Premiership prediction: Celtic should edge out Ross County on their own turf

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Date: Sat 19.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Celtic Park (60832 seats)

Celtic perform at a high level so far being 2nd in the table. Ross County can look both up and down from their 5th position.

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.

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Celtic form and stats

Perfect Premiership season at home so far for Celtic 3 wins from 3 appearances. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Celtic, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

In their previous game, the manager N. Lennon led his Celtic to a defeat in the Premiership match away at Livingston. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Celtic Park. Ahead of that match, Celtic won a home game hosting CFR Cluj (2-0).

Celtic always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Celtic Park with 13 goals in 3 league games. Celtic have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Ross County form and stats

1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Ross County playing as the away team in the Premiership this season.

There were no winners in Ross County's previous match, a Premiership home game that ended 2-2 vs St. Johnstone (placed 12th). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Kilmarnock that ended 0-0.

With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any point(s) for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Ross County as the away team, we found one results. Statistics from these were 0 away wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. The outsiders lost 1 of these games by at least two goals.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Ross County's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. As opposed to that, Ross County have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 7 - 2 - 1 (Celtic wins - draws - Ross County wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

R. Christie
6 goals / 1 assists
O. Édouard
5 goals / 2 assists
J. Forrest
2 goals / 5 assists

Celtic missing players

Ross County missing players

Celtic Ross County
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
8 3 1 Played P 2 4 8
6 3 1 Won W 1 1 3
1 0 0 Drew D 0 2 3
1 0 0 Lost L 1 1 2
22 13 3 Scored S 2 2 10
7 2 1 Conceded C 4 4 11
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 50% 75%
88% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 75%
50% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 75%
50% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
50% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 25% 50%
38% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 38%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 75% 38%
 
5.6 6.7 5 Corners For (avg) C F 3 4 5.2
2.8 2.3 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 5.5 5.8
1.2 0.7 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 1.5
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • All of Celtic's home matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Celtic have scored more than double the goals of Ross County.
  • Celtic have won all their home matches so far.
  • Celtic have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Ross County have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Celtic
All Champions League Premiership Europa League League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup
All Home Away
22-09-19 PR Celtic 3 - 1 Kilmarnock
25-09-19 LC Celtic 5 - 0 Partick Thistle
28-09-19 PR Hibernian 1 - 1 Celtic
03-10-19 EL Celtic 2 - 0 CFR Cluj
06-10-19 PR Livingston 2 - 0 Celtic
19-10-19 PR Celtic 14:00 Ross County
24-10-19 EL Celtic 19:00 Lazio
27-10-19 PR Aberdeen 12:15 Celtic
30-10-19 PR Celtic 19:45 St. Mirren
02-11-19 LC Hibernian 17:30 Celtic
Ross County
All Premiership Championship League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup Challenge Cup
All Home Away
31-08-19 PR Aberdeen 3 - 0 Ross County
14-09-19 PR Ross County 2 - 1 St. Mirren
21-09-19 PR Motherwell 1 - 2 Ross County
28-09-19 PR Kilmarnock 0 - 0 Ross County
05-10-19 PR Ross County 2 - 2 St. Johnstone
19-10-19 PR Celtic 14:00 Ross County
26-10-19 PR Hibernian 14:00 Ross County
30-10-19 PR Ross County 19:45 Rangers
02-11-19 PR Hamilton Academical 15:00 Ross County
09-11-19 PR Ross County 15:00 Aberdeen

  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 8 7 0 1 26 5 5 4 0 1 19 4 3 3 0 0 7 1 21 21
2 Celtic 8 6 1 1 22 7 3 3 0 0 13 2 5 3 1 1 9 5 15 19
3 Motherwell 8 5 1 2 15 10 4 2 0 2 8 7 4 3 1 0 7 3 5 16
4 Aberdeen 8 3 3 2 10 10 4 2 2 0 8 4 4 1 1 2 2 6 0 12
5 Ross County 8 3 3 2 10 11 4 2 1 1 8 7 4 1 2 1 2 4 -1 12
6 Livingston 8 3 2 3 12 11 4 2 1 1 4 3 4 1 1 2 8 8 1 11
7 Kilmarnock 8 3 2 3 6 7 4 1 2 1 3 2 4 2 0 2 3 5 -1 11
8 Hamilton Academical 8 2 2 4 7 15 4 2 0 2 5 5 4 0 2 2 2 10 -8 8
9 Hearts 8 1 3 4 9 13 4 0 2 2 4 6 4 1 1 2 5 7 -4 6
10 Hibernian 8 1 3 4 7 17 4 1 2 1 5 5 4 0 1 3 2 12 -10 6
11 St. Mirren 8 1 2 5 3 8 4 1 2 1 1 1 4 0 0 4 2 7 -5 5
12 St. Johnstone 8 0 4 4 7 20 4 0 1 3 2 8 4 0 3 1 5 12 -13 4

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