Motherwell vs Celtic: result 3-4 and analysis
Premiership1st Phase - 16Kick-off on December 3, 2016 at 12:15 PM (UTC)Fir Park, Motherwell
Full time
What was the result of Motherwell vs Celtic?
Celtic won 3-4 on December 3, 2016.
Goalscorers
- 3′L. MoultMotherwell
- 35′L. MoultMotherwell
- 48′C. McGregorCeltic
- 70′P. RobertsCeltic
- 71′Lionel Glenn Robert AinsworthMotherwell
- 72′S. ArmstrongCeltic
- 90′T. RogićCeltic
Official lineup for Motherwell vs Celtic
The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.
Motherwell
4-4-1-1- 9L. Moult
- 77S. McDonald
- 27R. MacLean
- 4B. Heneghan
- 12C. Cadden
- 20C. Clay
- 14K. Lasley
- 2R. Tait
- 3S. Hammell
- 6Stephen McManus
- 1C. Samson
Celtic
4-4-2- 10M. Dembélé
- 27P. Roberts
- 18T. Rogić
- 14S. Armstrong
- 49J. Forrest
- 8Scott Brown
- 5Jozo Šimunović
- 23M. Lustig
- 3Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón
- 2Kolo Habib Touré
- 1C. Gordon
What is the recent form of both teams?
Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, Motherwell have 4 wins, 3 draws and 8 defeats; Celtic have 9, 3 and 3.
The competition is shown for every match: in pre-season, several of these games are friendlies.
| Date | Opponent | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 26, 2016 | Heart Of Midlothian(away) | 0-3 | Premiership |
| Nov 19, 2016 | Partick(home) | 2-0 | Premiership |
| Nov 5, 2016 | Dundee(away) | 0-2 | Premiership |
| Oct 29, 2016 | Ross County(home) | 4-1 | Premiership |
| Oct 26, 2016 | Inverness CT(home) | 0-3 | Premiership |
| Date | Opponent | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 2016 | Barcelona(home) | 0-2 | UEFA Champions League |
| Nov 18, 2016 | Kilmarnock(away) | 1-0 | Premiership |
| Nov 5, 2016 | Inverness CT(home) | 3-0 | Premiership |
| Nov 1, 2016 | Borussia Mönchengladbach(away) | 1-1 | UEFA Champions League |
| Oct 29, 2016 | Aberdeen(away) | 1-0 | Premiership |
What does the head-to-head say?
Across the last 6 meetings: 1 Motherwell win, 0 draws, 5 Celtic wins.
| Date | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2016 | Celtic 2-0 Motherwell | Premiership |
| May 15, 2016 | Celtic 7-0 Motherwell | Premiership |
| Apr 9, 2016 | Motherwell 1-2 Celtic | Premiership |
| Dec 19, 2015 | Celtic 1-2 Motherwell | Premiership |
| Oct 17, 2015 | Motherwell 0-1 Celtic | Premiership |
| Jan 21, 2015 | Celtic 4-0 Motherwell | Premiership |
How many goals should we expect?
Motherwell score 1.1 and concede 2.0 goals per match over their last 15; Celtic score 2.2 and concede 1.3.
| Club | Goals scored / match | Goals conceded / match | Clean sheets | Both teams scored | Over 2.5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motherwell | 1.1 | 2.0 | 2 | 8/15 | 9/15 |
| Celtic | 2.2 | 1.3 | 6 | 6/15 | 8/15 |
Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.
Where do both teams sit in the table?
Motherwell sit 9th in Premiership (8 points from 8 matches) and Celtic sit 1st (21 points from 8 matches).
| # | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Celtic | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 21 |
| 9 | Motherwell | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 8 |
A question about Motherwell vs Celtic?
Ask Footlab AI: lineups, absences, player form, stats, how the match could unfold.
Sign-in required. No odds displayed, no affiliation: the method is published and the accuracy is measured.
How does Footlab AI compute this prediction?
The model combines both teams' Elo ratings (anchored by competition pool), their recent form weighted by opponent strength, home advantage and a Poisson matrix for scorelines. When bookmakers publish odds for the match, their consensus is built into the calculation: that is what proved most accurate on past matches. Its accuracy is measured continuously on the predictions actually published. Methodology and measured accuracy