Scottish Premiership

FT Sunday, December 21, 2025
Aberdeen DWLWL 1
–
Celtic WLLLL 3
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ABE011
CEL123
Celtic Park · 58,798 att.

Match Report

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Wilfried Nancy earns first Celtic win against Aberdeen

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.

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Team Stats

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

Head to Head

CEL leads series 4-1

Lineups

CEL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 6Auston TrustyCD
  3. 63Kieran TierneyCD-L
  4. 56Anthony RalstonCD-R
  5. 42Callum McGregorCM-L
  6. 27Arne EngelsCM-R
  7. 14Luke McCowanLM
  8. 13Yang Hyun-JunRM
  9. 24Johnny KennyF
  10. 38Daizen MaedaCF-L
  11. 8Benjamin NygrenCF-R

ABE · 5-4-1

  1. 1Dimitar MitovG
  2. 22Jack MilneCD
  3. 5Mats KnoesterCD-L
  4. 2Nicky DevlinCD-R
  5. 28Alexander JensenLB
  6. 38Dylan LobbanRB
  7. 16Stuart ArmstrongCM-L
  8. 7Adil AouchicheCM-R
  9. 17Jesper KarlssonLM
  10. 81Topi KeskinenRM
  11. 27Marko LazeticF

Timeline

  1. 18' Stuart Armstrong (Aberdeen) Yellow Card at 18'
  2. 39' Benjamin Nygren (Celtic) Goal at 39'
  3. 45'+1' Arne Engels (Celtic) Yellow Card at 46'
  4. 45'+3' Dylan Lobban (Aberdeen) Red Card at 48'
  5. 53' Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) Substitution at 53'
  6. 54' Emmanuel Gyamfi (Aberdeen) Substitution at 54'
  7. 68' Kenan Bilalovic (Aberdeen) Substitution at 68'
  8. 68' Kjartan Kjartansson (Aberdeen) Substitution at 68'
  9. 69' Liam Scales (Celtic) Substitution at 69'
  10. 69' James Forrest (Celtic) Substitution at 69'
  11. 70' Shin Yamada (Celtic) Substitution at 70'
  12. 74' Kenan Bilalovic (Aberdeen) Goal at 74'
  13. 82' Colby Donovan (Celtic) Substitution at 82'
  14. 84' Alexander Jensen (Aberdeen) Yellow Card at 84'
  15. 88' Kieran Tierney (Celtic) Goal at 88'
  16. 89' Kevin Nisbet (Aberdeen) Substitution at 89'
  17. 90'+2' James Forrest (Celtic) Goal at 92'

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