Scottish Premiership

FT Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Celtic WWWWL 1
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Aberdeen DDLWW 2
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CEL011
ABE202
Pittodrie Stadium · 19,003 att.

Match Report

Aberdeen close the gap on leaders Celtic with win at Pittodrie

Aberdeen close the gap on leaders Celtic with win at Pittodrie

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Head to Head

CEL leads series 4-1

Lineups

ABE · 4-4-1-1

  1. 20Scott BrownG
  2. 6Mark ReynoldsCD-L
  3. 5Ash TaylorCD-R
  4. 3Graeme ShinnieLB
  5. 2Shaleum LoganRB
  6. 7Kenny McLeanCM-L
  7. 23Craig StorieCM-R
  8. 10Niall McGinnLM
  9. 11Jonathan HayesRM
  10. 9Adam RooneyF
  11. 18Simon ChurchRCF

Substitutes

  1. 19Adam CollinSUB
  2. 26Scott McKennaSUB
  3. 14Cameron SmithSUB
  4. 4Andrew ConsidineSUB
  5. 31Frank RossSUB
  6. 15Barry RobsonSUB
  7. 16Peter PawlettSUB

CEL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Craig GordonG
  2. 20Dedryck BoyataCD-L
  3. 28Erik SviatchenkoCD-R
  4. 63Kieran TierneyLB
  5. 23Mikael LustigRB
  6. 42Callum McGregorAM
  7. 6Nir BittonLM
  8. 8Scott BrownRM
  9. 9Leigh GriffithsF
  10. 14Stuart ArmstrongAM-L
  11. 16Gary Mackay-StevenAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 49James ForrestSUB
  2. 13Colin Kazim-RichardsSUB
  3. 26Logan BaillySUB
  4. 19Scott AllanSUB
  5. 4Efe AmbroseSUB
  6. 3Emilio IzaguirreSUB
  7. 24Carlton ColeSUB

Timeline

  1. 31' Goal! Aberdeen 1, Celtic 0. Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.
  2. 37' Goal! Aberdeen 2, Celtic 0. Simon Church (Aberdeen) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kenny McLean following a corner.
  3. 44' Stuart Armstrong (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Celtic. Colin Kazim-Richards replaces Stuart Armstrong.
  5. 65' Colin Kazim-Richards (Celtic) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 66' Scott Brown (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 68' Substitution, Celtic. James Forrest replaces Callum McGregor.
  8. 71' Craig Storie (Aberdeen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 72' Substitution, Aberdeen. Andrew Considine replaces Niall McGinn.
  10. 76' Substitution, Aberdeen. Peter Pawlett replaces Simon Church.
  11. 78' Substitution, Celtic. Scott Allan replaces Mikael Lustig.
  12. 84' Kieran Tierney (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 86' Substitution, Aberdeen. Cameron Smith replaces Jonny Hayes.
  14. 90'+3' Goal! Aberdeen 2, Celtic 1. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Erik Sviatchenko.

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