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Matchday

Premiership 25/26 · 5 Oct 2025

Celtic 3–2 Motherwell

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Sep 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
2.3 – 1.0
Actual xG
2.6 – 1.4
Goals
3 – 2

Footybot made Celtic favourites at 67%.

Celtic won and made the better chances: 2.6 xG to 1.4.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Apostolos Stamatelopoulos, 73.9 in 76′.

Well above their usual level: Apostolos Stamatelopoulos +30.1, Johnny Koutroumbis +12.1.

Well below it: Marcelo Saracchi −22.4, Tony Ralston −19.7, Sebastian Tounekti −17.6.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Celtic

2 Oct 2025L 0–2v Sporting Braga Europa League
27 Sep 2025D 0–0v Hibernian Scottish Premiership
24 Sep 2025D 1–1at FK Crvena zvezda Europa League
14 Sep 2025W 2–1at Kilmarnock Scottish Premiership
31 Aug 2025D 0–0at Rangers Scottish Premiership

Motherwell

27 Sep 2025W 2–0v Aberdeen Scottish Premiership
13 Sep 2025D 1–1at Dundee FC Scottish Premiership
30 Aug 2025D 2–2v Kilmarnock Scottish Premiership
23 Aug 2025D 3–3at Heart of Midlothian Scottish Premiership
9 Aug 2025D 0–0at St. Mirren Scottish Premiership

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Celtic

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Benjamin Nygren Forward31100.5476.0–
Michel Ange Balikwisha Forward1201–64.8–
Kieran Tierney Defender26000.0057.3–
Kelechi Iheanacho Forward78100.8255.3+6.4
Cameron Carter-Vickers Defender9000–52.5−8.7
Liam Scales Defender9000–45.1−17.3
Daizen Maeda Forward90100.8844.5+0.9
Callum McGregor Midfielder90000.2739.0−11.6
Kasper Schmeichel Goalkeeper9000–37.5−14.4
Reo Hatate Midfielder5900–34.0−6.7
Sebastian Tounekti Forward6000–33.5−17.6
Arne Engels Midfielder3000–32.0–
Marcelo Saracchi Defender64000.0628.4−22.4
Luke McCowan Midfielder6000–27.3–
Tony Ralston Defender9000–27.0−19.7
James Forrest Midfielder30000.0524.5–

Motherwell

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Apostolos Stamatelopoulos Forward76201.1873.9+30.1
Stephen O'Donnell Defender2200–62.4–
Elliot Watt Midfielder9000–58.2+7.8
Johnny Koutroumbis Defender6800–55.5+12.1
Calum Ward Goalkeeper9000–51.4−5.4
Ibrahim Said Midfielder8000–47.1+2.8
Tawanda Maswanhise Forward90010.1147.1+1.9
Paul McGinn Defender90000.0945.7−6.9
Lukas Fadinger Midfielder9000–45.6+2.1
Emmanuel Longelo Defender90000.0145.0−0.2
Liam Gordon Defender9000–43.4+1.3
Regan Charles-Cook Forward9000–43.0–
Oscar Priestman Midfielder1000–40.0–
Detlef Esapa Osong Forward1400–39.5–