A key match in Premiership as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Celtic in 2nd position and Aberdeen placed 4th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
- Celtic is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Celtic have scored more than double the goals of Aberdeen.
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.
Celtic form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Celtic Park as Celtic have scored 28 goals to get 30 points from 14 games. The overall stats in the Premiership are 9-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Celtic has won their last four matches.
A strong away win for Celtic against St. Johnstone the last match, as Odsonne Édouard (2) were on target. Before that match, a win away at St. Mirren.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Celtic as they are travelling to their away game against Ross County in the Premiership. That match is four days after this one.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (28 in 14 games), Celtic's attacking play is working. Celtic are not conceding a lot of goals here at Celtic Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 14 matches.
Aberdeen form and stats
Playing away, Aberdeen have won 4 games, drawn 6 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premiership this season.
The attacking players of Aberdeen have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 463 minutes.
Aberdeen played 0-0 against St. Mirren in their previous match. A 0-2 defeat away at Hibernian before that.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Kilmarnock in just three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Aberdeen as they have only managed to score 10 times from 13 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far).
Head 2 Head
Aberdeen - Celtic 3-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - two - zero (Celtic wins - draws - Aberdeen wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Édouard 15 goals |   L. Ferguson 8 goals |  M. Elyounoussi 7 goals |
Celtic missing players
Aberdeen missing players
| Celtic | Aberdeen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 28 |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 63 | 28 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 31 |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 12 | 28 |
| 96% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 69% | 79% |
| 89% | 93% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 54% | 64% |
| 61% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 23% | 36% |
| 32% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 15% | 14% |
| 18% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 11% |
| 46% | 43% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 23% | 32% |
| 46% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 62% | 50% |
| 11% | 14% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 46% | 39% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.8 | 0.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 17.2 | 17.6 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10.2 | 10.4 |
| 6.2 | 6.3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| 36% | 32% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 24% | 34% |
- Celtic has the most points from losing position (13) in Premiership
- Celtic has the most scored goals in the second half (39) in Premiership
- Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Celtic have scored more than double the goals of Aberdeen.
- Celtic is in the best form (5-0-1)
| 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 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 63 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 41 | 61 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 49 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 45 |
| 5 | Livingston | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 39 |
| 6 | Dundee United | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -12 | 34 |
| 7 | St. Mirren | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 13 | -6 | 33 |
| 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 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 27 | 53 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 30 | -26 | 23 |
| 12 | Ross County | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 53 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 26 | -32 | 23 |
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