The Premiership league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Celtic and Motherwell are placed 4th and 10th respectively.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Celtic form and stats
The hosts won their first Premiership game here at Celtic Park, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Celtic last season were 14 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss from 15 games.
A strong away win for Celtic against Dundee United the last match, as Albian Ajeti were on target. Ahead of that match, Celtic won a home game hosting KR (6-0).
Manager N. Lennon felt very clever after Albian Ajeti scored the winning goal against Dundee United, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 74th minute.
It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Celtic have performed as huge favourites like they are today: 20 games found in the database showing 18 Celtic wins, one draw and one defeat.
Celtic has scored 5 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Motherwell form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Premiership for Motherwell with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Motherwell are looking to quickly end their 235 minutes long goal drought in the Premiership.
Motherwell's previous game was their home loss versus Hamilton Academical (0-1). A 0-0 draw at Hibernian's stadium before that.
Motherwell are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found nine matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were three wins, zero draws and six defeats. Of the defeats, five games were lost by at least two goals margin.
0 goals so far away for Motherwell, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Celtic won seven games, three matches ended with a draw and Motherwell has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  O. Édouard 3 goals |  J. Frimpong 1 goals |  R. Christie 1 goals |
Celtic missing players
Motherwell missing players
| Celtic | Motherwell | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 5 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 50% | 80% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 33% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 33% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 33% | 100% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 7.7 | 11 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 9 | 8.2 |
| 5 | 8 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 64 | 28 | 28 | Total Shots | T S | 33 | 33 | 76 |
| 26 | 15 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 27% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 14% |
- Motherwell has the fewest scored goals (0) away
- Motherwell has the most matches under the total-line (4)
| Celtic | Last season | Motherwell | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 26 | 14 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 12 | ||
| 89 | 50 | Scored | S | 18 | 41 | ||
| 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 15 | 38 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 90% | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 73% | ||
| 73% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 60% | ||
| 50% | 53% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 23% | ||
| 23% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 10% | ||
| 47% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 47% | ||
| 50% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 37% | ||
| 3% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 27% | ||
| 7.4 | 8.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 498 | 259 | Total Shots | T S | 118 | 297 | ||
| 209 | 125 | Shots on Target | S O | 51 | 121 | ||
| 43% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 34% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 13 |
| 2 | Hibernian | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Ross County | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Celtic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | Dundee United | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | St. Mirren | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 7 | Aberdeen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 9 | Hamilton Academical | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 3 |
| 10 | Motherwell | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 2 |
| 11 | Kilmarnock | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 2 |
| 12 | Livingston | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 2 |