Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Celtic - Aberdeen!
- Celtic has the most points from losing position (13) in Premiership
- Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Aberdeen have scored away.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Celtic form and stats
33 points is a decent return from 15 Premiership games here at Celtic Park for Celtic. The data says 10 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Celtic Park.
Celtic are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Ross County. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Aberdeen in a game that was won 1-0.
The Celtic fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 29 goals in 15 league matches. From these home matches, Celtic have conceded only 10 goals.
Aberdeen form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premiership travels is 4 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats. Aberdeen seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Aberdeen had fun at their own home (Celtic Park) last time out, beating Kilmarnock 1-0. Callum Hendry scored. A 0-1 defeat away at Celtic before that.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager D. McInnes when Callum Hendry scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 20th minute.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Aberdeen as they have only managed to score 10 times from 14 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 (13 so far).
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Celtic - Aberdeen 1-0 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Celtic won eight, Aberdeen won zero and two draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals 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 |
| 30 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 30 |
| 19 | 10 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 64 | 29 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 32 |
| 23 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 13 | 29 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 80% |
| 83% | 87% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 60% |
| 57% | 47% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 21% | 33% |
| 30% | 13% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 14% | 13% |
| 17% | 13% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 43% | 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 21% | 30% |
| 47% | 53% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 57% | 50% |
| 13% | 13% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.8 | 0.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 17.1 | 17.2 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10 | 10.3 |
| 6.1 | 6.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| 35% | 32% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 23% | 33% |
- 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 at least twice as many goals at home as Aberdeen have scored away.
| 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 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 73 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 64 | 82 |
| 2 | Celtic | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 64 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 41 | 64 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 29 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 41 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 52 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 48 |
| 5 | Livingston | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 40 |
| 6 | St. Mirren | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 13 | -6 | 35 |
| 7 | Dundee United | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 42 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -15 | 34 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 26 | -8 | 33 |
| 9 | Motherwell | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 46 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -20 | 28 |
| 10 | Ross County | 29 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 53 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 26 | -31 | 26 |
| 11 | Kilmarnock | 30 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 26 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 22 | -16 | 24 |
| 12 | Hamilton Academical | 29 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 56 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 33 | -28 | 24 |
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