GLASGOW. Celtic demolishes Aberdeen 6-0 with goals of Yang Hyun-Jun (9′), Kyogo Furuhashi (16′), Luis Palma (77′ pen), David Turnbull (90′), Hyun-gyu Oh (90′) and Hyun-gyu Oh (90′). Celtic was definitely better in terms of ball possession (78%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Celtic Park stadium in Glasgow on Sunday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. The referee was William Collum with the support of Graeme Stewart and Paul McAvinue. The 4th official was Chris Graham. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 5.9 degrees Celsius or 42.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Celtic was in firm control of the ball 78% while Aberdeen was struggling with a 22% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Celtic was more aggressive with 118 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Celtic won the match.
Celtic shot 21 times, 10 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Aberdeen shot 3 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Celtic didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Aberdeen received 3 yellow cards (Kelle Roos, Slobodan Rubežić and Jonny Hayes).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Celtic will have 35 points to hold in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Aberdeen will stay with 12 points like Motherwell to sit in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premiership, Celtic will host St. Mirren on the 13th of April with a 36-3 head to head statistic in favor of Celtic (5 draws).
Aberdeen will host Dundee on the 13th of April with a 18-1 head to head stats in favor of Aberdeen (5 draws).
Celtic – Formation
Celtic
78'
77'
Celtic started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Brendan Rodgers decided to play with the following team: Joe Hart , Alistair Johnston , Cameron Carter-Vickers , Liam Scales , Greg Taylor , Matt O’Riley , Callum McGregor , Odin Thiago Holm , Yang Hyun-Jun , Kyogo Furuhashi and Luis Palma .
The home team had on the bench: Nathaniel Phillips, David Turnbull , Hyun-gyu Oh , Tomoki Iwata , Alexandro Bernabei , Paulo Bernardo, Scott Bain, James Forrest and Anthony Ralston.
Celtic could not rely on the presence of James Forrest (injured).
Substitutions
Celtic made 5 changes: Kyogo Furuhashi for Hyun-gyu Oh (53′), Odin Thiago Holm for David Turnbull (52′), Yang Hyun-Jun for James Forrest (78′), Greg Taylor for Alexandro Bernabei (78′) and Callum McGregor for Tomoki Iwata (81′).
Best player: Matt O’Riley
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Celtic was Matt O’Riley even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 69 passes (84% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 4 crosses.
Aberdeen – Formation
Aberdeen
76'
Aberdeen started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
Barry Robson played with: Kelle Roos , Nicky Devlin , Stefan Gartenmann , Slobodan Rubežić , Richard Jensen , Jack Mackenzie , Dante Polvara , Leighton Clarkson , Graeme Shinnie , Jonny Hayes and Bojan Miovski .
They had on the bench: Connor Barron , Luís Henriques de Barros Lopes , Pape Habib Gueye, Ester Sokler, Vicente Besuijen, Ryan Duncan , Angus MacDonald, Jack Milne and Ross Doohan.
Substitutions
Aberdeen made 3 changes: Graeme Shinnie for Connor Barron (81′), Jonny Hayes for Luís Henriques de Barros Lopes (81′) and Dante Polvara for Ryan Duncan (78′).
Best player: Nicky Devlin
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Aberdeen was Nicky Devlin.
His rating is with 19 passes (53% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 14. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premiership.
