In this week 5 match on May 14th, Motherwell will travel to Glasgow to battle Celtic 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 14 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, 1st placed Celtic, recorded a 4-1 win against Hearts. Ellis Simms struck first for Hearts in the 3rd minute, then Daizen Maeda tied it up for Celtic in the 30th minute on a feed from João Filipe Finally they completed the comback victory in the 37th minute on a goal by Kyogo Furuhashi to cap off a wild match. Celtic is on a hot streak lately, with only 0 loss in their last 10 matches, while motherwell sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Ross County. Kevin van Veen struck first for Motherwell in the 68th minute from the penalty spot, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Ross County couldn’t manage to score, and Motherwell took the shutout win. Motherwell looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Celtic won by a score of 4 to 0. Abada struck first for Celtic in the 28th minute on a feed from Reo Hatate, then Tom Rogić added another in the 31st minute In the end, Motherwell couldn’t muster any offence and Celtic ran away with the shutout win.
Motherwell is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Richard Tait and Cornelius each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Matt O’Riley has been the most effective weapon for Celtic lately. The English midfielder has netted 3 goals in his last 5 matches.