Aberdeen vs Celtic
Ref: N. WalshPittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen · 22,199 cap
Match recap
Celtic beat Aberdeen 2–1 in their Premiership fixture. Nisbet scored for Aberdeen; Tierney and Nygren replied for Celtic. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 1.42 for Aberdeen versus 1.85 for Celtic. Aberdeen sit 8th in the Premiership table while Celtic are 3rd.
First Half
5'
⚽
Tierney
Assist: Scales
⚽
Nisbet
Penalty
Heltne Nilsen
Yellow Card
Olusanya
Yellow Card
Second Half
61'
⇄
McCowan
61'
⇄
Čvančara
⇄
Olusanya
⇄
Heltne Nilsen
65'
⇄
Yang Hyun-Jun
65'
⇄
Tierney
67'
⚽
Nygren
Assist: Forrest
⇄
Geiger
76'
Forrest
Yellow Card
⇄
Jensen
⇄
Milne
87'
⇄
Araujo
89'
Hatate
Yellow Card
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Heart Of Midlothian | 33 | 21 | 7 | 5 | +30 | 70 |
| 2 |  Rangers | 33 | 19 | 12 | 2 | +35 | 69 |
| 3 |  Celtic | 33 | 21 | 4 | 8 | +24 | 67 |
| 4 |  Motherwell | 33 | 14 | 12 | 7 | +23 | 54 |
| 7 |  Dundee Utd | 33 | 9 | 13 | 11 | -9 | 40 |
| 8 |  Aberdeen | 33 | 9 | 6 | 18 | -15 | 33 |
| 9 |  Dundee | 33 | 8 | 9 | 16 | -19 | 33 |
As of 23 May 2026
Last 5: ←oldestMatch Statistics
AberdeenCeltic
1Won
Statistical edge
1–12
battles won across 16 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
1.42VS1.85
Attack0 · 5 won
8
Shots
18
2
Shots on target
4
8
Shots in the box
13
0
Shots outside box
5
2
Shots off goal
4
6
Corners
6
Possession & Passing0 · 4 won
38%
Possession
62%
380
Total passes
641
279
Accurate passes
541
73%
Pass accuracy
84%
Discipline0 · 2 won
13
Fouls
12
2
Yellow cards
2
1
Offsides
0
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
2
Goalkeeper saves
1
4
Blocked shots
10
-0.04
Goals prevented
-0.04
Aberdeen
5-3-2
Celtic
4-2-3-1
Aberdeen
5-3-2Starting XI
- 1D. MitovG
- 3M. FrameD
- 6S. Heltne NilsenD
- 8D. GeigerM
- 15K. NisbetF
- 16S. ArmstrongM
- 20T. OlusanyaF
- 21G. MolloyD
- 22J. MilneD
- 25L. CameronM
- 28A. JensenD
Substitutes
- 4G. ShinnieM
- 14K. BilalovicM
- 23L. MorrisonD
- 27M. LazetićF
- 29K. KjartanssonM
- 38D. LobbanM
- 41R. VītolsG
- 81T. KeskinenF
Celtic
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 5L. ScalesD
- 11T. ČvančaraF
- 12V. SinisaloG
- 13Yang Hyun-JunM
- 14L. McCowanM
- 22J. AraujoD
- 23S. TounektiM
- 41R. HatateM
- 42C. McGregorM
- 43Benjamin ArthurD
- 63K. TierneyD
Substitutes
- 8B. NygrenF
- 9J. AdamuF
- 21A. Oxlade-ChamberlainM
- 31R. DoohanG
- 36M. SaracchiD
- 38D. MaedaF
- 49J. ForrestM
- 51Colby DonovanD
Aberdeen
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyall Cameron | M | 90 | 7.7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4/5 |
| Stuart Armstrong | M | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2/4 |
| Mitchel Frame | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0/2 |
| Dennis Geiger | M | 69 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jack Milne | D | 79 | 6.3 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1/2 |
| Gavin Molloy | D | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Alexander Jensen | D | 79 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dimitar Mitov | G | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kevin Nisbet(C) | F | 90 | 6.2 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0/2 |
| Toyosi Olusanya | F | 62 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/2 |
| Sivert Heltne Nilsen | D | 62 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Marko Lazetić | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Emmanuel Gyamfi | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kjartan Mar Kjartansson | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rodrigo Vitols | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Topi Keskinen | F | 11 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kenan Bilalovic | M | 28 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Graeme Shinnie | M | 21 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dylan Lobban | M | 11 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Liam Morrison | D | 28 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Celtic
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Arthur | D | 90 | 7.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kieran Tierney | D | 65 | 7.6 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Callum McGregor(C) | M | 90 | 7.5 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Liam Scales | D | 90 | 7.3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Julián Araujo | D | 87 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sebastian Tounekti | M | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 1/2 |
| Luke McCowan | M | 61 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1/2 |
| Tomáš Čvančara | F | 61 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Viljami Sinisalo | G | 90 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Reo Hatate | M | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 0/1 |
| Yang Hyun-Jun | M | 65 | 5.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ross Doohan | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Junior Adamu | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Benjamin Nygren | F | 29 | 7.2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Marcelo Saracchi | D | 25 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| James Forrest | M | 25 | 6.9 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Colby Donovan | D | 9 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Daizen Maeda | F | 29 | 6.2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 0/1 |