Premiership match preview: Aberdeen versus Celtic

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Wed 21.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Pittodrie Stadium (20866 seats)

Another interesting game in the Premiership. Aberdeen is in the 4th position after playing zero matches. They welcome Celtic who are placed 2nd after zero games.

Insights:
  • Aberdeen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Aberdeen form and stats

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Aberdeen, as the Scottish Cup home game vs Dundee United is only four days away.

Last season, Aberdeen's league statistics were 12 wins, 9 draws and 9 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Premiership. Over these 30 matches they scored 40 goals and conceded 36. Playing at home last season Aberdeen managed 7-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 19 conceded.

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Celtic form and stats

Last season was a triumph for Celtic in the national league as they took home the Premiership trophy. The championship was secured after 26 wins, 2 draws and only 2 defeats. As this is an away game, it's natural to look at the stats for away matches last season: Won 12, drew 2 and lost 1.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Celtic - Aberdeen 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Aberdeen zero wins, two draws and Celtic eight victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CelticO. Édouard
O. Édouard
16 goals
CelticM. Elyounoussi
M. Elyounoussi
10 goals
AberdeenL. Ferguson
L. Ferguson
8 goals

Aberdeen missing players

Celtic missing players

Aberdeen Celtic
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
34 17 0 Played P 0 16 34
14 9 0 Won W 0 9 21
10 4 0 Drew D 0 5 9
10 4 0 Lost L 0 2 4
33 22 0 Scored S 0 35 72
31 16 0 Conceded C 0 13 24
79% 82% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 94% 94%
53% 65% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 79%
29% 41% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 62% 53%
12% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 44% 29%
9% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 19% 18%
26% 35% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 41%
50% 47% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 44% 50%
44% 35% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 19% 15%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.1 1.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.1 0.8
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
10 10.2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 17.7 17.2
3.1 3.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 6.4 6.2
32% 41% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 34% 34%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Aberdeen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Celtic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Celtic have scored more than double the goals of Aberdeen.

Aberdeen:

Read more about Premiership

The Scottish Premiership is the top division of football in Scotland, the Scottish Professional Football League. Twelve teams play 38 fixtures to top the league table in a season running from August to May. The teams first meet each other three times. Then the league splits in two for five more games.