Scottish Premiership

FT Saturday, December 23, 2017
Aberdeen LLWWW 0
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Celtic LDWLW 3
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Match Report

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Celtic extend lead with big win over Aberdeen

Celtic stretched their lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership to eight points with an emphatic 3-0 home win over second-placed Aberdeen.

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Head to Head

CEL leads series 5-0

Lineups

CEL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Craig GordonG
  2. 35Kristoffer AjerCD-L
  3. 20Dedryck BoyataCD-R
  4. 63Kieran TierneyLB
  5. 23Mikael LustigRB
  6. 14Stuart ArmstrongAM
  7. 21Olivier NtchamLM
  8. 8Scott BrownRM
  9. 10Moussa DembéléF
  10. 11Scott SinclairAM-L
  11. 15Jonathan HayesAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 5Jozo SimunovicSUB
  2. 24Dorus de VriesSUB
  3. 42Callum McGregorSUB
  4. 9Leigh GriffithsSUB
  5. 6Nir BittonSUB
  6. 49James ForrestSUB
  7. 22Odsonne ÉdouardSUB

ABE · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Joe LewisG
  2. 14Kári ÁrnasonCD-L
  3. 5Anthony O'ConnorCD-R
  4. 6Mark ReynoldsDM
  5. 4Andrew ConsidineLB
  6. 18Dominic BallRB
  7. 3Graeme ShinnieCM-L
  8. 7Kenny McLeanCM-R
  9. 11Gary Mackay-StevenLM
  10. 8Greg StewartRM
  11. 9Adam RooneyF

Substitutes

  1. 19Scott McKennaSUB
  2. 15Scott WrightSUB
  3. 20Daniel RogersSUB
  4. 21Daniel HarvieSUB
  5. 25Frank RossSUB
  6. 10Nicky MaynardSUB
  7. 44Dean CampbellSUB

Timeline

  1. 8' Kári Arnason (Aberdeen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 30' Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 35' Dominic Ball (Aberdeen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 40' Goal! Celtic 1, Aberdeen 0. Mikael Lustig (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jonny Hayes.
  5. 67' Substitution, Aberdeen. Nicky Maynard replaces Adam Rooney.
  6. 69' Goal! Celtic 2, Aberdeen 0. Jonny Hayes (Celtic) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  7. 70' Substitution, Celtic. James Forrest replaces Scott Sinclair.
  8. 71' Kenny McLean (Aberdeen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 76' Goal! Celtic 3, Aberdeen 0. Olivier Ntcham (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  10. 76' Substitution, Celtic. Callum McGregor replaces Jonny Hayes.
  11. 77' Mikael Lustig (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 81' Substitution, Celtic. Odsonne Edouard replaces Moussa Dembele.
  13. 84' Substitution, Aberdeen. Frank Ross replaces Greg Stewart.
  14. 89' Substitution, Aberdeen. Daniel Harvie replaces Gary Mackay-Steven.

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