Celtic vs Motherwell

26 December 2024 · Scottish Premiership · 2024/25 · Referee R Hardie

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Arne Engels 45+1’ (pen)
  • Daizen Maeda 57’
  • Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn 74’
  • Reo Hatate 81’

Match summary

Celtic won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Motherwell. Celtic led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Arne Engels put Celtic ahead from the penalty spot in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Daizen Maeda made it 2-0 with a header in the 57th minute, Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn made it 3-0 in the 74th minute, and Reo Hatate made it 4-0 in the 81st minute.

Shots finished 23-2 to Celtic, with 7 on target for Celtic and 0 for Motherwell.

Match stats

Celtic Motherwell
23 Shots 2
7 Shots on Target 0
6 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 5
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Celtic Motherwell
Kick-off
Arne Engels
Penalty
1-0 (Celtic)
45+1’
Half-time1-0
Daizen Maeda2-0 (Celtic)
57’
Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn3-0 (Celtic)
74’
Reo Hatate4-0 (Celtic)
81’
Full-time4-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Celtic
  • Adam Idah
Motherwell
  • Dan Casey
  • Harrison Paton
  • Tom Sparrow
  • Tawanda Maswanhise
  • Tony Watt

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Motherwell attacking Celtic attacking 
19’ Daizen Maeda (Celtic), from a corner, off target 21’ Arne Engels (Celtic), open play, off target 21’ Callum McGregor (Celtic), open play, blocked 28’ Daizen Maeda (Celtic), open play, blocked 28’ Daizen Maeda (Celtic), open play, saved 35’ Adam Idah (Celtic), open play, off target 38’ Adam Idah (Celtic), open play, saved 44’ Yang Hyun-Jun (Celtic), open play, blocked 46’ Arne Engels (Celtic), penalty, goal 49’ Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic), from a corner, off target 54’ Marvin Kaleta (Motherwell), from a corner, blocked 57’ Daizen Maeda (Celtic), from a corner, goal 59’ Adam Idah (Celtic), open play, blocked 68’ Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Motherwell), open play, off target 68’ Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn (Celtic), open play, blocked 68’ Callum McGregor (Celtic), open play, blocked 70’ Arne Engels (Celtic), from a corner, off target 72’ Arne Engels (Celtic), direct free kick, off target 74’ Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn (Celtic), open play, goal 78’ Reo Hatate (Celtic), open play, blocked 81’ Reo Hatate (Celtic), open play, goal 88’ Liam Scales (Celtic), from a corner, off target 88’ Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic), open play, saved 90+3’ Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic), open play, off target 90+3’ Reo Hatate (Celtic), open play, blocked 19’ Daizen Maeda (Celtic), from a corner, off target 21’ Arne Engels (Celtic), open play, off target 21’ Callum McGregor (Celtic), open play, blocked 28’ Daizen Maeda (Celtic), open play, blocked 28’ Daizen Maeda (Celtic), open play, saved 35’ Adam Idah (Celtic), open play, off target 38’ Adam Idah (Celtic), open play, saved 44’ Yang Hyun-Jun (Celtic), open play, blocked 46’ Arne Engels (Celtic), penalty, goal 49’ Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic), from a corner, off target 54’ Marvin Kaleta (Motherwell), from a corner, blocked 57’ Daizen Maeda (Celtic), from a corner, goal 59’ Adam Idah (Celtic), open play, blocked 68’ Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Motherwell), open play, off target 68’ Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn (Celtic), open play, blocked 68’ Callum McGregor (Celtic), open play, blocked 70’ Arne Engels (Celtic), from a corner, off target 72’ Arne Engels (Celtic), direct free kick, off target 74’ Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn (Celtic), open play, goal 78’ Reo Hatate (Celtic), open play, blocked 81’ Reo Hatate (Celtic), open play, goal 88’ Liam Scales (Celtic), from a corner, off target 88’ Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic), open play, saved 90+3’ Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic), open play, off target 90+3’ Reo Hatate (Celtic), open play, blocked
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
Kasper Schmeichel
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Greg Taylor Taken off
78′ – – – – – – –
Arne Engels Taken off
72′ 1 – 4 – – – –
90′ – – 2 – – – –
Paulo Bernardo Taken off
63′ – – – – – – –
Yang Hyun-Jun Taken off
63′ – – 1 – – – –
Adam Idah Taken off
63′ – – 3 – – –
90′ 1 – 4 – – – –
Reo Hatate Came on as a substitute
27′ 1 – 3 – – – –
Kyogo Furuhashi Came on as a substitute
27′ – – 2 – – – –
Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn Came on as a substitute
27′ 1 – 2 – – – –
Luke McCowan Came on as a substitute
18′ – – – – – – –
Álex Valle Came on as a substitute
12′ – – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Celtic win 84% Avg odds 1.13
Draw 11% Avg odds 8.98
Motherwell win 5% Avg odds 17.23

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.