Saturday , 14 November 2026

Motherwell FC vs Celtic FC, Premier League 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

Premier League · 2024-25
Motherwell FC
0 – 3
Full Time
Celtic FC
Sun 27 Oct 2024 · 15:00 UTC Fir Park 8,692 HT 45' · FT 45'
0–1 27' Luke McCowan
0–2 56' Alistair Johnston
0–3 88' Adam Idah
Y 50' Paulo Bernardo
Stephen O'Donnell 59' Y
Liam Gordon 90' R
Y 90' Alistair Johnston

Overview

Match Preview

Motherwell FC vs Celtic FC — Premier League at Fir Park.

Match Details

  • Referee David Dickinson
  • Assistant 1 Jonathan Bell (Scotland)
  • Assistant 2 Steven Traynor (Scotland)
7 games this season 🟨 4.3/game ⚽ 14.0 goals/game 🟥 2 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Celtic FC 13 31
2 Rangers FC 12 27
3 Falkirk FC 13 21
4 Heart of Midlothian FC 12 20
5 Dundee FC 12 17
6 Dundee United FC 12 17
7 St. Johnstone FC 13 17
8 St. Mirren FC 13 14
9 Motherwell FC 13 13
10 Hibernian FC 12 11
11 Aberdeen FC 12 11
12 Kilmarnock FC 13 9

Head-to-Head

1
3
22
Motherwell FC 26 games · Avg 3.5 goals Celtic FC
Last 5 meetings
2024-10-27 Motherwell FC 0–3 Celtic FC 2024-02-25 Motherwell FC 1–3 Celtic FC 2023-11-25 Celtic FC 1–1 Motherwell FC 2023-09-30 Motherwell FC 1–2 Celtic FC 2023-04-22 Celtic FC 1–1 Motherwell FC

Recent Form

Motherwell FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
27 Oct Celtic FC H 0–3 L
19 Oct Dundee FC H 0–1 L
05 Oct Hibernian FC A 2–1 W
28 Sep St. Mirren FC H 2–1 W
14 Sep Aberdeen FC A 1–2 L
31 Aug St. Johnstone FC A 2–1 W
Celtic FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
27 Oct Motherwell FC A 3–0 W
23 Oct Atalanta BC A 0–0 D
19 Oct Aberdeen FC H 2–2 D
06 Oct Ross County FC A 2–1 W
01 Oct Borussia Dortmund A 1–7 L
28 Sep St. Johnstone FC A 6–0 W

Season Stats

Motherwell FC Celtic FC
#9 Position #1
13 Points 31
13 Played 13
3 / 4 / 6 W / D / L 10 / 1 / 2
15 Scored 28
21 Conceded 10
-6 GD +18
1.00 PPG 2.38
23% Win % 77%

Key Stats

58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (26 games)
73% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
23% Clean Sheets
Motherwell FC this season
38% Clean Sheets
Celtic FC this season

Motherwell FC are 9th (13 pts). Celtic FC are 1st (31 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Motherwell FC
0-15
2/3
16-30
3/3
31-45
3/6
46-60
2/4
61-75
2/1
76+
3/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Celtic FC
0-15
6/2
16-30
3/2
31-45
7/4
46-60
6/1
61-75
3/1
76+
1/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Motherwell FC
Alex Lowry 3 G 1 A
Lukas Fadinger 3 G
Tawanda Maswanhise 2 G 2 A
Seb Palmer-Houlden 2 G
Ibrahim Said 2 G
Celtic FC
Camilo Duran 7 G 6 A
Benjamin Nygren 6 G 3 A
Kasper Hogh 3 G 3 A
Liam Scales 3 G 1 A
Hyun-jun Yang 2 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Welcome to Fir Park that hosts another battle between Motherwell FC and Celtic FC.
  • 5' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 10' Adam Idah is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Celtic FC so far.
  • 15' Kofi Balmer, a Northern Ireland , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 20' Motherwell FC currently sit 5 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 25' Celtic FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 27' Magnificent from Luke McCowan! That is 22 goals in 1 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 32' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 32 minutes.
  • 37' Celtic FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 42' Davor Zdravkovski has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 47' Alex Valle has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 50' That looks like a foul for a card for Paulo Bernardo.
  • 55' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 56' Against the run of play, Alistair Johnston has scored! This game has turned on its head.
  • 59' A moment of madness from Stephen O'Donnell on 59 minutes earns him a card. Motherwell FC will be frustrated.
  • 64' A tactical swap from Motherwell FC — Tawanda Maswanhise on, Andy Halliday off on 64 minutes.
  • 67' A change in the Celtic FC ranks — James Forrest exits the field as Nicolas Kuhn enters on 67.
  • 68' Fresh legs for Celtic FC! Cameron Carter-Vickers comes on to replace Alex Valle.
  • 69' Another substitution for Motherwell FC to replace Marvin Kaleta by Dan Casey on 69 minute.
  • 74' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Motherwell FC and Celtic FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 75' Celtic FC make a change. Kyogo Furuhashi trudges off to be replaced by Arne Engels on 75 minutes.
  • 80' Motherwell FC ring the changes. Thomas Sparrow has done his job and it is now time for Moses Ebiye to step up.
  • 85' Ewan Wilson needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 86' The Celtic FC manager makes a substitution. Daizen Maeda departs to be replaced by Luis Palma.
  • 88' Adam Idah doubles the advantage! 0-3 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 90' The referee has no hesitation. Liam Gordon is booked for Motherwell FC — card on 90.
  • That’s it! Another goalless match for Motherwell FC and Celtic FC (для сухой ничьи).

Lineups

Motherwell FC Lineups

3-5-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Stuart Kettlewell

Celtic FC Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Brendan Rodgers

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Odsonne Edouard 7
Daizen Maeda 5
Kyogo Furuhashi 4
Adam Idah 4
Mohamed Elyounoussi 3
David Turnbull 3
Jota 3
Ryan Christie 2

Head to Head

2024-10-27 Motherwell FC 0–3 Celtic FC 2024-02-25 Motherwell FC 1–3 Celtic FC 2023-11-25 Celtic FC 1–1 Motherwell FC 2023-09-30 Motherwell FC 1–2 Celtic FC 2023-04-22 Celtic FC 1–1 Motherwell FC

Motherwell FC Form

2024-10-27 Motherwell FC 0–3 Celtic FC L 2024-10-19 Motherwell FC 0–1 Dundee FC L 2024-10-05 Hibernian FC 1–2 Motherwell FC W 2024-09-28 Motherwell FC 2–1 St. Mirren FC W 2024-09-14 Aberdeen FC 2–1 Motherwell FC L 2024-08-31 St. Johnstone FC 1–2 Motherwell FC W

Celtic FC Form

2024-10-27 Motherwell FC 0–3 Celtic FC W 2024-10-23 Atalanta BC 0–0 Celtic FC D 2024-10-19 Celtic FC 2–2 Aberdeen FC D 2024-10-06 Ross County FC 1–2 Celtic FC W 2024-10-01 Borussia Dortmund 7–1 Celtic FC L 2024-09-28 St. Johnstone FC 0–6 Celtic FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
0.8 Motherwell FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.21 Celtic FC xG
I would bet for: Celtic FC to win 60% + Over 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Motherwell FC17% Draw23% Celtic FC60%
Actual: Celtic FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes49% 0% No51%
Avg goals/match: 3.01
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 80%
20%
± 2.5 57%
43%
± 3.5 35%
65%
± 4.5 19%
81%

Double Chance

Motherwell FC or Draw
40%
Draw or Celtic FC
83%
Motherwell FC or Celtic FC
77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Motherwell FC11% Draw40% Celtic FC49%
Actual: Celtic FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 2
11.9%
0 – 1
10.4%
1 – 1
9.5%
1 – 2
9.3%
0 – 3
Actual
1 – 3
6.8%
0 – 0
6.5%
0 – 4
4.7%
1 – 4
3.9%
2 – 2
3.7%
2 – 1
3.4%
1 – 0
3.3%

Asian Handicap — Motherwell FC

Handicap Motherwell FC covers Push Celtic FC covers
-2.5 1% — 99%
-2 1% 3% 96%
-1.5 4% — 96%
-1 4% 8% 89%
-0.5 11% — 89%
+0.5 32% — 68%
+1 32% 23% 45%
+1.5 55% — 45%
+2 55% 21% 24%
+2.5 76% — 24%

Clean Sheet

Motherwell FC keeps clean sheet
12% ✓
Celtic FC keeps clean sheet
45% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.