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Celtic Glasgow 3-0 Aberdeen - April 20, 1997 / Premier Division 1996/1997

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Premier Division 1996/1997 - Round 34

Celtic Park - Glasgow - Scotland

April 20, 1997

47 293

3 - 0

Aberdeen

Jorge Paulo Cadete

24'

Simon Donnelly

51'

Jorge Paulo Cadete

63'

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24' - Goal Jorge Paulo Cadete24

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51' - Goal Simon Donnelly51

56' - Substitution Dean Windassis substituted by Michael Craig photo Joe Miller

56' - Substitution Billy Doddsis substituted by Joe Miller

63' - Goal Jorge Paulo Cadete63

69' - Substitution Paolo Di Caniois substituted by Brian McLaughlin69

69' - Substitution Stephen Glassis substituted by Duncan Shearer

76' - Substitution Phil O'Donnellis substituted by Chris Hay76

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Celtic Glasgow

3 - 0

Aberdeen

Celtic Glasgow Aberdeen

Team line-ups

Celtic Glasgow

Kerr

Stewart Kerr

Scotland

B.date13/11/1974

Age22 years

positionGoalkeeper

Boyd

Tommy Boyd

Scotland

B.date24/11/1965

Age31 years

H1m80

positionLeft central defender

Stubbs

Alan Stubbs

England

B.date06/10/1971

Age25 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

McKinlay

Tosh McKinlay

Scotland

B.date03/12/1964

Age32 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

McNamara

Jackie McNamara

Scotland

B.date24/10/1973

Age23 years

H1m75

positionFull-back

O'Donnell76

Phil O'Donnell

Scotland

B.date25/03/1972

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Hannah

David Hannah

Scotland

B.date04/08/1974

Age22 years

H1m81

positionVersatile Midfielder

Donnelly51

Simon Donnelly

Scotland

B.date01/12/1974

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Di Canio69

Paolo Di Canio

Italy

B.date09/07/1968

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

Cadete2463

Jorge Paulo Cadete

Portugal

B.date27/08/1968

Age28 years

H1m77

positionStriker

Thom

Andreas Thom

Germany

B.date07/09/1965

Age31 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Stewart Kerr		22	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Boyd		31	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Stubbs		25	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tosh McKinlay		32	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jackie McNamara		23	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Phil O'Donnell	76	25	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Hannah		22	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Simon Donnelly	51	22	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paolo Di Canio	69	28	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jorge Paulo Cadete	2463	28	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andreas Thom		31	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Aberdeen

Stillie

Derek Stillie

Scotland

B.date03/12/1973

Age23 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Tzvetanov

Tzanko Tzvetanov

Bulgaria

B.date06/01/1970

Age27 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Kombouaré

Antoine Kombouaré

France

B.date16/11/1963

Age33 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

Anderson

Russell Anderson

Scotland

B.date25/10/1978

Age18 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

Buchan

Jamie Buchan

Scotland

B.date03/04/1977

Age20 years

positionDefender

Inglis

John Inglis

Scotland

B.date16/10/1966

Age30 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Woodthorpe

Colin Woodthorpe

England

B.date13/01/1969

Age28 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Windass56

Dean Windass

England

B.date01/04/1969

Age28 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Glass69

Stephen Glass

Scotland

B.date23/05/1976

Age20 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Rowson

David Rowson

Scotland

B.date14/09/1976

Age20 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Dodds56

Billy Dodds

Scotland

B.date05/02/1969

Age28 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Derek Stillie		23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tzanko Tzvetanov		27	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Antoine Kombouaré		33	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Russell Anderson		18	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Buchan		20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Inglis		30	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Woodthorpe		28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dean Windass	56	28	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Glass	69	20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Rowson		20	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Billy Dodds	56	28	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Chris Hay	76	22	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Brian McLaughlin	69	22	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Joe Miller	56	29	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Duncan Shearer	69	34	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Craig	56	19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Tommy Burns

134

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Burns vs Aberdeen

9 victories

4 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on April 20, 1997

Burns vs Aitken

8 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 20, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Roy Aitken

104

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Aitken vs Celtic Glasgow

1 victory

1 draw

8 losses

Latest figure on April 20, 1997

Aitken vs Burns

1 victory

1 draw

8 losses

Latest figure on April 20, 1997

Referee

Thomas Michael McCurry

36 victories	8 draws	4 losses	Celtic Glasgow48 matches	General total	Aberdeen28 matches	3 victories	10 draws	15 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Celtic Glasgow1 match	Season total	Aberdeen1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 21, 2008					Latest figure on March 21, 2009

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Key figures

Only back at the time of David Hay head of Celtic Glasgow (01/07/1983-01/07/1987), you can see a manager go over Tommy Burns with 1.76 goals scored per game in Premiership (2.07).

No Aberdeen manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Roy Aitken has reached 37% of losses in Premiership.

Celtic Glasgow keeps its 10 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home running (since 04/01/1997). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 16/12/1995-07/09/1996 time period (15 matches).

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCeltic Glasgow 2-0 Raith Rovers06/02/1997

VCeltic Glasgow 2-0 Hibernian26/02/1997

VCeltic Glasgow 2-0 Heart of Midlothian01/03/1997

VCeltic Glasgow 2-0 Glasgow Rangers06/03/1997

LCeltic Glasgow 0-1 Glasgow Rangers16/03/1997

DCeltic Glasgow 1-1 Falkirk12/04/1997

Overall

VCeltic Glasgow 2-0 Glasgow Rangers06/03/1997

LKilmarnock 2-0 Celtic Glasgow11/03/1997

LCeltic Glasgow 0-1 Glasgow Rangers16/03/1997

DDunfermline Athletic 2-2 Celtic Glasgow22/03/1997

DRaith Rovers 1-1 Celtic Glasgow05/04/1997

DCeltic Glasgow 1-1 Falkirk12/04/1997

Current form

Away

DRaith Rovers 2-2 Aberdeen18/01/1997

DHibernian 2-2 Aberdeen23/01/1997

DMotherwell 2-2 Aberdeen08/02/1997

LDunfermline Athletic 3-0 Aberdeen22/02/1997

LHibernian 3-1 Aberdeen22/03/1997

DHeart of Midlothian 0-0 Aberdeen12/04/1997

Overall

LDunfermline Athletic 3-0 Aberdeen22/02/1997

DAberdeen 2-2 Glasgow Rangers01/03/1997

DAberdeen 1-1 Dundee United15/03/1997

LHibernian 3-1 Aberdeen22/03/1997

DAberdeen 0-0 Motherwell05/04/1997

DHeart of Midlothian 0-0 Aberdeen12/04/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	2	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	9	8
Goalless streak	1	2
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

32	Number of games (Competition total)	33
15	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
20	Victories (Competition total)	9
12	Victories (Home / Away)	4
5	Draws (Competition total)	13
1	Draws (Home / Away)	5
7	Losses (Competition total)	11
2	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

69	Goals scored (Competition total)	42
42	Goals scored (Home / Away)	19
31	Goals conceded (Competition total)	50
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	31
2.16	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.27
2.8	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.19
0.97	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.52
0.6	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.94

Betting aid

19	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	21
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	12
11	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
8	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	13
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
16	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
1-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-2 (4 times)

Bookings

26	Yellow cards (Competition total)	5
14	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	4
4	Red cards (Competition total)	0
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Jorge Paulo Cadete	20 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Billy Dodds
Jorge Paulo Cadete	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Billy Dodds
Paolo Di Canio	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Paolo Di Canio	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Jorge Paulo Cadete	16 goals during the last 17 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 25 matches	Billy Dodds

Historical head to head

Home

111 matches

64 v

25 d

22 l

208 gf

113 ga

Away

115 matches

34 v

36 d

45 l

136 gf

159 ga

Neutral ground

6 matches

1 v

1 d

4 l

5 gf

8 ga

Total

232 matches

99 v

62 d

71 l

349 gf

280 ga

Historical head to head

Home

115 matches

45 v

36 d

34 l

159 gf

136 ga

Away

111 matches

22 v

25 d

64 l

113 gf

208 ga

Neutral ground

6 matches

4 v

1 d

1 l

8 gf

5 ga

Total

232 matches

71 v

62 d

99 l

280 gf

349 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	January 30, 1965
Home	8 - 0	January 30, 1965

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	January 14, 1950
Away	5 - 1	January 02, 1947

Latest head to head

December 26, 1996 - Premier Division 1996/1997

Aberdeen

1 - 2

Celtic Glasgow logo Celtic Glasgow

November 02, 1996 - Premier Division 1996/1997

Celtic Glasgow

1 - 0

Aberdeen

August 10, 1996 - Premier Division 1996/1997

Aberdeen

2 - 2

Celtic Glasgow logo Celtic Glasgow

April 01, 1996 - Premier Division 1995/1996

Celtic Glasgow

5 - 0

Aberdeen

January 14, 1996 - Premier Division 1995/1996

Aberdeen

1 - 2

Celtic Glasgow logo Celtic Glasgow

Best historical scorers against Aberdeen

Andreas Thom	2 goals	1995 - 1996
Paolo Di Canio	2 goals	1996 - 1996
John Collins	2 goals	1995 - 1995
Willie Wallace	2 goals	1967 - 1967
Paul McStay	1 goal	1984 - 1984
Kenny Dalglish	1 goal	1976 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/04/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Celtic Glasgow

Derek McKay	2 goals	1970 - 1970
Eric Black	1 goal	1984 - 1984
Andrew Jarvie	1 goal	1976 - 1976
Joe Harper	1 goal	1970 - 1970
Mark McGhee	1 goal	1984 - 1984
David Robb	1 goal	1976 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/04/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aberdeen

Peter Grant	5 matches	1990 - 1996
Tommy Boyd	4 matches	1995 - 1996
Tosh McKinlay	4 matches	1995 - 1996
Paul McStay	3 matches	1984 - 1996
Bobby Lennox	3 matches	1967 - 1976
Simon Donnelly	3 matches	1995 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/04/1967. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Celtic Glasgow

Stewart McKimmie	2 matches	1984 - 1990
Willie Miller	2 matches	1976 - 1984
Alex McLeish	2 matches	1984 - 1990
Bobby Clark	2 matches	1970 - 1976
Arthur Graham	2 matches	1970 - 1976
Joe Harper	2 matches	1970 - 1976