In this week 18 match, on Sunday Dec 12th, Celtic plays host to Motherwell in a meeting of these two closely matched Premiership teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Celtic sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Dundee United. Tom Rogić struck first for Celtic in the 19th minute, then David Turnbull added another in the 40th minute In the end, Dundee United couldn’t muster any offence and Celtic ran away with the shutout win. Celtic is on a hot streak lately, having won 8 of their last 10 matches, while 5th placed Motherwell is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Hibernian. Kevin Nisbet struck first for Hibernian in the 33rd minute on a feed from Josh Campbell, but Tony Watt got the equalizer for Motherwell in the 60th minute earning them at least the one point. Motherwell is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
On Oct 16th, Motherwell hosted Celtic in their last match together. Celtic won by a score of 2 to 0. João Filipe struck first for Celtic in the 17th minute on a feed from Tom Rogić, then David Turnbull added another in the 52nd minute on a feed from João Filipe In the end, Motherwell was frustrated by Celtic’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Celtic ended the match with the shutout victory.
Both Kevin van Veen and Tony Watt have been the hottest scorers for Motherwell in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. João Filipe has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored four goals for Celtic.