FULL-TIMEpublished at 16:53 GMT 21 December 2025
Celtic 3-1 Aberdeen
The first win of the Wilfried Nancy Celtic era.
Image source, SNS| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 14 | 22 | 41 |
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| 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 14 | 15 | 35 |
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| 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 30 |
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| 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 29 |
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| 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 25 |
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| 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 20 | -1 | 24 |
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| 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 26 | -6 | 24 |
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| 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 27 | -3 | 21 |
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| 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 22 | -7 | 17 |
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| 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 32 | -17 | 13 |
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| 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 33 | -16 | 12 |
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| 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 32 | -15 | 9 |
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Manager: Wilfried Nancy
Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
Manager: Jimmy Thelin
Formation: 5 - 4 - 1
Scottish Premiership
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All competitions
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Celtic remain unbeaten in their last 32 meetings with Aberdeen in all competitions (W25 D7) since a 0-1 league defeat in May 2018.
Aberdeen have lost 35 and won just one of their last 38 league visits to Celtic (D2), going winless in their last 12 (D2 L10).
Celtic have lost four successive matches in all competitions for the first time since January 1978 under Jock Stein. In the club’s entire history, only in October 1947 and April 1953 have they ever suffered five defeats in a row.
Since the start of October, Aberdeen have earned more points in the Scottish Premiership than any other side coming into this weekend’s fixtures (23), winning seven of their 10 league games in this time (D2 L1).
Celtic have scored 26 goals from 33.5 expected goals in the Scottish Premiership this season, an underperformance of -7.5. Meanwhile, Aberdeen have scored 18 goals from 22.1 xG, an underperformance of -4.1. These are the two biggest negative xG differences of any sides in Scotland’s top tier in 2025-26.