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Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 6
Aug 30, 2020 at 3pm UK
Celtic Park
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Celtic
3 - 0
Motherwell

Forrest (40'), Ajeti (74'), Jullien (90+2')
Brown (22')
FT(HT: 1-0)

Lamie (55'), Grimshaw (89')

The Match

Match Report

James Forrest opened the scoring five minutes before half-time with his first goal of the season.

Team News

Odsonne Edouard will miss the game through injury.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Scottish Premiership fixture between Celtic and Motherwell, including team news and predicted lineups.

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 75.96%. A draw had a probability of 15.1% and a win for Motherwell had a probability of 8.91%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 2-0 with a probability of 12.08%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 3-0 (10.16%) and 1-0 (9.57%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (7.16%), while for a Motherwell win it was 0-1 (2.84%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with a 10.2% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Celtic would win this match.

Result
CelticDrawMotherwell
75.96%15.13%8.91%
Both teams to score 48.45%
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
63.49%36.51%
Over 3.5Under 3.5
41.34%58.66%
Celtic Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
91.99%8.01%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
71.76%28.24%
Motherwell Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
52.67%47.33%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
17.27%82.73%
Score Analysis
    Celtic 75.94%
    Motherwell 8.91%
    Draw 15.13%
CelticDrawMotherwell
2-0 @ 12.08%
3-0 @ 10.16%
1-0 @ 9.57%
2-1 @ 9.04%
3-1 @ 7.61%
4-0 @ 6.42%
4-1 @ 4.8%
5-0 @ 3.24%
3-2 @ 2.85%
5-1 @ 2.42%
4-2 @ 1.8%
6-0 @ 1.36%
6-1 @ 1.02%
5-2 @ 0.91%
Other @ 2.67%
Total : 75.94%
1-1 @ 7.16%
0-0 @ 3.79%
2-2 @ 3.38%
Other @ 0.8%
Total : 15.13%
0-1 @ 2.84%
1-2 @ 2.68%
0-2 @ 1.06%
Other @ 2.34%
Total : 8.91%

Head to Head
Feb 5, 2020 7.45pm
Gameweek 25
Motherwell
0-4
Celtic

Gallagher (79')
Edouard (9', 80'), Griffiths (51'), McGregor (75')
Nov 10, 2019 3pm
Gameweek 13
Celtic
2-0
Motherwell
Edouard (19'), Tait (54' og.)

Scott (87')
Aug 10, 2019 12pm
Gameweek 2
Motherwell
2-5
Celtic
Donnelly (12', 91')
Gallagher (45'), Hylton (71'), Tait (83'), Donnelly (85'), Gillespie (85')
Ajer (14'), Griffiths (41'), Forrest (66'), Edouard (76'), Christie (86' pen.)
Feb 24, 2019 3pm
Gameweek 27
Celtic
4-1
Motherwell
Sinclair (31'), Edouard (37', 88'), Burke (91')
Edouard (21'), Boyata (53'), Ajer (55'), Toljan (82')
Ariyibi (51')
Tait (53'), Rodriguez (53'), Campbell (87'), Hastie (92')
Dec 19, 2018 7.45pm
Gameweek 10
Celtic
3-0
Motherwell
Ralston (28'), Sinclair (32' pen.), Johnston (45')

McHugh (70'), Tait (89')
rhs 2.0
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
Championship Group
1Celtic220085275884
2RangersRangers110074245078
3Hearts20114637963
4Kilmarnock10104334952
5St Mirren21014246-446
6Dundee20024659-1341
Relegation Group
1Hibernian21014854-642
2Aberdeen22003749-1241
3Motherwell21015053-340
4Ross County21013459-2533
5St Johnstone20022550-2531
RLivingston21012563-3821
 
First Phase
1Celtic33246380265478
2RangersRangers33243672234975
3Hearts33195946341262
4Kilmarnock33131284334951
5St Mirren33127143843-543
6Dundee331011124454-1041
7Hibernian33912124451-739
8Motherwell33813124651-537
9Aberdeen33811143549-1435
10St Johnstone33710162446-2231
11Ross County3379173256-2430
RLivingston3339212259-3718


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