Scottish League Cup | Semi-Finals

Nov 2, 2024 at 5.30pm UK

Ibrox Stadium

Celtic
6 - 0
Aberdeen

Carter-Vickers (29'), Furuhashi (32'), Maeda (40', 49', 85'), Kuhn (59')
McGregor (25')

FT(HT: 3-0)

Rubezic (16'), Lopes (27'), Molloy (34'), Sokler (34'), Heltne Nilsen (60')

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The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Scottish League Cup clash between Celtic and Aberdeen, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Celtic

All competitions

Scottish League Cup

Last Game: Celtic 2-0 Dundee
Wednesday, October 30 at 7.45pm in Scottish Premiership

Goals
for

Aberdeen

All competitions

Scottish League Cup

Last Game: Aberdeen 2-1 Rangers
Wednesday, October 30 at 8pm in Scottish Premiership

Goals
for

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Celtic win with a probability of 77.2%. A draw had a probability of 14.5% and a win for Aberdeen had a probability of 8.26%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 2-0 with a probability of 12.2%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 3-0 (10.47%) and 1-0 (9.47%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (6.88%), while for an Aberdeen win it was 0-1 (2.67%). The actual scoreline of 6-0 was predicted with a 1.5% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Celtic would win this match.

Result
Celtic	Draw	Aberdeen
77.2% ( -0.13)	14.54% ( 0.03)	8.26% ( 0.1)

Both teams to score 47.73% (

0.39)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

64.12% (

0.24)

35.88% (

-0.23)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

42.04% (

0.26)

57.96% (

-0.26)

Celtic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

92.39% (

0.03)

7.6% (

-0.02)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

72.8% (

0.07)

27.2% (

-0.07)

Aberdeen Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

51.65% (

0.41)

48.34% (

-0.4)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

16.52% (

0.29)

83.48% (

-0.29)

Score Analysis

Celtic 77.19%

Aberdeen 8.27%

Draw 14.54%

Celtic	Draw	Aberdeen
2-0 @ 12.2% ( -0.11) 3-0 @ 10.47% ( -0.09) 1-0 @ 9.47% ( -0.1) 2-1 @ 8.87% ( 0.02) 3-1 @ 7.62% ( 0.03) 4-0 @ 6.75% ( -0.04) 4-1 @ 4.91% ( 0.02) 5-0 @ 3.48% ( -0.02) 3-2 @ 2.77% ( 0.04) 5-1 @ 2.53% ( 0.02) 4-2 @ 1.78% ( 0.03) 6-0 @ 1.49% ( -0.01) 6-1 @ 1.09% ( 0.01) 5-2 @ 0.92% ( 0.02) Other @ 2.85% Total : 77.19%	1-1 @ 6.88% ( 0.01) 0-0 @ 3.68% ( -0.04) 2-2 @ 3.22% ( 0.04) Other @ 0.76% Total : 14.54%	0-1 @ 2.67% 1-2 @ 2.5% ( 0.03) 0-2 @ 0.97% ( 0.01) Other @ 2.12% Total : 8.27%