Celtic are currently locking horns with Aberdeen at Celtic Park in the SPFL. The Bhoys are looking to bounce back from a defeat in Germany on Thursday night that saw them crashing out of the Europa League.
Before today Celtic had lost just one of their last 21 league matches against Aberdeen (W17 D3) and are unbeaten in 12 such meetings (W9 D3) since a 1-0 defeat in May 2018. Aberdeen had lost 29 of their last 31 league visits to Celtic (W1 D1), a stretch that began in the 2004-05 season.
Celtic are unbeaten in their last 12 home Scottish Premiership matches (W9 D3), conceding only three goals across these games.
Jota has been directly involved in eight goals in nine Scottish Premiership appearances this season (4 goals, 4 assists), although he has only one assist and no goals in four such games at Celtic Park. But that changed after 20 minutes today.
Celtic had an early scare with Joe Hart taking a shoulder to the side of the head. Luckily the big shot-stopper was able to continue after four minutes of treatment.
Jota has tormented Aberdeen players since the first whistle and on 20 minutes with this goal.
1-0!!!?
20’ Jota!!!?#CelticFC #CELABE pic.twitter.com/iSk4c9zho6— CelticGoals (@GoalsCeltic88) November 28, 2021
Ten minutes later Lewis Ferguson converted from the spot for the Dons, 1-1. The rest of the half faded away as Aberdeen went back to an all-out defence. A lot more urgency is needed in the second half.
