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- Dons go to within three points off leaders Celtic
- Powerful Hayes strike put Dons ahead
- Church close-range effort doubled lead
- Griffiths' low shot consolation for visitors
Match Stats
Home TeamAberdeenAway TeamCeltic
- Possession
- Home45%
- Away55%
- Shots
- Home7
- Away8
- Shots on Target
- Home4
- Away3
- Corners
- Home6
- Away7
- Fouls
- Home12
- Away13
Line-ups
Aberdeen
Formation 4-4-1-1
20Brown
2Logan5Taylor6Reynolds3Shinnie
11Hayes23Storie7McLean10McGinn
18Church
9Rooney
- 20Brown
- 2Logan
- 5Taylor
- 6Reynolds
- 3Shinnie
- 11HayesSubstituted forSmithat 86'minutes
- 23StorieBooked at 71mins
- 7McLean
- 10McGinnSubstituted forConsidineat 72'minutes
- 18ChurchSubstituted forPawlettat 76'minutes
- 9Rooney
Substitutes
- 4Considine
- 14Smith
- 15Robson
- 16Pawlett
- 19Collin
- 26McKenna
- 31Ross
Celtic
Formation 4-2-3-1
1Gordon
23Lustig28Sviatchenko20Boyata63Tierney
8Brown6Bitton
16Mackay-Steven42McGregor14Armstrong
9Griffiths
- 1Gordon
- 23LustigSubstituted forAllanat 78'minutes
- 28Sviatchenko
- 20Boyata
- 63TierneyBooked at 84mins
- 8BrownBooked at 66mins
- 6Bitton
- 16Mackay-Steven
- 42McGregorSubstituted forForrestat 68'minutes
- 14ArmstrongBooked at 44minsSubstituted forKazim-Richardsat 45'minutesBooked at 65mins
- 9Griffiths
Substitutes
- 3Izaguirre
- 4Ambrose
- 13Kazim-Richards
- 19Allan
- 24Cole
- 26Bailly
- 49Forrest
- Referee:
- Steven McLean
- Attendance:
- 19,003
Scores
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As It Stood
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Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |||
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1 | Celtic | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 64 | 21 | 43 | 55 | ||
2 | Aberdeen | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 23 | 17 | 52 | ||
3 | Hearts | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 42 | 24 | 18 | 41 | ||
4 | Ross County | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 40 | 37 | 3 | 33 | ||
5 | St Johnstone | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 34 | 2 | 32 | ||
6 | Dundee | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 41 | -4 | 30 | ||
7 | Inverness CT | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 32 | -2 | 29 | ||
8 | Partick Thistle | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 28 | -6 | 28 | ||
9 | Hamilton | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 30 | 45 | -15 | 28 | ||
10 | Motherwell | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 39 | -13 | 26 | ||
11 | Kilmarnock | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 48 | -21 | 24 | ||
12 | Dundee Utd | 23 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 46 | -22 | 13 |
Live Reporting
Andy Campbell
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FULL-TIME Aberdeen 2-1 Celtic
Aberdeen claim their second win over Celtic this season after first-half goals from Jonny Hayes and Simon Church.
The result cuts Celtic's lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership to three points and both sides still have 14 games to play.
GOAL Aberdeen 2-1 Celtic (Griffiths)
Leigh Griffiths sidesteps a couple of challenges and finds the bottom right corner with a low shot. Too little too late?
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Aberdeen 2-0 Celtic
Martin Dowden
BBC Scotland at Pittodrie
"Aberdeen deserve this. They've continued to attack with Celtic appearing largely toothless and lacking in creation and desire.
"Ronny Deila will be criticised but Derek McInnes should take the spotlight. He's done a magnificent job with this Aberdeen side."
ADDED TIME
Aberdeen 2-0 Celtic
Three minutes of stoppage time begin.
SUBSTITUTIONS
Aberdeen 2-0 Celtic
Cammy Smith takes over from opening goalscorer Jonny Hayes.
Scott Allan came on moments ago for Celtic in place of Mikael Lustig.
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Aberdeen 2-0 Celtic
Erik Sviatchenko ventures forward to boost the Celtic attack, is found by Scott Brown's reverse pass and then fizzes a low ball across the face of goal. No takers for the visitors.
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Aberdeen 2-0 Celtic
Five minutes left.
PENALTY APPEAL
Aberdeen 2-0 Celtic
Aberdeen's Adam Rooney goes down in the Celtic box after being chased by two defenders but referee Steven McLean is unmoved by the spot-kick appeals.
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Aberdeen 2-0 Celtic
Into the last 10 minutes.
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