The story
Celtic beat Aberdeen 3-1 at Celtic Park in the Scottish Premiership, matchday 18.
Celtic's goals came from Benjamin Nygren (39'), Kieran Tierney (88') and James Forrest (90+2'); Kenan Bilalovic (74') replied for Aberdeen.
It was 1-0 at half-time.
Dylan Lobban of Aberdeen was sent off (45+3').
Celtic had 73% of the ball and 31 shots to Aberdeen's 10.
Match stats
Key moments
- 39' Benjamin Nygren Goal · Celtic 1-0 Assist: Daizen Maeda
- 45+3' Dylan Lobban Sent off · Aberdeen
- 74' Kenan Bilalovic Goal · Aberdeen 1-1 Assist: Kjartan Már Kjartansson
- 88' Kieran Tierney Goal · Celtic 2-1 Assist: Colby Donovan
- 90+2' James Forrest Goal · Celtic 3-1 Assist: Callum McGregor
Line-ups
Celtic
- Kasper SchmeichelGoalkeeper
- Kieran TierneyDefender
- Auston TrustyDefender
- Anthony Ralstonoff 82'Defender
- Callum McGregorMidfielder
- Daizen MaedaForward
- Arne EngelsForward
- Benjamin NygrenForward
- Hyun-jun Yangoff 70'Forward
- Luke McCowanoff 69'Forward
- Johnny Kennyoff 70'Forward
Aberdeen
- Dimitar MitovGoalkeeper
- Nicky DevlinDefender
- Mats KnoesterDefender
- Stuart ArmstrongMidfielder
- Adil Aouchicheoff 68'Midfielder
- Jack MilneMidfielder
- Dylan LobbanMidfielder
- Alexander Jensenoff 89'Midfielder
- Jesper Karlssonoff 54'Forward
- Marko Lazeticoff 68'Forward
- Topi Keskinenoff 54'Forward
Full timeline
Every goal and card (8)
- 18' 🟨 Stuart Armstrong
- 39' ⚽ Benjamin Nygrenassist Daizen Maeda
- 45+1' 🟨 Arne Engels
- 45+3' 🟥 Dylan Lobban
- 74' ⚽ Kenan Bilalovicassist Kjartan Már Kjartansson
- 84' 🟨 Alexander Jensen
- 88' ⚽ Kieran Tierneyassist Colby Donovan
- 90+2' ⚽ James Forrestassist Callum McGregor
Head to head
6Celtic wins0Draws0Aberdeen wins