Celtic vs Aberdeen match stats & report

3–1 Full time

Premiership · Scotland · 1st Phase - 18 · Celtic Park, Glasgow · Ref D. Dickinson

Celtic stats & fixtures · Aberdeen stats & fixtures

Celtic beat Aberdeen 3–1 in the Premiership (1st Phase - 18) on 21 December 2025. Expected goals finished 3.72–1.11. Celtic had 73% of the ball.

Celtic vs Aberdeen match statistics

CelticAberdeen

73% Ball possession 27%
3.72 Expected goals (xG) 1.11
31 Total shots 10
10 Shots on target 2
15 Shots off target 1
6 Blocked shots 7
21 Shots inside the box 6
8 Corners 4
12 Fouls 13
3 Offsides 1
1 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 1
698 Passes 266
91% Pass accuracy 70%
1 Goalkeeper saves 7

Goals and cards

18' Yellow card S. Armstrong Aberdeen
39' Goal B. Nygren (assist D. Maeda) Celtic
45+1' Yellow card A. Engels Celtic
45+3' Red card D. Lobban Aberdeen
74' Goal K. Bilalovic (assist K. Kjartansson) Aberdeen
84' Yellow card A. Jensen Aberdeen
88' Goal K. Tierney (assist Colby Donovan) Celtic
90' Goal J. Forrest (assist C. McGregor) Celtic

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Celtic

Confirmed 3-4-2-1 Martin O'Neill

1 K. Schmeichel

63 K. Tierney 6 A. Trusty 56 A. Ralston

14 L. McCowan 42 C. McGregor 27 A. Engels 13 Yang Hyun-Jun

38 D. Maeda 8 B. Nygren

24 J. Kenny

Bench V. Sinisalo , Jahmai Simpson-Pusey , L. Scales , Shin Yamada , H. Inamura , Paulo Bernardo , D. Murray , J. Forrest , Colby Donovan

Aberdeen

Confirmed 5-4-1 Peter Leven

1 D. Mitov

28 A. Jensen 5 M. Knoester 22 J. Milne 2 N. Devlin 38 D. Lobban

17 J. Karlsson 16 S. Armstrong 7 A. Aouchiche 81 T. Keskinen

27 M. Lazetić

Bench N. Suman , G. Shinnie , S. Heltne Nilsen , L. Clarkson , Nicolas Milanović , K. Bilalovic , K. Nisbet , K. Kjartansson , E. Gyamfi

Form guide

Celtic at home

6–2–2 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.9 per game
Conceded: 1.0 per game
Clean sheets: 3 / 10
Corners: 8.4 per game
Shots on target: 5.6 per game

11% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Aberdeen away

4–2–4 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.6 per game
Conceded: 1.3 per game
Clean sheets: 3 / 10
Corners: 4.2 per game
Shots on target: 2.5 per game

19% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Celtic vs Aberdeen head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
10 Aug 25	Aberdeen v Celtic	0–2
14 May 25	Aberdeen v Celtic	1–5
25 Feb 25	Celtic v Aberdeen	5–1
4 Dec 24	Aberdeen v Celtic	0–1
19 Oct 24	Celtic v Aberdeen	2–2

Only 5 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full Celtic vs Aberdeen head-to-head record