Celtic have outdone Dundee United so far, but every game begins at 0-0. Here's all the facts you require before kickoff:
- Celtic have the most scored goals (46) in Premiership
- Dundee United have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Premiership
It's no vacation for neither Celtic nor Dundee United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Celtic form and stats
Celtic have been outstanding at home so far in the Premiership with 8 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses. Celtic haven’t lost a league-game in twelve attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Bayer Leverkusen, 64 days ago.
The Celtic goalkeeper Joe Hart is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premiership.
A strong away win for Celtic against Hearts the last match, as Hatate and Giakoumakis were on target. Hatate (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.61/10. Hatate scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.
Everyone expects Celtic to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found eleven games: eight home wins, two draws and one defeat. Celtic have won with at least two goals margin eight times in similar situations.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Celtic as they have a new game in only four days, a Premiership match thankfully also at home. Rangers are visiting.
Goals decide football matches and Celtic are scoring many of them at home; 24 on target from 10 league matches. Defensively Celtic have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 10 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Dundee United form and stats
Dundee United have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Premiership, after 2-4-4 (10 played).
Dundee United had fun at their own home (Celtic Park) last time out, beating Ross County 2-1. Clark (2) scored. Attacker Watt got a player rating of 7.55 in the game. "Man of the match" Watt served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 28 successful passes (of 35 total).
Dundee United are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found four matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were one win, zero draws and three defeats. Of the defeats, two games were lost by at least two goals margin.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Premiership trip to Dundee.
Goals are few and far between in Dundee's away league games. Only 9 goals from 10 travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The attacking power of Dundee United when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Dundee United have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have met previously this season: Dundee United - Celtic null. Celtic-Dundee United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Celtic eight wins, Dundee United zero wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  K. Furuhashi 8 goals |  L. Abada 6 goals |  D. Turnbull 5 goals |
Celtic missing players
Dundee United missing players
| Celtic | Dundee United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 46 | 24 | 10 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 12 | 26 |
| 91% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 73% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 60% | 55% |
| 55% | 40% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 20% | 32% |
| 23% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 10% | 9% |
| 14% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 10% | 5% |
| 41% | 20% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | 36% |
| 50% | 80% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 32% |
| 18% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 40% | 36% |
| 9.5 | 10 | 12.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4 | 4.6 |
| 3 | 2.3 | 1.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.8 |
| 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 21.5 | 23.7 | 25.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.2 | 11.1 |
| 6.4 | 6.6 | 7.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4 |
| 33% | 36% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 25% | 22% |
| 7 | 5.9 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 14.4 | 13.7 |
| 2.1 | 1.2 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
- Celtic have created more than twice as many corners as Dundee United.
- Celtic have not yet lost a game at home.
- Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Celtic have scored more than double the goals of Dundee United.
- Celtic have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Premiership
- Celtic have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Premiership
- Celtic have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Premiership
- Celtic have the most scored goals (24) at home in Premiership
- Celtic have the most scored goals (46) in Premiership
- Celtic have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Premiership
- Celtic have the the best goal difference (+22) at home in Premiership
- Celtic have the the best goal difference (+33) in Premiership
- Celtic have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Dundee United have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Premiership
| 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 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 30 | 55 |
| 2 | Celtic | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 33 | 51 |
| 3 | Hearts | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 39 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 32 |
| 5 | Hibernian | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 30 |
| 6 | Aberdeen | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 28 |
| 7 | Dundee United | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 28 |
| 8 | St. Mirren | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 23 | -11 | 25 |
| 9 | Livingston | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -9 | 23 |
| 10 | Ross County | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | -7 | 21 |
| 11 | Dundee | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 23 | -21 | 17 |
| 12 | St. Johnstone | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | -16 | 15 |
