ABERDEEN. Celtic beats Aberdeen 3-1. Celtic was vastly better in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Pittodrie Stadium stadium in Aberdeen on Sunday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Kevin Clancy with the support of David McGeachie and Calum Spence. The 4th official was Graham Grainger. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was cold at 10.45 degrees Celsius or 50.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Celtic was in firm control of the ball 67% while Aberdeen was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Celtic was putting more pressure with 54 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Celtic won the match.​

Aberdeen shot 11 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Celtic shot 16 times, 10 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Aberdeen didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Celtic received 2 yellow cards (David Turnbull and Callum McGregor).

Standings

After this match, Aberdeen stays with 1 points to occupy the 9th place in the standings. Talking about the opposition, Celtic has 6 points (1st).

Next matches

In the next match in the Premiership, Aberdeen will host Dundee on the 13th of April with a 18-1 head to head in favor of Aberdeen (5 draws).

Celtic will host St. Mirren on the 13th of April with a 35-3 head to head statistic in favor of Celtic (5 draws).

Aberdeen – Formation

Aberdeen started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Barry Robson decided to play with the following team: Kelle Roos (6.9), Nicky Devlin (6.6), Slobodan Rubežić, Jack Mackenzie (6.3), Shayden Morris (7.0), Leighton Clarkson (6.8), Graeme Shinnie (6.4), Ryan Duncan (7.6), Dante Polvara (7.5), Bojan Miovski and Luís Henriques de Barros Lopes (7.6).

The home team had on the bench: Connor Barron, Ester Sokler, Vicente Besuijen, Anthony Stewart, Jack Milne, Dadya Or, Ross Doohan, Alfie Bavidge and Tom Ritchie.

Substitutions

Aberdeen made only 1 change substituting Luís Henriques de Barros Lopes for Ester Sokler (78′)​.

Best player: Ryan Duncan​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Aberdeen was Ryan Duncan.

His rating is (7.6) with 22 passes (0% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 6 crosses.

Celtic – Formation

Celtic started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Brendan Rodgers played with: Joe Hart (7.1), Anthony Ralston, Cameron Carter-Vickers (6.9), Maik Nawrocki (7.0), Greg Taylor, Matt O’Riley, Callum McGregor, David Turnbull, Liel Abada (7.6), Kyogo Furuhashi and Daizen Maeda.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Sead Hakšabanović, Yang Hyun-Jun (7.6), Odin Thiago Holm, Tomoki Iwata, Alexandro Bernabei, Scott Bain, Reo Hatate (6.7), James Forrest and Stephen Welsh (6.8).

Celtic could not rely on the presence of Odin Thiago Holm (injured).

Substitutions

Celtic made 5 changes: Cameron Carter-Vickers for Reo Hatate (46′), David Turnbull for Stephen Welsh (46′), Reo Hatate for Odin Thiago Holm (70′), Liel Abada for Yang Hyun-Jun (70′) and Kyogo Furuhashi for James Forrest (86′).

Best player: Liel Abada​

The player that probably impressed the most for Celtic was Liel Abada.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 21 passes (0% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 9. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premiership.​

• Motherwell – Hibernian – 2-1
• Hearts – Kilmarnock – 0-0
• Aberdeen – Celtic – 1-3