Week 25 features a match on Sun Feb 6th, where Motherwell and Celtic will play a match in Motherwell in a meeting of these two Premiership teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, Motherwell recorded a 1-1 draw against St. Mirren. Alexander Gogic struck first for St. Mirren in the 81st minute, then Ross Tierney got the equalizer for Motherwell in the 2nd minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Kaiyne Woolery earning Motherwell at least a draw. Motherwell is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while celtic is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Rangers. Reo Hatate struck first for Celtic in the 5th minute, then Reo Hatate added another in the 42nd minute In the end, Rangers couldn’t muster any offence and Celtic ran away with the shutout win. Celtic is on a hot streak lately, having won 9 of their last 10 matches.
Motherwell and Celtic last played eachother at the Celtic Park on Dec 12th. Celtic was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Tom Rogić struck first for Celtic in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring 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.
Celtic is fortunate enough to have Liel Abada in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals. Kevin van Veen has been the most effective weapon for Motherwell lately. The Dutch attacker has netted two goals in his last five matches.