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Motherwell 1-2 Celtic Glasgow - May 03, 2008 / Premier League 2007/2008

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Premier League 2007/2008 - Round 36

Fir Park - Motherwell - Scotland

May 03, 2008

9 158

Motherwell

1 - 2

Celtic Glasgow

Chris Porter

60'

62'

Scott McDonald

79'

Georgios Samaras

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60' - Goal Chris Porter60

62' - Goal Scott McDonald

65' - Substitution Shunsuke Nakamurais substituted by Scott Brown photo Georgios Samaras

65' - Substitution Vennegoor of Hesselinkis substituted by Georgios Samaras

74' - Substitution Darren Smithis substituted by Ross McCormack74

75' - Substitution Lee Nayloris substituted by Mark Wilson

79' - Goal Georgios Samaras

81' - Substitution David Clarksonis substituted by Stephen Hughes81

86' - Substitution Keith Lasleyis substituted by Jamie Murphy86

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Motherwell

1 - 2

Celtic Glasgow

Motherwell Celtic Glasgow

Team line-ups

Motherwell

Daniels

Luke Daniels

England

B.date05/01/1988

Age20 years

H1m95

positionGoalkeeper

McLean

Brian McLean

Northern Ireland

B.date28/02/1985

Age23 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Malcolm

Robert Malcolm

Scotland

B.date12/11/1980

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Reynolds

Mark Reynolds

Scotland

B.date07/05/1987

Age20 years

H1m80

positionLeft central defender

Craigan

Stephen Craigan

Northern Ireland

B.date29/10/1976

Age31 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Hammell

Steven Hammell

Scotland

B.date18/02/1982

Age26 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Fitzpatrick

Marc Fitzpatrick

Scotland

B.date11/05/1986

Age21 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Lasley86

Keith Lasley

Scotland

B.date21/09/1979

Age28 years

H1m73

positionRight central midfielder

Smith74

Darren Smith

Scotland

B.date27/03/1988

Age20 years

H1m83

positionForward

Clarkson81

David Clarkson

Scotland

B.date10/09/1985

Age22 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Porter60

Chris Porter

England

B.date12/12/1983

Age24 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Luke Daniels		20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian McLean		23	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Malcolm		27	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Reynolds		20	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Craigan		31	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steven Hammell		26	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marc Fitzpatrick		21	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Keith Lasley	86	28	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Darren Smith	74	20	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Clarkson	81	22	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chris Porter	60	24	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Celtic Glasgow

Boruc

Artur Boruc

Poland

B.date20/02/1980

Age28 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Baldé

Dianbobo Baldé

Guinea

B.date05/10/1975

Age32 years

H1m92

positionSweeper

Caldwell

Gary Caldwell

Scotland

B.date12/04/1982

Age26 years

H1m80

positionSweeper

Naylor75

Lee Naylor

England

B.date19/03/1980

Age28 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Hinkel

Andreas Hinkel

Germany

B.date26/03/1982

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Robson

Barry Robson

Scotland

B.date07/11/1978

Age29 years

H1m80

positionLeft Midfielder

Hartley

Paul Hartley

Scotland

B.date19/10/1976

Age31 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Nakamura65

Shunsuke Nakamura

Japan

B.date24/06/1978

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

McGeady

Aiden McGeady

Republic of Ireland

B.date04/04/1986

Age22 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Vennegoor of Hesselink65

Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink

Netherlands

B.date07/11/1978

Age29 years

H1m91

positionStriker

McDonald62

Scott McDonald

Australia

B.date21/08/1983

Age24 years

H1m72

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Artur Boruc		28	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dianbobo Baldé		32	228	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Caldwell		26	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Naylor	75	28	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andreas Hinkel		26	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Barry Robson		29	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Hartley		31	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Shunsuke Nakamura	65	29	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Aiden McGeady		22	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Vennegoor of Hesselink	65	29	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Scott McDonald	62	24	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Stephen Hughes	81	25	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jamie Murphy	86	18	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ross McCormack	74	21	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Mark Wilson	75	23	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Scott Brown	65	22	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Georgios Samaras	7965	23	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Keith Lasley

Stephen Hughes

OUT

Darren Smith

Ross McCormack

OUT

Luke Daniels

Graeme Smith

OUT

Brian McLean

Paul Quinn

OUT

Marc Fitzpatrick

Simon Lappin

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dianbobo Baldé

Stephen McManus

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Mark McGhee

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

McGhee vs Celtic Glasgow

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on May 03, 2008

McGhee vs Strachan

1 victory

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on May 03, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Gordon Strachan

150

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Strachan vs Motherwell

8 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on May 03, 2008

Strachan vs McGhee

4 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 03, 2008

Referee

Steve Conroy

7 victories	2 draws	9 losses	Motherwell18 matches	General total	Celtic Glasgow14 matches	9 victories	5 draws	0 loss
1 victory	0 draw	2 losses	Motherwell3 matches	Season total	Celtic Glasgow1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on February 23, 2011					Latest figure on October 15, 2011

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Key figures

Scott McDonald scored 5 goals vs Motherwell in Premiership with Celtic Glasgow

Celtic Glasgow keeps its 5 consecutive wins running (since 13/04/2008).

No Motherwell manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Mark McGhee has done less than 38% of losses in Premiership.

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LMotherwell 1-2 Dundee FC11/02/2008

VMotherwell 3-1 Inverness20/02/2008

LMotherwell 0-1 Heart of Midlothian23/02/2008

VMotherwell 1-0 Hibernian29/03/2008

LMotherwell 1-4 Celtic Glasgow13/04/2008

DMotherwell 2-2 Dundee United26/04/2008

Overall

LHibernian 1-0 Motherwell12/03/2008

LDundee United 2-0 Motherwell22/03/2008

VMotherwell 1-0 Hibernian29/03/2008

VCeltic Glasgow 0-1 Motherwell05/04/2008

LMotherwell 1-4 Celtic Glasgow13/04/2008

DMotherwell 2-2 Dundee United26/04/2008

Current form

Away

VHibernian 0-2 Celtic Glasgow01/03/2008

LFC Barcelona 1-0 Celtic Glasgow04/03/2008

DAberdeen 1-1 Celtic Glasgow09/03/2008

VGretna FC 0-3 Celtic Glasgow23/03/2008

LGlasgow Rangers 1-0 Celtic Glasgow29/03/2008

VMotherwell 1-4 Celtic Glasgow13/04/2008

Overall

LGlasgow Rangers 1-0 Celtic Glasgow29/03/2008

LCeltic Glasgow 0-1 Motherwell05/04/2008

VMotherwell 1-4 Celtic Glasgow13/04/2008

VCeltic Glasgow 2-1 Glasgow Rangers16/04/2008

VCeltic Glasgow 1-0 Aberdeen19/04/2008

VCeltic Glasgow 3-2 Glasgow Rangers27/04/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	3	4
Conceding streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	4
Unbeaten streak	1	4
Drawless streak	3	8
Scoring streak	1	4
Conceding streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

141	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	23
7	FBDB index ranking (National)	2

Results

33	Number of games (Competition total)	35
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	17
16	Victories (Competition total)	25
8	Victories (Home / Away)	12
5	Draws (Competition total)	5
3	Draws (Home / Away)	1
12	Losses (Competition total)	5
5	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

44	Goals scored (Competition total)	79
26	Goals scored (Home / Away)	39
41	Goals conceded (Competition total)	25
22	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	18
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.26
1.63	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.29
1.24	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.71
1.38	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.06

Betting aid

18	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	22
10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	11
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	17
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	5
9	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
16	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	4-1 (2 times)

Bookings

56	Yellow cards (Competition total)	56
24	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	34
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

David Clarkson	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	23 goals	Scott McDonald
David Clarkson	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	10 goals	Scott McDonald
Ross McCormack	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Scott McDonald
Ross McCormack	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Scott McDonald
Chris Porter	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	10 goals during the last 16 matches	Scott McDonald

Historical head to head

Home

122 matches

28 v

33 d

61 l

156 gf

253 ga

Away

122 matches

20 v

19 d

83 l

115 gf

273 ga

Neutral ground

8 matches

1 v

4 d

3 l

10 gf

15 ga

Total

252 matches

49 v

56 d

147 l

281 gf

541 ga

Historical head to head

Home

122 matches

83 v

19 d

20 l

273 gf

115 ga

Away

122 matches

61 v

33 d

28 l

253 gf

156 ga

Neutral ground

8 matches

3 v

4 d

1 l

15 gf

10 ga

Total

252 matches

147 v

56 d

49 l

541 gf

281 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	April 30, 1937
Home	8 - 0	April 30, 1937

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	September 18, 1982
Away	7 - 0	September 18, 1982

Latest head to head

April 13, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Motherwell

1 - 4

Celtic Glasgow logo Celtic Glasgow

April 05, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Celtic Glasgow

0 - 1

Motherwell logo Motherwell

October 27, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Celtic Glasgow

3 - 0

Motherwell logo Motherwell

April 07, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Celtic Glasgow

1 - 0

Motherwell logo Motherwell

December 30, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

Motherwell

1 - 1

Celtic Glasgow logo Celtic Glasgow

Best historical scorers against Celtic Glasgow

Scott McDonald	4 goals	2005 - 2006
Jim Hamilton	2 goals	2005 - 2006
Darren Smith	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Derek Adams	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Simon Lappin	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Richie Foran	1 goal	2004 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/10/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Motherwell

Henrik Larsson	14 goals	1997 - 2004
Stilian Petrov	7 goals	2000 - 2005
John Hartson	7 goals	2002 - 2006
Paul Lambert	5 goals	1998 - 2003
Craig Burley	5 goals	1997 - 1999
Scott McDonald	4 goals	2007 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/10/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Celtic Glasgow

Stephen Craigan	17 matches	2003 - 2008
Martyn Corrigan	16 matches	2001 - 2007
Steven Hammell	16 matches	2001 - 2008
David Clarkson	14 matches	2003 - 2007
Paul Quinn	12 matches	2002 - 2008
Scott McDonald	9 matches	2004 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/10/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Motherwell

Jackie McNamara	24 matches	1996 - 2005
Henrik Larsson	21 matches	1997 - 2004
Stilian Petrov	21 matches	1999 - 2006
Paul Lambert	20 matches	1997 - 2004
Neil Lennon	17 matches	2001 - 2007
Tommy Boyd	17 matches	1996 - 2002