Hibernian stubborn opponents but Celtic expect victory

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 15.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Celtic Park (60411 seats)

A total of nine rounds of games are done and both Celtic and Hibernian are doing great. Let's get started!

Insights:
  • Celtic have the most scored goals (29) in Premiership
  • Hibernian have the most points from losing position (5) in Premiership

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Celtic form and stats

Celtic have played 4 Premiership games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).

Celtic's previous game was also a home event, the defeat 0-2 against RB Leipzig (in Champions League). Midfield player Hakšabanović got a match rating of 7.83 in that game, the max score being 10. Hakšabanović hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 17 successful passes (of 21 total).

A strong away win before that one, visiting St. Johnstone and winning 2-1.

Celtic are traveling soon after this match as the League Cup match at Motherwell awaits in four days.

The Celtic manager Postecoglou has got the team scoring with 10 from 4 home games in the league. Celtic have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {1 goals}.

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Hibernian form and stats

2 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Hibernian playing as the away team in the Premiership this season.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Hibernian, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Dundee United (placed 11th). That loss was their first after four consecutive league rounds winning points. Defender Porteous was the best team player with a rating of 8.05. Porteous hit one key pass and won 10 of 12 duels.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Motherwell.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Hibernian are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Celtic have avoided defeat in the last 14 games (8-6-0) facing Hibernian.

Top Goalscorers

CelticK. Furuhashi
K. Furuhashi
7 goals
CelticJ. Neves Filipe
J. Neves Filipe
4 goals

Celtic missing players

Hibernian missing players

Celtic Hibernian
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 1 5 10
8 4 1 Won W 0 2 5
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
1 0 0 Lost L 1 3 3
29 10 4 Scored S 0 4 12
5 1 0 Conceded C 1 4 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 40% 50%
67% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 30%
44% 25% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
22% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 40%
56% 75% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 40%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 40% 20%
 
7.7 5.8 3 Corners for (avg) C F 10 10.8 8.6
3.6 4.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.2 4.5
1.6 1.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 2.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
18.9 17.2 16 Shots (avg) S ( 14 18.4 16.9
7.3 6.8 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 5.2 5.7
44% 37% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 15% 21%
 
7.2 7.5 11 Shots against (avg) S A 13 9.6 8.8
1.7 1.5 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2.6 2.2
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • All of Celtic's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Celtic have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Celtic have scored more than double the goals of Hibernian.
  • Celtic have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Premiership
  • Celtic have the most scored goals (29) in Premiership
  • Celtic have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in Premiership
  • Celtic have the the best goal difference (+24) in Premiership
  • Celtic have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Celtic have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Celtic have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Celtic is in the best form (5-0-1) in Premiership
  • Hibernian have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Premiership
  • Hibernian have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Premiership
  • Hibernian have the most matches under the total-line (7) in Premiership
  • Hibernian have the most points from losing position (5) in Premiership
  • Hibernian have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Hibernian have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Hibernian haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 9 8 0 1 29 5 4 4 0 0 10 1 5 4 0 1 19 4 24 24
2 Rangers 9 7 1 1 24 8 5 5 0 0 16 1 4 2 1 1 8 7 16 22
3 Hibernian 10 5 2 3 12 8 5 3 2 0 8 4 5 2 0 3 4 4 4 17
4 St. Mirren 9 5 0 4 10 13 5 4 0 1 6 2 4 1 0 3 4 11 -3 15
5 Hearts 9 4 2 3 15 14 4 3 0 1 9 8 5 1 2 2 6 6 1 14
6 Aberdeen 9 4 1 4 18 15 4 3 0 1 15 5 5 1 1 3 3 10 3 13
7 Motherwell 10 4 1 5 13 12 4 1 1 2 2 5 6 3 0 3 11 7 1 13
8 Livingston 9 4 0 5 7 12 5 3 0 2 5 4 4 1 0 3 2 8 -5 12
9 St. Johnstone 10 3 1 6 11 15 5 1 1 3 4 4 5 2 0 3 7 11 -4 10
10 Kilmarnock 10 2 2 6 8 19 5 2 2 1 7 10 5 0 0 5 1 9 -11 8
11 Dundee United 10 2 2 6 9 22 6 2 0 4 6 15 4 0 2 2 3 7 -13 8
12 Ross County 10 2 2 6 5 18 5 1 1 3 3 11 5 1 1 3 2 7 -13 8

Read more about Premiership

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.