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Dundee United 2-1 Celtic Glasgow - December 21, 2014 / Scottish Premiership 2014/2015

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1' - Yellow card Nadir Ciftci1

5' - Goal Nadir Ciftci5

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60' - Substitution Anthony Stokesis substituted by Kris Commons photo Stefan Scepovic

60' - Substitution John Guidettiis substituted by Stefan Scepovic

65' - Goal Stuart Armstrong65

78' - Substitution Nir Bitonis substituted by Leigh Griffiths

80' - Yellow card Leigh Griffiths

82' - Substitution Nadir Ciftciis substituted by Ryan Dow82

87' - Goal Leigh Griffiths

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Dundee United

2 - 1

Celtic Glasgow

Dundee United Celtic Glasgow

Team line-ups

Dundee United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Ciftci5821

Nadir Ciftci

Turkey

B.date12/02/1992

Age22 years

H1m85

positionOffensive Midfielder

17Erskine

Chris Erskine

Scotland

B.date08/02/1987

Age27 years

positionLeft Midfielder

10Armstrong65

Stuart Armstrong

Scotland

B.date30/03/1992

Age22 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

24Spittal

Blair Spittal

Scotland

B.date19/12/1995

Age19 years

H1m83

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

8Rankin

John Rankin

Scotland

B.date27/06/1983

Age31 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

20Butcher

Calum Butcher

England

B.date26/02/1991

Age23 years

H1m96

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Townsend

Conor Townsend

England

B.date04/03/1993

Age21 years

H1m68

positionLeft full-back

5Fojut

Jaroslaw Fojut

Poland

B.date17/10/1987

Age27 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

14Morris

Callum Morris

Northern Ireland

B.date03/02/1990

Age24 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

2Dillon

Sean Dillon

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/07/1983

Age31 years

H1m83

positionVersatile Defender

1Cierzniak

Radoslaw Cierzniak

Poland

B.date24/04/1983

Age31 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Radoslaw Cierzniak		31	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Sean Dillon		31	273	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Jaroslaw Fojut		27	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Callum Morris		24	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Conor Townsend		21	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Calum Butcher		23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	John Rankin		31	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Chris Erskine		27	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Nadir Ciftci	5821	22	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Stuart Armstrong	65	22	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Blair Spittal		19	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Celtic Glasgow

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10Stokes60

Anthony Stokes

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/07/1988

Age26 years

H1m80

positionStriker

9Guidetti60

John Guidetti

Sweden

B.date15/04/1992

Age22 years

H1m85

positionStriker

25Johansen

Stefan Johansen

Norway

B.date08/01/1991

Age23 years

H1m82

positionCentre Midfield

49Forrest

James Forrest

Scotland

B.date07/07/1991

Age23 years

H1m75

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

8Brown

Scott Brown

Scotland

B.date25/06/1985

Age29 years

H1m65

positionRight central midfielder

6Biton78

Nir Biton

Israel

B.date30/10/1991

Age23 years

H1m96

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Izaguirre

Emilio Izaguirre

Honduras

B.date10/05/1986

Age28 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

5van Dijk

Virgil van Dijk

Netherlands

B.date08/07/1991

Age23 years

H1m93

positionLeft central defender

4Ambrose

Efe Ambrose

Nigeria

B.date18/10/1988

Age26 years

H1m90

positionRight central defender

2Matthews

Adam Matthews

Wales

B.date13/01/1992

Age22 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

26Gordon

Craig Gordon

Scotland

B.date31/12/1982

Age31 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
26	G	Craig Gordon		31	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Efe Ambrose		26	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Virgil van Dijk		23	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Emilio Izaguirre		28	182	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Adam Matthews		22	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Nir Biton	78	23	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Scott Brown		29	300	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Stefan Johansen		23	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
49	M	James Forrest		23	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Anthony Stokes	60	26	179	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	John Guidetti	60	22	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

113

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
18	M		Ryan Dow	82	23	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
15	M	Kris Commons	60	31	170	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	F	Leigh Griffiths	877880	24	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Stefan Scepovic	60	24	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Blair Spittal

Ryan Dow

OUT

Callum Morris

John Souttar

OUT

Calum Butcher

Paul Paton

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Jackie McNamara

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

McNamara vs Celtic Glasgow

1 victory

1 draw

7 losses

Latest figure on December 21, 2014

McNamara vs Deila

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 21, 2014

Manager

Age

Match num

Ronny Deila

Success rate in this team:

63 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Deila vs Dundee United

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 21, 2014

Deila vs McNamara

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 21, 2014

Referee

Steven McLean

19 victories	11 draws	21 losses	Dundee United51 matches	General total	Celtic Glasgow42 matches	31 victories	5 draws	6 losses
4 victories	0 draw	2 losses	Dundee United6 matches	Season total	Celtic Glasgow3 matches	1 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on May 03, 2024					Latest figure on April 13, 2024

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Key figures

It's the first time Nadir Ciftci scores 1 goal vs Celtic Glasgow in his professional career

End of streak for Celtic Glasgow after 17 matches with only one goal conceded at most in Premiership (since 11/05/2014). It was the best streak for the club since 05/10/2013-22/02/2014 (19 matches).

Leigh Griffiths played his game number 10 vs in his professional career

Read the next 14 key stats

General ranking

	1	Celtic Glasgow	38 pts	17 rd
+3	2	Dundee United	34 pts	17 rd
-1	3	Aberdeen	34 pts	17 rd
-1	4	Hamilton Academical	33 pts	17 rd
-1	5	Inverness	32 pts	17 rd

General ranking

	1	Celtic Glasgow	38 pts	17 rd
+3	2	Dundee United	34 pts	17 rd
-1	3	Aberdeen	34 pts	17 rd
-1	4	Hamilton Academical	33 pts	17 rd
-1	5	Inverness	32 pts	17 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VDundee United 1-0 Dundee FC24/09/2014

VDundee United 2-0 St. Johnstone27/09/2014

VDundee United 1-0 Partick Thistle18/10/2014

VDundee United 3-0 St. Mirren01/11/2014

VDundee United 3-1 Kilmarnock22/11/2014

LDundee United 0-2 Aberdeen13/12/2014

Overall

VDundee United 3-0 St. Mirren01/11/2014

LMotherwell 1-0 Dundee United07/11/2014

VDundee United 3-1 Kilmarnock22/11/2014

VMotherwell 1-2 Dundee United29/11/2014

VRoss County 2-3 Dundee United05/12/2014

LDundee United 0-2 Aberdeen13/12/2014

Current form

Away

VRoss County 0-5 Celtic Glasgow18/10/2014

DAstra Giurgiu 1-1 Celtic Glasgow06/11/2014

VAberdeen 1-2 Celtic Glasgow09/11/2014

VHeart of Midlothian 0-4 Celtic Glasgow30/11/2014

VMotherwell 0-1 Celtic Glasgow06/12/2014

LDinamo Zagreb 4-3 Celtic Glasgow11/12/2014

Overall

LCeltic Glasgow 1-3 Red Bull Salzburg27/11/2014

VHeart of Midlothian 0-4 Celtic Glasgow30/11/2014

VCeltic Glasgow 1-0 Partick Thistle03/12/2014

VMotherwell 0-1 Celtic Glasgow06/12/2014

LDinamo Zagreb 4-3 Celtic Glasgow11/12/2014

VCeltic Glasgow 4-1 St. Mirren14/12/2014

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	6	6
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	4	8
Scoring streak	9	14
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

5	General ranking (Competition total)	1
3	General ranking (Home / Away)	1
309	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	70
5	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

16	Number of games (Competition total)	16
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	7
10	Victories (Competition total)	12
6	Victories (Home / Away)	5
1	Draws (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
5	Losses (Competition total)	2
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

28	Goals scored (Competition total)	33
14	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
19	Goals conceded (Competition total)	10
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
1.75	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.06
1.75	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1.19	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.63
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.57

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
6	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
1-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (2 times)

Bookings

29	Yellow cards (Competition total)	16
12	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	8
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Nadir Ciftci	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Anthony Stokes
Nadir Ciftci	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Anthony Stokes
Nadir Ciftci	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Kris Commons
Nadir Ciftci	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Nir Biton
Paul Paton	4 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	5 assists	Anthony Stokes
Gary Mackay-Steven	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Stefan Johansen
Nadir Ciftci	7 goals, 2 assists during the last 16 matches	The fittest player	5 goals, 4 assists during the last 10 matches	Anthony Stokes

Historical head to head

Home

97 matches

29 v

20 d

48 l

122 gf

174 ga

Away

101 matches

9 v

28 d

64 l

84 gf

213 ga

Neutral ground

12 matches

1 v

1 d

10 l

9 gf

27 ga

Total

210 matches

39 v

49 d

122 l

215 gf

414 ga

Historical head to head

Home

101 matches

64 v

28 d

9 l

213 gf

84 ga

Away

97 matches

48 v

20 d

29 l

174 gf

122 ga

Neutral ground

12 matches

10 v

1 d

1 l

27 gf

9 ga

Total

210 matches

122 v

49 d

39 l

414 gf

215 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	October 26, 1985
Home	3 - 0	May 08, 1982

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	March 01, 1930
Away	5 - 0	March 30, 1968

Latest head to head

August 16, 2014 - Scottish Premiership 2014/2015

Celtic Glasgow

6 - 1

Dundee United logo Dundee United

May 11, 2014 - Scottish Premiership 2013/2014

Celtic Glasgow

3 - 1

Dundee United logo Dundee United

April 05, 2014 - Scottish Premiership 2013/2014

Dundee United

0 - 2

Celtic Glasgow logo Celtic Glasgow

November 02, 2013 - Scottish Premiership 2013/2014

Celtic Glasgow

1 - 1

Dundee United logo Dundee United

August 31, 2013 - Scottish Premiership 2013/2014

Dundee United

0 - 1

Celtic Glasgow logo Celtic Glasgow

Best historical scorers against Celtic Glasgow

Eamonn Bannon	9 goals	1983 - 1987
David Dodds	8 goals	1982 - 1986
Kevin Gallacher	7 goals	1986 - 1989
Paul Sturrock	6 goals	1982 - 1984
Kjell Olofsson	5 goals	1997 - 1998
Duncan Ferguson	4 goals	1991 - 1993

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/05/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Dundee United

Henrik Larsson	19 goals	1997 - 2004
Chris Sutton	13 goals	2000 - 2005
Anthony Stokes	11 goals	2011 - 2014
John Hartson	10 goals	2001 - 2006
Charly Nicholas	10 goals	1982 - 1992
Gary Hooper	9 goals	2010 - 2013

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/05/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Celtic Glasgow

Maurice Malpas	74 matches	1982 - 2000
Dave Narey	47 matches	1981 - 1994
David Bowman	39 matches	1986 - 1998
Jim McInally	36 matches	1987 - 1997
Paul Hegarty	35 matches	1981 - 1989
Eamonn Bannon	31 matches	1981 - 1988

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/05/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Dundee United

Paul McStay	60 matches	1982 - 1997
Pat Bonner	50 matches	1981 - 1995
Peter Grant	43 matches	1984 - 1997
Roy Aitken	38 matches	1981 - 1989
Tommy Boyd	31 matches	1992 - 2002
Tommy Burns	30 matches	1981 - 1989

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/05/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

David Hannah

182 matches

51 matches

1993 - 2002

Barry Robson

166 matches

55 matches

2003 - 2010

Mark Wilson

157 matches

130 matches

2002 - 2014

Willo Flood

152 matches

9 matches

2007 - 2013

Steven Pressley

126 matches

25 matches

1995 - 2007

Darren Jackson

111 matches

46 matches

1988 - 1998

Total : 18 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/09/1973. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Charlie Mulgrew

14 matches

186 matches

2006 - 2014

Mark Wilson

157 matches

130 matches

2002 - 2014

Barry Robson

166 matches

55 matches

2003 - 2010

David Hannah

182 matches

51 matches

1993 - 2002

Lukasz Zaluska

63 matches

49 matches

2008 - 2014

Darren Jackson

111 matches

46 matches

1988 - 1998

Total : 18 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/09/1973. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 20, 2014

Aberdeen

1 0

Kilmarnock

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Celtic Glasgow	38	17	12	2	3	34	12	+22
+32	Dundee United	34	17	11	1	5	30	20	+10
-13	Aberdeen	34	17	11	1	5	26	17	+9
-14	Hamilton Academical	33	17	10	3	4	30	18	+12
-15	Inverness	32	17	10	2	5	24	18	+6
6	St. Johnstone	26	17	8	2	7	15	17	-2
7	Dundee FC	21	17	5	6	6	22	22	0
8	Kilmarnock	21	17	6	3	8	17	22	-5
9	Partick Thistle	20	17	5	5	7	23	20	+3
10	Motherwell	14	17	4	2	11	12	27	-15
11	Ross County	9	17	2	3	12	17	37	-20
12	St. Mirren	8	17	2	2	13	11	31	-20

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Dundee United 2-1 Celtic Glasgow - December 21, 2014 / Scottish Premiership 2014/2015

Dundee United

2 - 1

Celtic Glasgow

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

McNamara vs Celtic Glasgow

McNamara vs Deila

Manager

Deila vs Dundee United

Deila vs McNamara

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Celtic Glasgow

Best historical scorers against Dundee United

Players with most games played vs Celtic Glasgow

Players with most games played vs Dundee United

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking