Scottish Premiership

FT Saturday, April 9, 2016
Celtic WWWWD 2
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Motherwell WWWWW 1
1st2ndT
CEL112
MOT011
Fir Park · 9,123 att.

Match Report

Leigh Griffiths at the double as Celtic close in on title

Leigh Griffiths at the double as Celtic close in on title

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Head to Head

CEL leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

MOT · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Connor RipleyG
  2. 6Stephen McManusCD-L
  3. 16Kieran KennedyCD-R
  4. 3Steven HammellLB
  5. 18Josh LawRB
  6. 17Morgaro GomisCM-L
  7. 14Keith LasleyCM-R
  8. 11Marvin JohnsonLM
  9. 26Christopher CaddenRM
  10. 20Louis MoultF
  11. 77Scott McDonaldRCF

CEL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Craig GordonG
  2. 21Charlie MulgrewCD-L
  3. 20Dedryck BoyataCD-R
  4. 63Kieran TierneyLB
  5. 23Mikael LustigRB
  6. 25Stefan JohansenAM
  7. 6Nir BittonLM
  8. 8Scott BrownRM
  9. 9Leigh GriffithsF
  10. 13Colin Kazim-RichardsAM-L
  11. 27Patrick RobertsAM-R

Timeline

  1. 27' Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) left footed shot is close, but misses to the right. Leigh Griffiths should be disappointed.
  2. 44' Goal! Motherwell 0, Celtic 1. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kieran Tierney.
  3. 45' Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 60' Goal! Motherwell 1, Celtic 1. Scott McDonald (Motherwell) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Chris Cadden.
  5. 70' Substitution, Celtic. Tomas Rogic replaces Stefan Johansen.
  6. 75' Goal! Motherwell 1, Celtic 2. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kieran Tierney.
  7. 75' Colin Kazim-Richards (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 76' Substitution, Motherwell. Jack Leitch replaces Keith Lasley.
  9. 76' Substitution, Motherwell. Lionel Ainsworth replaces Chris Cadden because of an injury.
  10. 76' Substitution, Celtic. Callum McGregor replaces Colin Kazim-Richards.
  11. 83' Stephen McManus (Motherwell) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 90' Substitution, Motherwell. Dom Thomas replaces Morgaro Gomis.
  13. 90'+1' Substitution, Celtic. Stuart Armstrong replaces Patrick Roberts.

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