Premiership match prediction and preview for Celtic vs Hamilton Academical clash

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sun 02.August
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Celtic Park (60411 seats)

Celtic and Hamilton Academical supporters have their finest supporter outfits for this first game week of a new Premiership season. Game on!

6-5-26 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Hamilton Academical when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 37 matches are 26-74 (scored/conceded).

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Celtic form and stats

Celtic have prepared for this season with two friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these two matches are 0 victories, 1 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Celtic have scored 2 goals and conceded 3 times.

Celtic could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the Premiership. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Celtic Park they witnessed 14 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. In total the trophy was secured after W26 - D2 - L2 from 30 games.

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Hamilton Academical form and stats

Let's have a look at how Hamilton Academical performed last season in the Premiership: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 9 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 30 and conceded 50 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 6 and lost 6 with 14/24 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: ten - zero - zero (Celtic wins - draws - Hamilton Academical wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Celtic missing players

Hamilton Academical missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Celtic Hamilton Academical
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Celtic Last season Hamilton Academical
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   14 30
26 14   Won W   2 6
2 0   Drew D   6 9
2 1   Lost L   6 15
89 50   Scored S   14 30
19 7   Conceded C   24 50
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 90%
97% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 67%
73% 80%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 57%
50% 53%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   36% 37%
23% 27%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 13%
47% 40%   BTTS BTTS   57% 57%
50% 60%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 20%
3% 0%   Failed to Score F T   36% 33%
 
7.4 8.1   Corners for (avg) C F   3.4 3.7
2.7 2.3   Corners against (avg) C A   8.1 8.2
1.1 0.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.6
1 0   Red cards R C   3 9
 
492 253   Total Shots T S   100 212
207 123   Shots on Target S O   37 71
43% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 42%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Aberdeen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Celtic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dundee United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Hamilton Academical 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Hibernian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Kilmarnock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Livingston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Motherwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Ross County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 St. Johnstone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 St. Mirren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 30 26 2 2 89 19 15 14 0 1 50 7 15 12 2 1 39 12 70 80
2 Rangers 29 21 4 4 64 19 14 11 1 2 33 7 15 10 3 2 31 12 45 67
3 Motherwell 30 14 4 12 41 38 15 7 1 7 23 23 15 7 3 5 18 15 3 46
4 Aberdeen 30 12 9 9 40 36 15 7 3 5 23 19 15 5 6 4 17 17 4 45
5 Livingston 30 10 9 11 41 39 14 8 4 2 19 8 16 2 5 9 22 31 2 39
6 Hibernian 30 9 10 11 42 49 15 5 7 3 26 22 15 4 3 8 16 27 -7 37
7 St. Johnstone 29 8 12 9 28 46 16 5 6 5 19 26 13 3 6 4 9 20 -18 36
8 Kilmarnock 30 9 6 15 31 41 15 6 5 4 20 15 15 3 1 11 11 26 -10 33
9 St. Mirren 30 7 8 15 24 41 15 5 6 4 13 13 15 2 2 11 11 28 -17 29
10 Ross County 30 7 8 15 29 60 14 5 3 6 17 23 16 2 5 9 12 37 -31 29
11 Hamilton Academical 30 6 9 15 30 50 16 4 3 9 16 26 14 2 6 6 14 24 -20 27
12 Hearts 30 4 11 15 31 52 15 2 7 6 19 23 15 2 4 9 12 29 -21 23

Hamilton Academical:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Aberdeen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Celtic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dundee United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Hamilton Academical 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Hibernian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Kilmarnock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Livingston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Motherwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Ross County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 St. Johnstone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 St. Mirren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.