On the 9th of November, Motherwell will host Celtic at Fir Park in a meeting of these two mismatched Premiership teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Motherwell sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Dundee United. Sondre Solholm Johansen struck first for Motherwell in the 22nd minute on a feed from Blair Spittal, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Dundee United couldn’t muster any offence and Motherwell ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while celtic is fresh off their 4-2 win against Dundee United. Sead Hakšabanović struck first for Celtic in the 6th minute on a feed from João Filipe, but Steven Fletcher got the equalizer for Dundee United in the 12th minute , but luckily for Celtic it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn themselves the victory. Celtic looks to continue their winning ways, having 9 wins in their last 10 matches.
Motherwell and Celtic last played eachother at the Celtic Park on Sat Oct 1st. Celtic was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Kyogo Furuhashi scored the first goal for Celtic in the 16th minute, then Josip Juranović tied it up for Motherwell on an own goal in the 36th minute.
Both Giorgos Giakoumakis and Greg Taylor have been the hottest scorers for Celtic in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. Kevin van Veen has been the most prolific scorer on Motherwell in his last 5 matches with three goals.