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Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 19
Dec 26, 2024 at 3pm UK
Celtic Park
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Celtic
4 - 0
Motherwell

Engels (45+1' pen.), Maeda (57'), Kuhn (74'), Hatate (81')
Idah (45+4')
FT(HT: 1-0)

Maswanhise (11'), Watt (41'), Casey (42'), Sparrow (45+5'), Paton (71')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Thursday's Scottish Premiership clash between Celtic and Motherwell, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Celtic

All competitions
Scottish Premiership
Last Game: Dundee Utd 0-0 Celtic
Sunday, December 22 at 12pm in Scottish Premiership

Motherwell

All competitions
Last Game: Motherwell 1-1 Kilmarnock
Friday, December 20 at 7.45pm in Scottish Premiership

We said: Celtic 3-1 Motherwell

 While Motherwell have managed to take a point from their last two visits to this venue, Celtic will be determined to return to winning ways after that 0-0 draw away to Dundee United last weekend. The Hoops have not dropped points in consecutive league games in over a year, and we feel they will extend that record by picking up their 15th win of the season in this one. Read more.

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 80.31%. A draw had a probability of 12.2% and a win for Motherwell had a probability of 7.49%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 2-0 with a probability of 9.63%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 3-0 (9.61%) and 2-1 (8.16%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (5.45%), while for a Motherwell win it was 1-2 (2.31%). The actual scoreline of 4-0 was predicted with a 7.2% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Celtic would win this match.

Result
CelticDrawMotherwell
80.31% (-0.28099999999999 -0.28) 12.2% (0.075000000000001 0.08) 7.49% (0.2059 0.21)
Both teams to score 54.26% (0.888 0.89)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
73.74% (0.48699999999999 0.49)26.26% (-0.487 -0.49)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
53.45% (0.621 0.62)46.54% (-0.619 -0.62)
Celtic Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
94.98% (0.048999999999992 0.05)5.02% (-0.048 -0.05)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
79.97% (0.14399999999999 0.14)20.03% (-0.143 -0.14)
Motherwell Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
57.13% (0.908 0.91)42.87% (-0.905 -0.91)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
20.82% (0.76 0.76)79.18% (-0.758 -0.76)
Score Analysis
    Celtic 80.31%
    Motherwell 7.49%
    Draw 12.2%
CelticDrawMotherwell
2-0 @ 9.63% (-0.234 -0.23)
3-0 @ 9.61% (-0.202 -0.2)
2-1 @ 8.16% (0.0069999999999997 0.01)
3-1 @ 8.14% (0.032999999999999 0.03)
4-0 @ 7.19% (-0.129 -0.13)
1-0 @ 6.44% (-0.178 -0.18)
4-1 @ 6.09% (0.044 0.04)
5-0 @ 4.3% (-0.063000000000001 -0.06)
5-1 @ 3.64% (0.038 0.04)
3-2 @ 3.45% (0.099 0.1)
4-2 @ 2.58% (0.082 0.08)
6-0 @ 2.15% (-0.024 -0.02)
6-1 @ 1.82% (0.025 0.02)
5-2 @ 1.54% (0.054 0.05)
7-0 @ 0.92% (-0.007 -0.01)
Other @ 4.69%
Total : 80.31%
1-1 @ 5.45% (-0.012 -0.01)
2-2 @ 3.45% (0.089 0.09)
0-0 @ 2.15% (-0.067 -0.07)
3-3 @ 0.97% (0.052 0.05)
Other @ 0.17%
Total : 12.2%
1-2 @ 2.31% (0.052 0.05)
0-1 @ 1.82% (-0.01 -0.01)
2-3 @ 0.98% (0.048 0.05)
Other @ 2.39%
Total : 7.49%

How you voted: Celtic vs Motherwell

Celtic
93.3%
Draw
6.7%
Motherwell
0.0%
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TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Celtic23193164115360
2RangersRangers23145444182647
3Dundee UnitedDundee Utd2310763124737
4Aberdeen2310583233-135
5Motherwell2394102837-931
6Hibernian237883436-229
7Dundee2376103741-427
8St Mirren2383122738-1127
9Kilmarnock2367102537-1225
10Ross County2367102342-1925
11Hearts2366112531-624
12St Johnstone2343162547-2215
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