Scottish Premiership

FT Sunday, April 8, 2018
Celtic WWDWD 2
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Hamilton Academical WDLLL 1
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CEL112
HAM101
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Match Report

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Leigh Griffiths strike moves Celtic to brink of title

Substitute Leigh Griffiths' second-half header gave Celtic a 2-1 win at Hamilton and moved them to within a victory of their seventh successive title.

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Head to Head

CEL leads series 5-0

Lineups

HAM · 3-5-1-1

  1. 12Ryan FultonG
  2. 5Xavier TomasCD
  3. 15Kenny van der WegCD-L
  4. 27Shaun WantCD-R
  5. 10Daniel RedmondCM-L
  6. 18Darian MacKinnonCM-R
  7. 4Ross JenkinsAM
  8. 3Scott McMannLM
  9. 22Darren LyonRM
  10. 9Rakish BinghamF
  11. 11Ali CrawfordRCF

Substitutes

  1. 89Georgios SarrisSUB
  2. 23Ronan HughesSUB
  3. 26Alex MarshallSUB
  4. 8Mickel MillerSUB
  5. 20Antonio RojanoSUB
  6. 99Marios OgboeSUB
  7. 25Lewis FergusonSUB

CEL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 29Scott BainG
  2. 35Kristoffer AjerCD
  3. 20Dedryck BoyataCD-L
  4. 4Jack HendryCD-R
  5. 21Olivier NtchamCM-L
  6. 8Scott BrownCM-R
  7. 63Kieran TierneyLM
  8. 7Patrick RobertsRM
  9. 10Moussa DembéléF
  10. 11Scott SinclairCF-L
  11. 42Callum McGregorCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 9Leigh GriffithsSUB
  2. 22Odsonne ÉdouardSUB
  3. 23Mikael LustigSUB
  4. 67Charly MusondaSUB
  5. 49James ForrestSUB
  6. 14Stuart ArmstrongSUB
  7. 24Dorus de VriesSUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Hamilton Academical 0, Celtic 1. Callum McGregor (Celtic) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Patrick Roberts.
  2. 18' Goal! Hamilton Academical 1, Celtic 1. Rakish Bingham (Hamilton Academical) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ali Crawford.
  3. 34' Darian MacKinnon (Hamilton Academical) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 40' Darren Lyon (Hamilton Academical) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 42' Second yellow card to Darren Lyon (Hamilton Academical) for a bad foul.
  6. 45' Substitution, Celtic. Leigh Griffiths replaces Jack Hendry.
  7. 45' Substitution, Hamilton Academical. Georgios Sarris replaces Ali Crawford.
  8. 46' Goal! Hamilton Academical 1, Celtic 2. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Scott Sinclair.
  9. 49' Scott McMann (Hamilton Academical) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 62' Substitution, Hamilton Academical. Lewis Ferguson replaces Darian MacKinnon.
  11. 68' Substitution, Celtic. Odsonne Edouard replaces Moussa Dembele.
  12. 84' Substitution, Hamilton Academical. Antonio Rojano replaces Daniel Redmond.
  13. 86' Substitution, Celtic. Charly Musonda replaces Patrick Roberts.

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