3 CEL

1 ABE

CEL 3

1 ABE

Celtic
-
Aberdeen

Premiership, 1st Phase - 18
Sunday, December 21, 2025 3:00 PM
Celtic Park

Result

3-1

Match Recap

Benjamin Nygren 39'

Dylan Lobban 45+3'

Kenan Bilalovic 75'

Kieran Tierney 88'

James Forrest 90+2'

Match Events

Second Half 3 - 1

James Forrest

Callum McGregor

90+2'

89'

Kevin Nisbet

Alexander Jensen

Kieran Tierney

Colby Donovan

88'

84'

Alexander Jensen

Yellow Card

Colby Donovan

Anthony Ralston

82'

75'

Kenan Bilalovic

K. Kjartansson

Liam Scales

Luke McCowan

69'

James Forrest

Yang Hyun-Jun

69'

Shin Yamada

Johnny Kenny

69'

68'

K. Kjartansson

Adil Aouchiche

68'

Kenan Bilalovic

Marko Lazetić

53'

E. Gyamfi

T. Keskinen

53'

Graeme Shinnie

Jesper Karlsson

First Half 1 - 0

45+3'

Dylan Lobban

Red Card

A. Engels

Yellow Card

45+1'

Benjamin Nygren

Daizen Maeda

39'

18'

Stuart Armstrong

Yellow Card

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

73%

27%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

Match Information

Information	Value
League	Premiership
Season	Premiership 2025/26
Round	1st Phase - 18
Date	December 21, 2025
Time	15:00
Venue	Celtic Park
Result	3 - 1

Lineups

Celtic

1. K. Schmeichel Kasper Schmeichel

56. A. Ralston Anthony Ralston

6. A. Trusty Auston Trusty

63. K. Tierney Kieran Tierney

13. Y. Hyun-Jun Yang Hyun-Jun

27. A. Engels A. Engels

42. C. McGregor Callum McGregor

14. L. McCowan Luke McCowan

8. B. Nygren Benjamin Nygren

38. D. Maeda Daizen Maeda

24. J. Kenny Johnny Kenny

27. M. Lazetić Marko Lazetić

17. J. Karlsson Jesper Karlsson

16. S. Armstrong Stuart Armstrong

7. A. Aouchiche Adil Aouchiche

81. T. Keskinen T. Keskinen

28. A. Jensen Alexander Jensen

5. M. Knoester M. Knoester

22. J. Milne Jack Milne

2. N. Devlin Nicky Devlin

38. D. Lobban Dylan Lobban

1. D. Mitov Dimitar Mitov

Aberdeen

Substitutes

Celtic

Aberdeen

Unused Players

Celtic

Aberdeen

Form before the match

Celtic

Aberdeen

Previous Fixtures

Premiership 2025/26

August 10, 2025

Aberdeen

Celtic

Premiership 2024/25

Upcoming Fixtures

Premiership 2025/26

February 4, 2026

Aberdeen

Celtic

Premiership

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Championship Round
1	Heart Of Midlothian	29	19	6	4	52	24	28	63
2	Rangers	28	15	11	2	49	23	26	56
3	Celtic	27	17	3	7	49	28	21	54
4	Motherwell	28	14	11	3	46	18	28	53
5	Hibernian	29	12	10	7	46	33	13	46
6	Falkirk	29	12	6	11	35	37	-2	42
Relegation Round
7	Dundee Utd	28	6	12	10	34	44	-10	30
8	Aberdeen	28	8	5	15	28	39	-11	29
9	Dundee	28	7	7	14	25	43	-18	28
10	ST Mirren	28	6	8	14	22	42	-20	26
11	Kilmarnock	29	4	9	16	32	58	-26	21
12	Livingston	29	1	10	18	30	59	-29	13

Updated December 21, 2025 4:59 PM