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Premiership Matchday 18 Sun 21 Dec

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Nygren 39′Tierney 88′Forrest 90+2′

Full-time 3:1
Away Aberdeen

Bilalovic 74′Lobban 45+3′

Player of the match Kieran Tierney 8.6

GolVolt ratingWatch it all 8.2/10 more watchable than 82% of Premiership matches Winner at 88′, plenty of chances. How we rate

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The match in 30 seconds

  1. 88'

    The winner came late: Kieran Tierney (Celtic).

Key stats

73% Possession 27%
31 Shots 10
10 On target 2
8 Corners 4
104 Dangerous attacks 19
1 Saves 7
All stats (16)

Why this rating

Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.

How we rate

Winner at 88′, plenty of chances.

  • Dramaweight 50% Winner at 88′.The result hung in the balance and big moments changed the game. Drama: 7.3 out of 10
  • Heroesweight 20% Tierney scored the winner.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 6.9 out of 10
  • Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 5.7 out of 10
  • Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances, 41 shots. Quality of play: 9.2 out of 10

Match ECG

A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.

Worth watching: Watch it all

GolVolt rating 8.2more watchable than 82% of Premiership matches

The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).

Similar matches

A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.

How the match went

4 goals4 cards

Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.

Timeline

  1. 18' Stuart Armstrongyellow card
  2. 39' Goal: Benjamin Nygrenassist: Maeda1:0
  3. 45+1' Arne Engelsyellow card
  4. 45+3' Dylan Lobbanred card
  5. Half-time · 1:0
  6. 53' SubstitutionGyamfi for Keskinen
  7. 54' SubstitutionShinnie for Karlsson
  8. 68' 2 substitutionsBilalovic for LazetićKjartansson for Aouchiche
  9. 69' 2 substitutionsScales for McCowanForrest for Yang
  10. 70' SubstitutionYamada for Kenny
  11. 74' Goal: Kenan Bilalovicassist: Kjartansson1:1
  12. 82' SubstitutionDonovan for Ralston
  13. 84' Alexander Jensenyellow card
  14. 88' Goal: Kieran Tierneyassist: Donovan2:1
  15. 89' SubstitutionNisbet for Jensen
  16. 90+2' Goal: James Forrestassist: McGregor3:1
  17. Full-time · 3:1

Match stats

Shooting

31 Shots 10
10 On target 2
15 Off target 1

Play

73% Possession 27%
8 Corners 4
701 Passes 266
91% Pass accuracy 70%
150 Attacks 39
104 Dangerous attacks 19

Defence

13 Tackles 9
6 Interceptions 6
1 Saves 7

Discipline

12 Fouls 13
3 Offsides 1
1 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 1

Lineups and ratings

The highlighted rating is the player of the match.

Starting XIs · provider ratings

3-4-2-1 –5-4-1
Bench

Celtic

Aberdeen

Match sheet

Stadium
Celtic Park, Glasgow

Player ratings

Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.

  1. Player of the match · Celtic Kieran Tierney 8.63
  2. 2. place · Celtic Benjamin Nygren 8.35
  3. 3. place · Celtic Callum McGregor 8.13
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