Scottish League Cup

FT Sunday, November 26, 2017
Celtic DLWWL 2
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Motherwell WWLLW 0
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Hampden Park · 49,483 att.

Match Report

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Celtic seal Betfred Cup win with goals from Forrest and Dembele

Celtic took the first step towards successive domestic trebles with a 2-0 Betfred Cup final win over 10-man Motherwell at Hampden Park.

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Head to Head

CEL leads series 5-0

Lineups

MOT · 5-3-2

  1. 1Trevor CarsonG
  2. 6Peter HartleyCD
  3. 18Charles DunneCD-L
  4. 21Cedric KipreCD-R
  5. 2Richard TaitLB
  6. 7Christopher CaddenRB
  7. 8Carl McHughCM
  8. 15Andy RoseCM-L
  9. 4Liam GrimshawCM-R
  10. 9Louis MoultCF-L
  11. 12Ryan BowmanCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Allan CampbellSUB
  2. 17Alex FisherSUB
  3. 3Steven HammellSUB
  4. 27Craig TannerSUB
  5. 13Russell GriffithsSUB
  6. 20Deimantas PetraviciusSUB
  7. 11Elliott FrearSUB

CEL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Craig GordonG
  2. 5Jozo SimunovicCD-L
  3. 20Dedryck BoyataCD-R
  4. 63Kieran TierneyLB
  5. 23Mikael LustigRB
  6. 42Callum McGregorAM
  7. 8Scott BrownLM
  8. 14Stuart ArmstrongRM
  9. 10Moussa DembéléF
  10. 11Scott SinclairAM-L
  11. 49James ForrestAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 28Erik SviatchenkoSUB
  2. 7Patrick RobertsSUB
  3. 21Olivier NtchamSUB
  4. 24Dorus de VriesSUB
  5. 35Kristoffer AjerSUB
  6. 18Tom RogicSUB
  7. 9Leigh GriffithsSUB

Timeline

  1. 16' Moussa Dembele (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 49' Goal! Motherwell 0, Celtic 1. James Forrest (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Callum McGregor.
  3. 51' Substitution, Motherwell. Craig Tanner replaces Liam Grimshaw.
  4. 54' Carl McHugh (Motherwell) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 58' Cedric Kipre (Motherwell) is shown the red card.
  6. 60' Goal! Motherwell 0, Celtic 2. Moussa Dembele (Celtic) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  7. 64' Substitution, Motherwell. Allan Campbell replaces Ryan Bowman.
  8. 64' Substitution, Celtic. Leigh Griffiths replaces Moussa Dembele.
  9. 70' Substitution, Motherwell. Elliott Frear replaces Andy Rose.
  10. 74' Allan Campbell (Motherwell) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 78' Substitution, Celtic. Patrick Roberts replaces James Forrest.
  12. 89' Substitution, Celtic. Tomas Rogic replaces Callum McGregor.
  13. 90'+3' Scott Brown (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+3' Peter Hartley (Motherwell) Yellow Card at 93'

Scottish League Cup News

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