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Falkirk
Celtic vs Falkirk: match report
Celtic hosted Falkirk at Celtic Park on Saturday 29 August 2026, in the SPFL Premiership (round 4). Celtic are without 1 player (Reo Hatate); Falkirk have no reported absences. Chris Graham is the referee, averaging 4.1 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.3.
Result and scorers
Celtic 2-1 Falkirk. Goals: Camilo Durán 4' for Celtic; Camilo Durán 29' for Celtic; Colby Donovan 72' (own goal) for Falkirk.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 4' Goal: Camilo Durán (Celtic)
- 29' Goal: Camilo Durán (Celtic)
- 35' Yellow card: Lewis Neilson (Falkirk)
- 44' Yellow card: Leon Mccann (Falkirk)
- 45'+2' Yellow card: Colby Donovan (Celtic)
- 72' Own goal: Colby Donovan (Falkirk)
- 77' Yellow card: Connor Mcleod (Falkirk)
- 82' Yellow card: Aodhan Doherty (Falkirk)
Match stats (contains the result)
| 55.8% | Possession | 44.2% |
| 19 | Shots | 5 |
| 8 | Shots on target | 1 |
| 6 | Corners | 3 |
| 7 | Fouls | 14 |
| 2 | Offsides | 3 |
| 1 | Saves | 6 |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 4 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
Celtic 4-2-3-1
Coach: Martin O'Neill
- 1 Viljami Sinisalo GK
- 51 Colby Donovan DEF
- 20 Cameron Carter-Vickers DEF
- 5 Liam Scales DEF
- 63 Kieran Tierney DEF
- 22 Mika Baur MID
- 21 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain MID
- 23 Haissem Hassan FWD
- 8 Benjamin Nygren MID
- 13 Hyun-Jun Yang FWD
- 11 Camilo Durán FWD
Bench
- 49 James Forrest FWD
- 6 Auston Trusty DEF
- 19 Callum Osmand FWD
- 14 Luke McCowan MID
- 17 Sebastian Tounekti FWD
- 31 Ross Doohan GK
- 47 Dane Murray DEF
- 62 Liam Kennedy MID
- 24 Johnny Kenny FWD
Falkirk 4-2-3-1
Coach: John McGlynn
- 19 Scott Bain GK
- 22 Ryan Strain MID
- 15 Lewis Neilson DEF
- 5 Liam Henderson DEF
- 3 Leon McCann DEF
- 16 Finley Barbrook MID
- 8 Brad Spencer MID
- 23 Ethan Ross FWD
- 28 Ben Krauhaus MID
- 99 CJ Fodrey FWD
- 7 Ben Parkinson FWD
Bench
- 24 Jacob Murrell FWD
- 27 Conor McLeod MID
- 17 Scott Tanser MID
- 47 Aodhan Doherty FWD
- 21 Deniss Melniks DEF
- 1 Nicky Hogarth GK
- 6 Coll Donaldson DEF
- 4 Jack McMillan MID
- 9 Ross MacIver FWD
Injuries and suspensions
Celtic
- Reo Hatate injury, back About a week
Falkirk
No reported absences.
Previous meetings
- Saturday 25 April 2026: Celtic 3-1 Falkirk
- Sunday 1 February 2026: Celtic 2-0 Falkirk
- Wednesday 14 January 2026: Falkirk 0-1 Celtic
- Wednesday 29 October 2025: Celtic 4-0 Falkirk
- Friday 15 August 2025: Celtic 4-1 Falkirk