Week 25 brings us a match on Feb 6th where Motherwell plays host to Celtic in a meeting of these two Premiership teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Motherwell sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against St. Mirren. Alexander Gogic struck first for St. Mirren in the 81st minute on a feed from Connor Ronan, but Tierney got the equalizer for Motherwell in the 2nd minute of the second half’s stoppage time earning them at least the one point. Motherwell is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while 1st placed Celtic is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Rangers. Reo Hatate scored the first goal 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 with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Motherwell couldn’t muster any offence and Celtic ran away with the shutout win.
Abada has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored four goals for Celtic. Kevin van Veen has been the most prolific scorer on Motherwell in the last 5 matches with two goals.