Celtic have been busy practising for another match following their 3-1 result versus St. Johnstone, a game that gave some clarity. How will they do against Hibernian?
- Celtic have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Premiership
- Hibernian have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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 7-2-0. Celtic has a nice streak going on as they have played 14 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Livingston defeat 120 days ago.
Happy days for Celtic in their previous game, a Premiership match away at St. Johnstone (placed 12th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. Abada, a striker, was the top performer for the team in that game, and was presented with a rating of 8.52 (out of 10). Abada scored two goals, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 18 successful passes (of 22 total).
A 0-0 draw away before that, with St. Mirren the opponent.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Celtic home games with this odds we find twelve games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in eight wins, one draw and three defeats. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.
Goals decide football matches and Celtic are scoring many of them at home; 22 on target from 9 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Celtic have only let in 2 goals at home. It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Hibernian form and stats
As the visiting team in Premiership matches, Hibernian have produced an overall stat of 3-3-4 so far.
Hibernian play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Dundee United (placed 7th). Boyle, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.81. Boyle signed up for two assists, hit seven key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.
Before that, Hibernian secured a home win against Aberdeen with the score 1-0.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 two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected two times.
A quick return to home after this game, as Hibernian are hosting Cove Rangers in the Scottish Cup only three days away.
Hibernian have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. Hibernian have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The newest past result between these participants is the Hibernian - Celtic 1-3 played not long ago this season. Numbers for the prior ten meetings featuring these two squads are: six wins for Celtic, four draws and zero wins for Hibernian. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  K. Furuhashi 8 goals |   M. Boyle 7 goals |  L. Abada 6 goals |
Celtic missing players
Hibernian missing players
| Celtic | Hibernian | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 42 | 22 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 90% | 89% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 90% | 95% |
| 70% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 60% |
| 55% | 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 45% |
| 25% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 25% |
| 15% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 10% | 5% |
| 40% | 22% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 45% |
| 50% | 78% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 10% | 30% |
| 20% | 11% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 30% |
| 9.6 | 10.2 | 9.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.9 | 5.7 |
| 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.3 | 5 | 5 |
| 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 21.6 | 24 | 20.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 11.7 | 11.8 |
| 6.4 | 6.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| 33% | 36% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 29% | 32% |
| 7 | 6 | 6.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.3 | 10.1 | 10.1 |
| 2.3 | 1.3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
- Celtic have not yet lost a game at home.
- Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Celtic have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Premiership
- Celtic have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Premiership
- Celtic have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Premiership
- Celtic have the most clean sheets (10) in Premiership
- Celtic have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Premiership
- Celtic have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in Premiership
- Celtic have the the best goal difference (+20) at home in Premiership
- Celtic have the the best goal difference (+30) in Premiership
- Celtic have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Hibernian 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 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 29 | 51 |
| 2 | Celtic | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 30 | 45 |
| 3 | Hearts | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 31 |
| 5 | Hibernian | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 29 |
| 6 | Aberdeen | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 27 |
| 7 | Dundee United | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 25 |
| 8 | Livingston | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -10 | 20 |
| 9 | St. Mirren | 20 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 22 | -13 | 19 |
| 10 | Ross County | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -8 | 18 |
| 11 | Dundee | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 21 | -19 | 16 |
| 12 | St. Johnstone | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -14 | 14 |
