1st position in the Premiership table for Celtic so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 8th-placed Ross County visits Celtic Park.
It's no vacation for neither Celtic nor Ross County as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Ross County are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.
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 10-0-1.
Celtic are returning here after visiting Kilmarnock in a Premiership game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Christopher Jullien, Odsonne Édouard and Leigh Griffiths scored the goal(s). In the game before, an away victory in the Scottish Cup match versus Partick Thistle with a 2-1 scoreline.
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: 21 games found in the database showing 19 Celtic wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Celtic as they are travelling to their away game against St. Johnstone in the Premiership. That match is four days after this one.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Celtic is on fire here. A stunning 34 from 11 league matches. Celtic are not conceding a lot of goals here at Celtic Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 11 matches.
Ross County form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ross County, who have the most conceded goals (42) in Premiership, so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-4 (win-draw-lose).
There were no winners in Ross County's previous match, a Premiership home game that ended 0-0 vs Hearts (placed 12th). Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Ayr United's place.
Nobody expects Ross County to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath ten times before, with the overall statistics of won 5, draw 1 and lost 4. When defeated, 2 matches have been lost by two or more goals.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Ross County manager S. Kettlewell as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Rangers.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ross County as they have only managed to score 8 times from 10 away games in the league. Ross County have conceded 21 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Ross County - Celtic 1-4 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Celtic 8 wins, 2 draws and Ross County 0 victories. As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Édouard 13 goals |  R. Christie 10 goals |  J. Forrest 8 goals |
Celtic missing players
Ross County missing players
| Celtic | Ross County | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 18 | 10 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 58 | 34 | 9 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 22 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 21 | 42 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 86% |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 81% |
| 62% | 73% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 70% | 76% |
| 43% | 45% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 43% |
| 19% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 48% | 45% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 57% |
| 48% | 55% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 24% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 7.1 | 7.4 | 6.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.4 | 6.3 |
| 1.1 | 0.8 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 342 | 180 | 50 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 57 | 136 |
| 139 | 83 | 25 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 22 | 55 |
| 42% | 41% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 36% | 40% |
- All of Celtic's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Celtic has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6)
- Celtic has the most points (30) at home
- Celtic has the most scored goals (34) at home
- Celtic has the most scored goals (58)
- Celtic has the most scored goals in the first half (28)
- Celtic has the the best goal difference (+28) at home
- Celtic has the the best goal difference (+44)
- Celtic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 Ross County.
- Celtic have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ross County has the fewest matches under the total-line (5)
- Ross County has the most conceded goals (42)
- Ross County has the most matches over the total-line (15)
- Ross County has the the worst goal difference (-20)
- Ross County have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
| 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 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 58 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 44 | 55 |
| 2 | Rangers | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 43 | 53 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 34 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 40 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 36 |
| 5 | Livingston | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 2 | 28 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -6 | 28 |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 18 | -9 | 23 |
| 8 | Ross County | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 22 |
| 9 | St. Johnstone | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | -19 | 20 |
| 10 | St. Mirren | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 18 | -13 | 19 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -15 | 18 |
| 12 | Hearts | 22 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -17 | 14 |