Celtic - Dundee United. 1st place against 11th place. Nothing is certain - get a complete match preview here!
- Celtic have the most scored goals (42) in Premiership
- Dundee United have the most conceded goals (26) in Premiership
The hosts Celtic saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Champions League. That game was an away game at Real Madrid, so at least Celtic are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Celtic form and stats
When playing at home in the Premiership, Celtic have managed 5 wins, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Celtic has won five games in a row. The St. Mirren match was the last time out without a victory.
The supporters hope that Celtic will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-5 away defeat in the Champions League fixture against Real Madrid. Defender Starfelt got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.02/10. Starfelt won 0 of 1 duels.
Before that match, a Premiership win away at Livingston.Celtic are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Celtic Park with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history 12 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Celtic has won 11 times, drawn 1 and lost 0. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Celtic has won by at least two goals 8 times when in this position.
Goals, goals, goals? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 11 most recent league matches with this team has had three or more goals.
There will be little rest for Celtic after this match as they are travelling to Motherwell for a Premiership game in only four days.
It's goals goals goals for Celtic who have scored 16 goals from 5 league home games. Defensively Celtic have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Dundee United form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Dundee United so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-3 (win-draw-lose).
The manager Ross was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Tannadice Park. Dundee suffered a 0-1 loss to Motherwell (placed 7th). Midfield player McGrath was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.71/10. McGrath hit three key passes.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting St. Mirren's place.The visitors come into this game as huge outsiders. This role is not totally unknown to them, as they have played 4 away matches before with similar winning odds. These games have ended with 0 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats. 1 game were lost by at least two goals margin.
A new game in only four days for Dundee United, the Premiership home match versus Kilmarnock. Busy days.
The attacking power of Dundee United when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Dundee United's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 10 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Celtic have won at least one point in the last 17 fixtures (13-4-0) facing Dundee United.These sides met each other previously this match year: Dundee United - Celtic 0-9.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Furuhashi 8 goals |  L. Abada 6 goals |  G. Giakoumakis 6 goals |
Celtic missing players
Dundee United missing players
| Celtic | Dundee United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 42 | 16 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 69% |
| 75% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 54% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 42% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 46% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 38% |
| 7.2 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.3 | 6 |
| 3.1 | 3.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18.2 | 18 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.5 | 10.8 |
| 7.3 | 7.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | 3.3 |
| 48% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 28% | 26% |
| 7.9 | 7.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 15 | 15 |
| 2.6 | 2.2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.2 | 5 |
- All of Celtic's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Celtic have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Celtic have scored more than double the goals of Dundee United.
- Celtic have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Premiership
- Celtic have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Premiership
- Celtic have the most clean sheets (6) in Premiership
- Celtic have the most scored goals (42) in Premiership
- Celtic have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Premiership
- Celtic have the most scored goals in the second half (23) in Premiership
- Celtic have the the best goal difference (+33) in Premiership
- Celtic have won all their matches at home so far.
- Celtic have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Dundee United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Dundee United have the most conceded goals (26) in Premiership
- Dundee United have the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in Premiership
- Dundee United have yet to win a game 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 | Celtic | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 33 | 33 |
| 2 | Rangers | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 29 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 19 |
| 5 | St. Mirren | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -5 | 19 |
| 6 | Hearts | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 17 |
| 7 | Motherwell | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 16 |
| 9 | Livingston | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 16 |
| 10 | Kilmarnock | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 10 | -11 | 12 |
| 11 | Dundee United | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -15 | 9 |
| 12 | Ross County | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -15 | 9 |
