Celtic vs Aberdeen, 2025-26 Scottish Premiership

· Scottish Premiership

Celtic

39': Benjamin Nygren
88': Kieran Tierney
90'+2': James Forrest

FT
3 - 1

Aberdeen

45'+3': Dylan Lobban
74': Kenan Bilalovic

Wilfried Nancy earns first Celtic win against Aberdeen

Celtic manager Wilfried Nancy [1296x729]

Late goals from Kieran Tierney and James Forrest gave under-fire Wilfried Nancy his first win as Celtic boss in a 3-1 victory over 10-man Aberdeen at Parkhead.

Match Timeline

18': Stuart Armstrong (Aberdeen) Yellow Card at 18'
39': Benjamin Nygren (Celtic) Goal at 39'
45'+1': Arne Engels (Celtic) Yellow Card at 46'
45'+3': Dylan Lobban (Aberdeen) Red Card at 48'
53': Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) Substitution at 53'
54': Emmanuel Gyamfi (Aberdeen) Substitution at 54'
68': Kenan Bilalovic (Aberdeen) Substitution at 68'
68': Kjartan Kjartansson (Aberdeen) Substitution at 68'
69': Liam Scales (Celtic) Substitution at 69'
69': James Forrest (Celtic) Substitution at 69'
70': Shin Yamada (Celtic) Substitution at 70'
74': Kenan Bilalovic (Aberdeen) Goal at 74'
82': Colby Donovan (Celtic) Substitution at 82'
84': Alexander Jensen (Aberdeen) Yellow Card at 84'
88': Kieran Tierney (Celtic) Goal at 88'
89': Kevin Nisbet (Aberdeen) Substitution at 89'
90'+2': James Forrest (Celtic) Goal at 92'

Statistics

ABE		CEL
13	Fouls	12
2	Yellow Cards	1
1	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
4	Corner Kicks	8
7	Saves	1
27.1	Possession	72.9
10	SHOTS	31
2	ON GOAL	10
0.2	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
7	Blocked Shots	6
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Game Information

Competition: Scottish Premiership

Venue: Celtic Park
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Attendance: 58,798

SPFL Premiership Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Heart of Midlothian	29	+28	63
2	Rangers	29	+26	57
3	Celtic	28	+21	55
4	Motherwell	28	+29	53

Full Table

Line-Ups

Celtic (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Kasper Schmeichel (GK)
6	Auston Trusty
63	Kieran Tierney
56	Anthony Ralston
42	Callum McGregor
27	Arne Engels
14	Luke McCowan
13	Yang Hyun-Jun
24	Johnny Kenny
38	Daizen Maeda
8	Benjamin Nygren

Celtic Substitutes:

Colby Donovan, Hayato Inamura, Paulo Bernardo, James Forrest, Dane Murray, Jahmai Simpson-Pusey, Liam Scales, Shin Yamada, Viljami Sinisalo.

Aberdeen (5-4-1)

No.	Name
1	Dimitar Mitov (GK)
22	Jack Milne
5	Mats Knoester
2	Nicky Devlin
28	Alexander Jensen
38	Dylan Lobban
16	Stuart Armstrong
7	Adil Aouchiche
17	Jesper Karlsson
81	Topi Keskinen
27	Marko Lazetic

Aberdeen Substitutes:

Kjartan Kjartansson, Emmanuel Gyamfi, Kenan Bilalovic, Sivert Heltne Nilsen, Leighton Clarkson, Nicolas Milanovic, Nick Suman, Graeme Shinnie, Kevin Nisbet.

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