Motherwell vs Celtic 0-2

Celtic left Fir Park with a 2-0 win, built on a goal in each half. Camilo Duran opened the scoring in the 9th minute and Benjamin Nygren added the second on 58 minutes.

Duran put Celtic ahead on 9 minutes to make it 1-0, and the visitors carried that lead into half-time after Motherwell had found no way through. Joe Hodge was booked for Motherwell in the 41st minute.

Motherwell stayed in the match until Nygren finished off Kasper Hogh’s assist on 58 minutes to make it 2-0. Motherwell then made two changes on 71 minutes, sending on Jardell Kanga for Sebastian Palmer-Houlden and Eythor Bjørgolfsson for Dylan Levitt, before Celtic made three changes across 73 and 74 minutes and another on 78. Motherwell made two more changes on 83 minutes, but they did not unsettle Celtic’s lead.

Celtic had 56% of the possession, 754 passes to Motherwell’s 385 and 26 shots to 8, with 15 on target compared with 2. They also led expected goals 3.07 to 1.09, had 9 corners to 2 and needed only 2 saves from Motherwell’s goalkeeper, while Motherwell’s keeper made 12. Motherwell had 2 offsides to Celtic’s 1.

Motherwell had one booking, Joe Hodge on 41 minutes. Celtic had two yellow cards, with Kieran Tierney booked in the 82nd minute and Jordan Lotomba in the 85th.