Celtic v Motherwell: Scottish Premiership 2025-26, 5 October 2025
Scottish Premiership · Sun 5 Oct 2025 · Celtic Park
- Kelechi Iheanacho 28' (pen)
- Benjamin Nygren 69'
- Daizen Maeda 90+2'
- Apostolos Stamatelopoulos 40'
- Apostolos Stamatelopoulos 56' (pen)
The story
Celtic beat Motherwell 3-2 at Celtic Park in the Scottish Premiership, matchday 7.
Celtic's goals came from Kelechi Iheanacho (28', pen), Benjamin Nygren (69') and Daizen Maeda (90+2'); Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (40', 56', pen) replied for Motherwell.
It was 1-1 at half-time. Celtic came from behind to win.
Celtic had 62% of the ball and 16 shots to Motherwell's 5.
Match stats
Key moments
- 28' Kelechi Iheanacho Penalty · Celtic 1-0
- 40' Apostolos Stamatelopoulos Goal · Motherwell 1-1 Assist: Tawanda Maswanhise
- 56' Apostolos Stamatelopoulos Penalty · Motherwell 1-2
- 69' Benjamin Nygren Goal · Celtic 2-2
- 90+2' Daizen Maeda Goal · Celtic 3-2 Assist: Michel-Ange Balikwisha
Line-ups
Celtic
- Kasper SchmeichelGoalkeeper
- Marcelo Saracchioff 64'Defender
- Cameron Carter-VickersDefender
- Liam ScalesDefender
- Anthony RalstonDefender
- Callum McGregorMidfielder
- Reo Hatateoff 59'Midfielder
- Daizen MaedaForward
- Kelechi Iheanachooff 78'Forward
- Luke McCowanoff 60'Forward
- Sebastian Tounektioff 60'Forward
Motherwell
- Calum WardGoalkeeper
- Emmanuel LongeloDefender
- John Koutroumbisoff 68'Defender
- Paul McGinnDefender
- Liam GordonDefender
- Tawanda MaswanhiseMidfielder
- Regan Charles-CookMidfielder
- Lukas FadingerMidfielder
- Elliot WattMidfielder
- Ibrahim Saidoff 80'Forward
- Apostolos Stamatelopoulosoff 76'Forward
Full timeline
Every goal and card (7)
- 28' ⚽ Kelechi Iheanacho (pen)
- 40' ⚽ Apostolos Stamatelopoulosassist Tawanda Maswanhise
- 56' ⚽ Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (pen)
- 69' ⚽ Benjamin Nygren
- 72' 🟨 Arne Engels
- 90+2' ⚽ Daizen Maedaassist Michel-Ange Balikwisha
- 90+8' 🟨 Daizen Maeda
Head to head
5Celtic wins0Draws1Motherwell wins
