Only a win will satisfy the Celtic supporters in this Celtic Park clash with Hamilton Academical, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Premiership table.
- Celtic has the most points from losing position (10) in Premiership
- Hamilton Academical has the most conceded goals (47) in Premiership
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Hamilton Academical play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Hamilton Academical when playing on grass are 7 wins, 5 draws and 24 defeats from 36 matches. They have scored 29 goals and conceded 82 times in these games.
Celtic form and stats
24 points is a decent return from 11 Premiership games here at Celtic Park for Celtic. The data says 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. The last three games played by Celtic, regardless of arena, have all ended draws. Celtic have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
The home team returns to Celtic Park after being equal after 90 minutes with Livingston (placed 5th) on their last time out; the Premiership game ended 2-2. Before that, Celtic drew at home versus Livingston.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premiership game versus St. Mirren in only three days. This game is also played here at Celtic Park.
Goals decide football matches and Celtic are scoring many of them at home; 23 on target from 11 league matches. From these home matches, Celtic have conceded only 7 goals.
Hamilton Academical form and stats
There's been little loot from Hamilton Academical's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 11 away games in the Premiership. Hamilton Academical, who have the most conceded goals (47) in Premiership, only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw.
The attacking players of Academical have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 205 minutes.
Academical's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Dundee United that finished 0-0. A 0-2 defeat away at Kilmarnock before that.
A quick return to home after this game, as Hamilton Academical are hosting St. Mirren in the Scottish Cup only two days away.
Academical find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. For Academical, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Hamilton Academical - Celtic 0-3 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's ten Celtic victories, zero draws and zero Hamilton Academical wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Elyounoussi 7 goals |  O. Édouard 7 goals |  A. Ajeti 5 goals |
Celtic missing players
Hamilton Academical missing players
| Celtic | Hamilton Academical | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 48 | 23 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 21 |
| 18 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 15 | 27 | 47 |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 86% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 74% |
| 55% | 45% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 64% | 48% |
| 32% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 36% | 26% |
| 23% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 36% | 22% |
| 45% | 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 55% | 39% |
| 45% | 55% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 26% |
| 14% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 27% | 43% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17.1 | 16.5 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 8 | 7.7 |
| 6.4 | 6.2 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| 34% | 34% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 43% | 33% |
- Celtic has the most points from losing position (10) in Premiership
- Celtic has the most scored goals in the second half (29) in Premiership
- Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Celtic have scored more than double the goals of Hamilton Academical.
- Hamilton Academical has the most conceded goals (27) away in Premiership
- Hamilton Academical has the most conceded goals (47) in Premiership
- Hamilton Academical has the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in Premiership
- Hamilton Academical has the the worst goal difference (-15) away in Premiership
- Hamilton Academical has the the worst goal difference (-26) in Premiership
- Hamilton Academical have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Hamilton Academical have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 53 | 66 |
| 2 | Celtic | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 48 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 30 | 46 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 40 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 39 |
| 5 | Livingston | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 32 |
| 6 | Dundee United | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -10 | 28 |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 24 |
| 8 | St. Mirren | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | -8 | 23 |
| 9 | St. Johnstone | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 22 | -11 | 23 |
| 10 | Ross County | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 20 | -25 | 20 |
| 11 | Motherwell | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -14 | 19 |
| 12 | Hamilton Academical | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 47 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 27 | -26 | 19 |
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