Falkirk 2–0 Celtic
- Season
- Scottish Premiership
- 2026 · Regular Season - 12
Scottish Premiership: Falkirk beat Celtic 2–0. Goals: Ethan Ross 3', Scott Tanser 38'.
Top rated
The provider's match ratings, out of 10.
How the score moved
The running score, step by step, with every score marked.
- Falkirk
- Celtic
Show as a table
| When | Falkirk | Celtic |
|---|---|---|
| 3′ · Ethan Ross | 1 | 0 |
| 38′ · Scott Tanser | 2 | 0 |
| 90′ | 2 | 0 |
Chances and finishing
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
- Falkirk
- Celtic
FalkirkGoals2xG1.06
- xG per shot
- 0.18
- Goals minus xG
- +0.94
CelticGoals0xG2.83
- xG per shot
- 0.12
- Goals minus xG
- -2.83
How the chances split
Falkirk win 11%Draw 15%Celtic win 74%
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
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| Falkirk | Celtic | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 0 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 1.06 | 2.83 |
| xG per shot | 0.177 | 0.118 |
| Goals minus xG | +0.94 | -2.83 |
| Falkirk win | 11% | |
| Draw | 15% | |
| Celtic win | 74% |
Goals & cards
- 3′
- Owen EamesArgument35′
- 35′Haissem HassanArgument
- Scott TanserAssist: Owen Eames38′
- 62′James ForrestFoul
- 68′Liam ScalesFoul
Key stats
- 30%Ball Possession70%
- 1.06Expected goals2.83
- 6Total Shots24
- 2Shots on goal9
- 0Corner Kicks14
Half by half
- Falkirk
- Celtic
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falkirk | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Celtic | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Facts
From each side's recent results and their meetings, before this match.
- Falkirk: 3 won, 1 drawn, 1 lost in their last 5 matches.
- Falkirk have won their last 3 matches.
- Falkirk have scored in each of their last 5 matches.
- Falkirk kept 2 clean sheets in their last 5 matches.
- Falkirk scored 8 and conceded 4 in their last 5 matches.
- Celtic: 2 won, 1 drawn, 2 lost in their last 5 matches.
- Celtic have scored in each of their last 5 matches.
- Celtic scored 13 and conceded 10 in their last 5 matches.
- Their last meeting: Celtic 2–1 Falkirk.
Recent form
Standings
Premier League
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Celtic | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 28 |
| 2 |  Rangers | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 |
| 3 |  Heart Of Midlothian | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 |
| 4 | Falkirk | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 |  Dundee | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| 6 |  Dundee Utd | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
Timeline
- 3′
- Off: Ryan StrainOn: Jack McMillan5′
- Owen EamesArgument35′
- 35′Haissem HassanArgument
- Scott TanserAssist: Owen Eames38′
- 45′Off: Callum OsmandOn: James Forrest
- Jacob Murrell(VAR)Goal cancelled50′
- 62′James ForrestFoul
- 65′Off: Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainOn: Benjamin Nygren
- 65′Off: Camilo DuranOn: Kasper Hogh
- Off: Scott TanserOn: Connor Allan66′
- 68′Liam ScalesFoul
- Off: Ethan RossOn: Calvin Fodrey73′
- Off: Finley Frank BarbrookOn: Finn Yeats73′
- Off: Owen EamesOn: Conor McLeod73′
- 84′Off: Haissem HassanOn: Sebastian Tounekti
- 84′Off: Mika BaurOn: Luke McCowan
Chances and finishing
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
- Falkirk
- Celtic
FalkirkGoals2xG1.06
- xG per shot
- 0.18
- Goals minus xG
- +0.94
CelticGoals0xG2.83
- xG per shot
- 0.12
- Goals minus xG
- -2.83
How the chances split
Falkirk win 11%Draw 15%Celtic win 74%
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
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| Falkirk | Celtic | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 0 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 1.06 | 2.83 |
| xG per shot | 0.177 | 0.118 |
| Goals minus xG | +0.94 | -2.83 |
| Falkirk win | 11% | |
| Draw | 15% | |
| Celtic win | 74% |
Every shot, and how it ended
Goals, shots the keeper saved, shots off target and shots blocked before they reached goal — then where they were taken from.
- Goals
- Saved
- Off target
- Blocked
Falkirk6 shots231
Celtic24 shots996
- 519Inside the box
- 15Outside the box
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| Falkirk | Celtic | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 0 |
| Saved | 0 | 9 |
| Off target | 3 | 9 |
| Blocked | 1 | 6 |
| Inside the box | 5 | 19 |
| Outside the box | 1 | 5 |
The ball: possession and passing
Who had it, how often they moved it, and how many of those passes found a teammate.
- Falkirk
- Celtic
30%Possession70%
64%168 of 262 passes86%514 of 598 passes
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| Falkirk | Celtic | |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 30% | 70% |
| Passes | 262 | 598 |
| Completed | 168 | 514 |
| Pass accuracy | 64% | 86% |
Discipline
Fouls, cards and offsides, and when each card was shown.
- 1911Fouls
- 13Yellow cards
- 00Red cards
- 23Offsides
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| Falkirk | Celtic | |
|---|---|---|
| Fouls | 19 | 11 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 3 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Offsides | 2 | 3 |
Every player's rating
The provider's match ratings out of ten, one dot per player who featured. Point at a dot for the name.
- Falkirk
- Celtic
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| Player | Team | Rating | Min |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Bain | Falkirk | 9.4 | 90 |
| E. Ross | Falkirk | 7.8 | 73 |
| S. Tanser | Falkirk | 7.3 | 66 |
| H. Hassan | Celtic | 7.2 | 84 |
| C. Carter-Vickers | Celtic | 7.0 | 90 |
| Owen Eames | Falkirk | 7.0 | 73 |
| M. Baur | Celtic | 6.9 | 84 |
| Colby Donovan | Celtic | 6.8 | 90 |
| C. Fodrey | Falkirk | 6.8 | 17 |
| L. Scales | Celtic | 6.7 | 90 |
| D. Meļņiks | Falkirk | 6.7 | 90 |
| C. McGregor | Celtic | 6.6 | 90 |
| J. Murrell | Falkirk | 6.6 | 90 |
| C. Allan | Falkirk | 6.5 | 24 |
| C. McLeod | Falkirk | 6.5 | 17 |
| C. Durán | Celtic | 6.5 | 65 |
| F. Yeats | Falkirk | 6.4 | 17 |
| K. Høgh | Celtic | 6.4 | 25 |
| B. Nygren | Celtic | 6.4 | 25 |
| S. Tounekti | Celtic | 6.3 | 6 |
| A. Oxlade-Chamberlain | Celtic | 6.3 | 65 |
| B. Spencer | Falkirk | 6.3 | 90 |
| L. Neilson | Falkirk | 6.3 | 90 |
| L. Henderson | Falkirk | 6.2 | 90 |
| J. McMillan | Falkirk | 6.2 | 85 |
| L. McCowan | Celtic | 6.2 | 6 |
| K. Tierney | Celtic | 6.1 | 90 |
| R. Strain | Falkirk | 6.1 | 5 |
| J. Forrest | Celtic | 6.1 | 45 |
| Finley Frank Barbrook | Falkirk | 6.0 | 73 |
| S. Johnstone | Celtic | 5.8 | 90 |
| C. Osmand | Celtic | 5.7 | 45 |
The goalkeepers
Saves against shots on target faced; goals prevented is the provider's measure of goals saved beyond what the shots' quality predicted.
100%
S. Bain
S. Bain- Saves
- 9
- Conceded
- 0
- Rating
- 9.4
0%
S. Johnstone
S. Johnstone- Saves
- 0
- Conceded
- 2
- Rating
- 5.8
- Falkirk
- Celtic
Top stats
- 30%Ball Possession70%
- 1.06Expected goals2.83
- 6Total Shots24
- 2Shots on goal9
- 0Corner Kicks14
Shots
- 3Shots off Goal9
- 1Blocked shots6
- 5Shots insidebox19
- 1Shots outsidebox5
Passing
- 262Total passes598
- 168Passes accurate514
- 64%Pass accuracy86%
Defence & set pieces
- 9Goalkeeper Saves0
- 10Free Kicks17
- 2Offsides3
Discipline
- 19Fouls11
- 1Yellow Cards3
- 0Red Cards0
Half by half
- Falkirk
- Celtic
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falkirk | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Celtic | 0 | 0 | 0 |
199.4S. Bain
86.3B. Spencer
216.7D. Meļņiks
246.6J. Murrell
116.5C. Durán
426.6C. McGregor
216.3A. Oxlade-Chamberlain
265.8S. JohnstoneFalkirk4-2-3-1Celtic4-2-3-1Falkirk4-2-3-1Coach: J. McGlynn
Bench
1N. HogarthG
99C. FodreyM
20C. AllanD
9R. MacIverF
27C. McLeodM
4J. McMillanD
7Ben ParkinsonF
10C. SibbaldM
14F. YeatsM
Celtic4-2-3-1Coach: M. O'Neill
Bench
1V. SinisaloG
8B. NygrenF
47D. MurrayD
29Shumaira MheukaF
14L. McCowanM
9K. HøghF
49J. ForrestM
12L. EmenaloD
17S. TounektiF
| 19S. BainG | 90 | 9.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 5L. HendersonD | 90 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17S. TanserD | 66 | 7.3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14F. YeatsM | 17 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10C. SibbaldM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7Ben ParkinsonF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4J. McMillanD | 85 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27C. McLeodM | 17 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9R. MacIverF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20C. AllanD | 24 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99C. FodreyM | 17 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1N. HogarthG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22R. StrainD | 5 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15L. NeilsonD | 90 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21D. MeļņiksM | 90 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8B. SpencerM | 90 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23E. RossM | 73 | 7.8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16Finley Frank BarbrookM | 73 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42Owen EamesM | 73 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 24J. MurrellF | 90 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Premier League
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Celtic | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 28 |
| 2 | Rangers | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 |
| 3 | Heart Of Midlothian | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 |
| 4 | Falkirk | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Dundee | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| 6 | Dundee Utd | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 7 |  ST Johnstone | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 |  ST Mirren | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 9 |  Motherwell | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 10 |  Hibernian | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 11 |  Aberdeen | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 12 |  Kilmarnock | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 |