Betting preview: Ross County faced with a tough challenge when Celtic visits

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premiership game only four days ago.

Ross County form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premiership this season. Ross County, who have the fewest scored goals (21) in Premiership, have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses from their games here at Global Energy Stadium. We have seen two home losses in a row now for County, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

The Ross County fans got no joy from their last match, a Premiership game also here at Global Energy Stadium: A 0-2 defeat against Dundee United (placed 7th). A strong away win before that one, visiting Hamilton Academical and winning 2-1.

The home team are doomed in this game if you believe the odds offered on Celtic to win. Let's see if Ross County are capable of creating a surprise here by looking at their earlier home games as massive outsiders: five games found revealing zero County wins, zero draws and five defeats.

County aren't scoring a lot here at Global Energy Stadium in the league, with only 11 goals from 14 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 27 goals have been conceded.

Celtic form and stats

The away team, who have the most scored goals (35) away in Premiership, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 9 wins, 4 draws and only 1 loss in the Premiership. Celtic have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena. Celtic have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Celtic go into this game after a win, the home game against Aberdeen that ended 1-0. Ahead of that match was the victory versus St. Johnstone at their stadium, the result 2-1.

Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Celtic given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 19 matches with 16 wins as expected, two draws and one surprise home win. The favourites won ten of these games by at least two goals.

Celtic are a potent attacking force on the road with their 35 goals in 14 league games. Celtic are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 12 times in 14 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Celtic - County 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Ross County-Celtic H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ross County one win, Celtic nine wins, zero draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

O. Édouard 15 goals

M. Elyounoussi 7 goals

O. Shaw 6 goals

Ross County missing players

Celtic missing players

		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	Rangers	29	25	4	0	69	8	14	14	0	0	40	1	15	11	4	0	29	7	61	79
2	Celtic	29	19	7	3	64	22	15	10	3	2	29	10	14	9	4	1	35	12	42	64
3	Hibernian	28	14	7	7	39	26	14	5	5	4	17	17	14	9	2	3	22	9	13	49
4	Aberdeen	29	12	9	8	31	29	15	8	3	4	21	16	14	4	6	4	10	13	2	45
5	Livingston	28	11	6	11	35	34	14	5	3	6	16	17	14	6	3	5	19	17	1	39
6	St. Mirren	28	9	7	12	27	33	14	3	5	6	12	20	14	6	2	6	15	13	-6	34
7	Dundee United	29	8	10	11	26	38	15	5	4	6	18	20	14	3	6	5	8	18	-12	34
8	St. Johnstone	29	7	9	13	28	39	14	3	4	7	6	13	15	4	5	6	22	26	-11	30
9	Motherwell	28	7	7	14	26	43	14	3	3	8	13	25	14	4	4	6	13	18	-17	28
10	Kilmarnock	29	7	3	19	26	41	14	4	2	8	17	20	15	3	1	11	9	21	-15	24
11	Hamilton Academical	28	6	6	16	28	54	14	2	4	8	11	23	14	4	2	8	17	31	-26	24
12	Ross County	28	6	5	17	21	53	14	2	4	8	11	27	14	4	1	9	10	26	-32	23