWLLD
6	Falkirk	11	4	3	4	+1	15	LLWDL
7	St. Johnstone	12	3	5	4	-4	14	DLLLW
8	St. Mirren	12	4	2	6	-8	14	WDLWW
9	MotherwellH	12	3	3	6	-6	12	WDLDW
10	Aberdeen	11	3	2	6	-2	11	LLWLW
11	Kilmarnock	12	2	3	7	-15	9	LLWLL
12	Hibernian	11	2	2	7	-6	8	LWLWL

Statistical Comparison

Premiership

Motherwell11 matches

Celtic

11 matches

#10Position#1

9Points28

2Wins9

3Draws1

6Losses1

13Goals27

1.18Goals per game2.45

20Goals conceded8

1.82Goals per game conceded0.73

Motherwell vs Celtic — Statistical Win Probability, Goal Markets & xG Projection

Poisson goal model computed from recent form (11 vs 11 matches) & H2H history

1X2 Statistical Win ProbabilityMotherwell 18% · X · Draw 21% · Celtic 61%

1 · Home Win

18%

X · Draw

21%

2 · Away Win

61%

Projected Goals (xG Model)

1.02 vs 2.06

Projected Total: 3.08

Over 1.5 Goals

81%

Over 2.5 Goals

59%

Over 3.5 Goals

37%

Both Teams to Score (BTTS)

56%

Clean Sheet Prob. (H / A)

13% / 36%

Motherwell / Celtic

Most Likely Scorelines (Poisson):

1 - 2(10.0%)0 - 2(9.8%)1 - 1(9.7%)

Recent matches

Sep 2

3-0

vs Dundee United

Home

Aug 30

3-3

@ St. Mirren

Away

All Motherwell fixtures & results

Previous Meetings

Last 40 matches

Won 5%

(2/40)

Draw 13%

(5/40)

Won 83%

(33/40)

Goals

28-105

Total matches

Recent matches (5/40)

Premiership•May 13, 2026

Motherwell

2-3

Celtic

Premiership•Mar 14, 2026

Celtic

3-1

Motherwell

Premiership•Dec 30, 2025

Motherwell

2-0

Celtic

Premiership•Oct 5, 2025

Celtic

3-2

Motherwell

Premiership•Feb 2, 2025

Motherwell

1-3

Celtic

Motherwell vs Celtic — Head to Head

Last 40 matches

Motherwell wins

Draws

Celtic wins

Goals Scored

28 - 105

May 13, 2026 • Premiership

Motherwell

2-3

Celtic

Mar 14, 2026 • Premiership

Celtic

3-1

Motherwell

Dec 30, 2025 • Premiership

Motherwell

2-0

Celtic

Matchday 8 — Premiership

Match summary

Celtic beat Motherwell 2-0 in the Premiership, 1st Phase.

Before kickoff, Motherwell sat 9th on 8 points, while Celtic were 2nd on 18 points. Celtic won 33 of the 40 previous meetings on record.

Camilo Durán (9') and Benjamin Nygren (58') scored the goals for Celtic.

More details:

Motherwell — live results and schedule Celtic — live results and schedule

Match Timeline

Match Statistics

Statistics of the Game

Team Lineups

Starting XI

Substitutes

Starting XI

Substitutes

Player Stats

Motherwell vs Celtic H2H, Form & Key Stats

Premiership Standings

Statistical Comparison

Statistical Comparison

Motherwell vs Celtic — Statistical Win Probability, Goal Markets & xG Projection

Recent matches

Previous Meetings

Recent matches (5/40)

Motherwell vs Celtic — Head to Head

Last 40 matches

Matchday 8 — Premiership

Match summary