Celtic and Hibernian are both riding high in the Premiership with their 2nd and 4th positions respectively. Expect a great game!
- Celtic has the most points from losing position (9) in Premiership
- Hibernian have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
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.
Celtic form and stats
Celtic have performed here at Celtic Park this season with 7 wins from 9 Premiership matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. It’s been three wins in a row for Celtic here at Celtic Park, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
No payout for Celtic in their previous match, an away game at Rangers that ended in defeat 0-1. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Dundee United in a game that was won 3-0.
Celtic are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found ten matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won six, drew one and lost three.
The Celtic manager N. Lennon has got the team scoring with 22 from 9 home games in the league. Celtic are not conceding a lot of goals here at Celtic Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 9 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Hibernian form and stats
Hibernian's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Hibernian collect 22 points from their 11 away matches in the Premiership. 7 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 3 defeats). It's a growing despair in Hibernian as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Hibernian have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 342 minutes ago. K. Nisbet was the goal scorer.
The manager J. Ross was unhappy after their last game, a Premiership match played at their home ground Easter Road Stadium. Hibernian suffered a 0-3 loss to Livingston (placed 5th). A 0-2 loss hosting Ross County before that.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Hibernian played away with similar odds. This revealed three games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected three times.
The travelling fans enjoy Hibernian's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 11 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Hibernian as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Hibernian - Celtic 2-2 entered in the official records. Last ten meetings between the teams: Celtic won six, Hibernian won one and three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Nisbet 10 goals |   O. Édouard 7 goals |  M. Elyounoussi 6 goals |
Celtic missing players
Hibernian missing players
| Celtic | Hibernian | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 45 | 22 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 17 | 30 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 55% | 64% |
| 58% | 56% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 45% | 50% |
| 32% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 27% |
| 26% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 9% | 32% |
| 47% | 56% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 64% | 41% |
| 11% | 11% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 36% | 36% |
| 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 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | 18.3 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 12.5 | 11.5 |
| 6.6 | 6.8 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| 36% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 42% | 36% |
- All of Celtic's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Celtic has the most points from losing position (9) in Premiership
- Celtic has the most scored goals in the second half (28) in Premiership
- Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hibernian have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | Rangers | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 52 | 62 |
| 2 | Celtic | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 30 | 43 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 39 |
| 4 | Hibernian | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 36 |
| 5 | Livingston | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | -1 | 27 |
| 6 | Dundee United | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -10 | 26 |
| 7 | Motherwell | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | -8 | 23 |
| 8 | St. Mirren | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -13 | 22 |
| 9 | Kilmarnock | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 21 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 25 | -21 | 21 |
| 11 | St. Johnstone | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -12 | 19 |
| 12 | Ross County | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -26 | 17 |