Can Hamilton Academical surprise Celtic in their own stadium?

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Celtic and Hamilton Academical.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Hamilton Academical have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 7-4-27 (win-draw-loss) from 38 matches.

Celtic form and stats

This stadium, Celtic Park, has been a fortress for Celtic in the Premiership so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 7-0-0. After failing to beat St. Johnstone here at Celtic Park, Celtic has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with seven wins in a row. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Celtic has won six games in a row. The Livingston match was the last time out without a victory.

A good away victory last time out for Celtic, who won 4-1 against Ross County (placed 8th). Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Rennes.

Everyone expects Celtic to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 23 games: 20 home wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Celtic have won with at least two goals margin 15 times in similar situations.

The manager N. Lennon will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Rangers in only four days.

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Celtic is on fire here. A stunning 27 from 7 league matches. Defensively Celtic have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 7 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

Hamilton Academical form and stats

Hamilton Academical have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Premiership, after 0-4-3 (7 played). Two points from the last two away games for Hamilton Academical, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Livingston (placed 7th) in their previous outing. The Premiership match ended in a draw 0-0. A loss against Rangers was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Nobody expects Hamilton Academical to collect points from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath six times before, with the overall statistics of won 1, draw 0 and lost 5. When defeated, 4 matches have been lost by two or more goals.

After this away game Hamilton Academical return home for a Premiership game against St. Mirren. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Hamilton Academical as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. For Hamilton Academical, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Celtic and Hamilton Academical have met before this season: Hamilton Academical - Celtic 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 10 Celtic victories, 0 draws and 0 Hamilton Academical wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

O. Édouard 9 goals

R. Christie 8 goals

J. Forrest 7 goals

Celtic missing players

Hamilton Academical missing players