Scottish Premiership

FT Monday, August 3, 2026
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Celtic WWWWD 1
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Match Report

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Scottish Premiership: Celtic edge Dundee to begin title defence

Benjamin Nygren was quickly back on the goal trail as Celtic began the defence of their Scottish Premiership title with a 1-0 home win over Dundee United.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
9
3
Saves
3
34.5
Possession
65.5
11
SHOTS
18
3
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
248
Accurate Passes
563
340
Passes
654
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
0
0
Crosses
0
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
3
Blocked Shots
4
5
Effective Tackles
9
11
Tackles
14
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
31
Clearances
36

Head to Head

CEL leads series 4-1

Lineups

CEL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Viljami SinisaloG
  2. 6Auston TrustyCD-L
  3. 20Cameron Carter-VickersCD-R
  4. 63Kieran TierneyLB
  5. 2Alistair JohnstonRB
  6. 8Benjamin NygrenAM
  7. 27Arne EngelsLM
  8. 42Callum McGregorRM
  9. 9Kasper HøghF
  10. 13Yang Hyun-JunAM-L
  11. 11Camilo DuránAM-R

DUN · 4-4-2

  1. 1Owen GoodmanG
  2. 5Owen BevanCD-L
  3. 4Ryan AstleyCD-R
  4. 3Idris OdutayoLB
  5. 7Drey WrightRB
  6. 8Ryan FinniganCM-L
  7. 48Ethan HamiltonCM-R
  8. 18Charlie ReillyLM
  9. 27Joe BevanRM
  10. 15Simon MurrayCF-L
  11. 19Joe WestleyCF-R

Timeline

  1. 52' Benjamin Nygren (Celtic) Goal at 52'
  2. 60' Ashley Hay (Dundee) Substitution at 60'
  3. 60' Finlay Robertson (Dundee) Substitution at 60'
  4. 78' Sebastian Tounekti (Celtic) Substitution at 78'
  5. 78' James Forrest (Celtic) Substitution at 78'
  6. 80' Alan Forrest (Dundee) Substitution at 80'
  7. 80' Brad Halliday (Dundee) Substitution at 80'
  8. 83' Luke McCowan (Celtic) Substitution at 83'
  9. 83' Colby Donovan (Celtic) Substitution at 83'
  10. 90' Ashley Hay (Dundee) Yellow Card at 90'
  11. 90'+1' Arne Engels (Celtic) Yellow Card at 90'+1'

SPFL Premiership News

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