Scottish Premiership

FT Sunday, May 8, 2016
Aberdeen LWLLW 2
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Celtic DWLDW 3
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CEL213
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Match Report

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Celtic beat Aberdeen to secure Scottish Premiership title

Celtic survived an Aberdeen fightback to win 3-2 at Parkhead and clinch their fifth successive Premiership title.

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Head to Head

CEL leads series 3-2

Lineups

CEL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Craig GordonG
  2. 21Charlie MulgrewCD-L
  3. 28Erik SviatchenkoCD-R
  4. 63Kieran TierneyLB
  5. 23Mikael LustigRB
  6. 18Tom RogicAM
  7. 42Callum McGregorLM
  8. 6Nir BittonRM
  9. 9Leigh GriffithsF
  10. 14Stuart ArmstrongAM-L
  11. 27Patrick RobertsAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Scott AllanSUB
  2. 4Efe AmbroseSUB
  3. 26Logan BaillySUB
  4. 3Emilio IzaguirreSUB
  5. 22Saidy JankoSUB
  6. 25Stefan JohansenSUB
  7. 17Ryan ChristieSUB

ABE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 19Adam CollinG
  2. 5Ash TaylorCD-L
  3. 4Andrew ConsidineCD-R
  4. 3Graeme ShinnieLB
  5. 2Shaleum LoganRB
  6. 7Kenny McLeanAM
  7. 22Ryan JackLM
  8. 8Willo FloodRM
  9. 18Simon ChurchF
  10. 11Jonathan HayesAM-L
  11. 10Niall McGinnAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 41Joe NuttallSUB
  2. 23Craig StorieSUB
  3. 15Barry RobsonSUB
  4. 6Mark ReynoldsSUB
  5. 26Scott McKennaSUB
  6. 20Scott BrownSUB
  7. 27Scott WrightSUB

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Celtic 1, Aberdeen 0. Patrick Roberts (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Mikael Lustig.
  2. 17' Mikael Lustig (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 20' Goal! Celtic 2, Aberdeen 0. Patrick Roberts (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Leigh Griffiths.
  4. 40' Shaleum Logan (Aberdeen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 42' Substitution, Aberdeen. Mark Reynolds replaces Simon Church.
  6. 45' Substitution, Celtic. Efe Ambrose replaces Charlie Mulgrew because of an injury.
  7. 49' Goal! Celtic 3, Aberdeen 0. Mikael Lustig (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Callum McGregor.
  8. 50' Willo Flood (Aberdeen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 57' Goal! Celtic 3, Aberdeen 1. Niall McGinn (Aberdeen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jonny Hayes.
  10. 61' Ash Taylor (Aberdeen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 63' Efe Ambrose (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 64' Goal! Celtic 3, Aberdeen 2. Andrew Considine (Aberdeen) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Niall McGinn following a set piece situation.
  13. 73' Substitution, Celtic. Saidy Janko replaces Mikael Lustig because of an injury.
  14. 79' Substitution, Aberdeen. Barry Robson replaces Willo Flood.
  15. 82' Substitution, Celtic. Stefan Johansen replaces Tomas Rogic.

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