Celtic are huge odds-on favourites to win home game vs Ross County

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 11.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Celtic Park (60411 seats)

Ross County have come here for an exciting fight versus the hosts Celtic. Get ready for the match with this thorough Premiership preview!

Insights:
  • Celtic have the most scored goals (13) in Premiership

Celtic and Ross County should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Celtic form and stats

Perfect Premiership season at home so far for Celtic 2 wins from 2 appearances.

Celtic are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Rangers. Defender Anthony Ralston got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.03/10. Ralston hit one key pass and won 9 of 12 duels.

A Europa League defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at AZ.

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: twelve games found in the database showing ten Celtic wins, one draw and one defeat.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Celtic at home in the league. 12 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Ross County form and stats

The Premiership season is young and Ross County have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Aberdeen (placed 4th) in their previous outing. The Premiership match ended in a draw 1-1. Defender Connor Randall was the best team player with a rating of 7.74. Randall won 8 of 12 duels.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-4 defeat against Rangers.

County are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found eight matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were one win, one draw and six defeats. Of the defeats, six games were lost by at least two goals margin.

Ross County have the goal stats of 1-4 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Celtic-Ross County H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Celtic eight wins, Ross County two wins, zero draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

CelticD. Turnbull
D. Turnbull
3 goals
CelticK. Furuhashi
K. Furuhashi
3 goals
CelticA. Ralston
A. Ralston
2 goals

Celtic missing players

Ross County missing players

Celtic Ross County
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 2 Played P 0 2 4
2 2 2 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
2 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
13 12 12 Scored S 0 1 3
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 4 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 75%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 75%
75% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
50% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
50% 100% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
50% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 50%
 
8.8 13 13 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.5 3.2
3.2 1.5 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 11.5 9.5
0.8 0.5 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.5 2.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
22.8 32.5 32.5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8 7
7.8 12.5 12.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1.5 1.8
42% 48% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 43%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Celtic have the most scored goals (12) at home in Premiership
  • Celtic have the most scored goals (13) in Premiership
  • Celtic have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in Premiership
  • Celtic have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Premiership
  • Celtic have the the best goal difference (+10) in Premiership
  • Celtic have the the best goal difference (+12) at home in Premiership
Celtic Last season Ross County
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
22 13   Won W   6 11
11 4   Drew D   2 6
5 2   Lost L   11 21
78 41   Scored S   16 35
29 11   Conceded C   31 66
92% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
79% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 79%
53% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 50%
32% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 29%
18% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 11%
42% 37%   BTTS BTTS   37% 45%
50% 58%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 18%
16% 11%   Failed to Score F T   42% 39%
 
6.4 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.1
3.9 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   6.7 6.5
0.9 0.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.2
3 0   Red cards R C   1 5
 
17.2 17   Shots (avg) S (   8.8 9.1
6.2 6.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.2 2.7
33% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 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 Hibernian 4 3 1 0 10 4 2 2 0 0 5 0 2 1 1 0 5 4 6 10
2 Hearts 4 3 1 0 7 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 4 10
3 Rangers 4 3 0 1 8 3 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 4 3 5 9
4 Aberdeen 4 2 2 0 6 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 8
5 Motherwell 4 2 1 1 6 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 7
6 Celtic 4 2 0 2 13 3 2 2 0 0 12 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 10 6
7 Dundee United 4 2 0 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 -2 6
8 St. Johnstone 4 0 3 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 -1 3
9 Ross County 4 0 2 2 3 8 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 4 -5 2
10 Dundee 4 0 2 2 4 11 2 0 2 0 4 4 2 0 0 2 0 7 -7 2
11 St. Mirren 4 0 2 2 3 10 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 8 -7 2
12 Livingston 4 0 0 4 2 9 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 5 -7 0

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.