Celtic fearless before departure for Dundee United clash

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 22.August
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Tannadice Park (14223 seats)

It's early days in the Premiership and both Dundee United and Celtic are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Champions League.

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Dundee United form and stats

Two Premiership home games so far for Dundee United, who are yet to win here at Tannadice Park. Only 1 point so far.

A good away victory last time out for Dundee United, who won 2-1 against Ross County (placed 3rd). Before that game, the home loss against Hibernian with the scoreline 0-1.

World class coaching! That was the thoughts of M. Mellon when Nicky Clark scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 74th minute.

Dundee United has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Celtic form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first Premiership away game of the season. During their previous season 15 away games resulted in 12 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Celtic are travelling after their nice 6-0 home win in the Champions League against KR. Before that, Celtic travelled to Kilmarnock and returned home with a draw after the Premiership game finished 1-1.

As mentioned above, Celtic was the only team on the pitch versus KR in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task.

Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Celtic given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 18 matches with 14 wins as expected, three draws and one surprise home win. The favourites won ten of these games by at least two goals.

After this away game Celtic return home for a Champions League game against Ferencváros. That game is only four sleeps after this.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Celtic has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Dundee one win, one draw and Celtic eight victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CelticO. Édouard
O. Édouard
3 goals
Dundee UnitedN. Clark
N. Clark
2 goals
Dundee UnitedM. Reynolds
M. Reynolds
1 goals

Dundee United missing players

Celtic missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Dundee United Celtic
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 0 1 2
2 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 1 Drew D 0 1 1
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 1 1 Scored S 0 1 6
3 2 1 Conceded C 0 1 2
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
25% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6.2 5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 6.5
4.5 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 1 4.5
1.2 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
48 25 14 Total Shots T S 0 13 41
9 3 2 Shots on Target S O 0 2 17
44% 33% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 35%
Dundee United Last season Celtic
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   15 30
18 10   Won W   12 26
5 3   Drew D   2 2
5 1   Lost L   1 2
52 35   Scored S   39 89
22 10   Conceded C   12 19
93% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
75% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   93% 97%
46% 57%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 73%
21% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 50%
14% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 23%
39% 57%   BTTS BTTS   53% 47%
43% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   40% 50%
25% 7%   Failed to Score F T   7% 3%
 
6.9 6.7   Corners for (avg) C F   6.6 7.4
4.6 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   3.1 2.7
1.4 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.3 1.1
0 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
326 177   Total Shots T S   239 498
128 75   Shots on Target S O   84 209
39% 47%   Goal Efficiency G E   46% 43%

  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 4 3 1 0 7 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 7 10
2 Hibernian 4 3 1 0 7 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 5 10
3 Ross County 4 2 1 1 5 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 7
4 Dundee United 4 2 1 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 7
5 St. Mirren 3 2 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 3 -1 6
6 Celtic 2 1 1 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 4
7 St. Johnstone 4 1 1 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 3 5 -3 4
8 Aberdeen 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
9 Kilmarnock 4 0 2 2 5 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 3 4 -2 2
10 Motherwell 4 0 2 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 -2 2
11 Livingston 4 0 2 2 3 7 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 -4 2
12 Hamilton Academical 3 0 0 3 1 7 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 5 -6 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dundee United 28 18 5 5 52 22 14 10 3 1 35 10 14 8 2 4 17 12 30 59
2 Inverness CT 27 14 3 10 39 32 13 8 2 3 24 14 14 6 1 7 15 18 7 45
3 Dundee 27 11 8 8 32 31 13 7 2 4 17 14 14 4 6 4 15 17 1 41
4 Ayr United 27 12 4 11 38 35 14 6 3 5 18 14 13 6 1 6 20 21 3 40
5 Dunfermline Athletic 28 10 7 11 41 36 15 7 3 5 25 17 13 3 4 6 16 19 5 37
6 Arbroath 26 10 6 10 24 26 13 6 4 3 14 10 13 4 2 7 10 16 -2 36
7 Greenock Morton 28 10 6 12 45 52 14 6 5 3 27 22 14 4 1 9 18 30 -7 36
8 Alloa Athletic 28 7 10 11 33 43 14 4 4 6 12 19 14 3 6 5 21 24 -10 31
9 Queen of the South 28 7 7 14 28 40 14 4 2 8 17 20 14 3 5 6 11 20 -12 28
10 Partick Thistle 27 6 8 13 32 47 13 2 4 7 13 22 14 4 4 6 19 25 -15 26
Last season 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 30 26 2 2 89 19 15 14 0 1 50 7 15 12 2 1 39 12 70 80
2 Rangers 29 21 4 4 64 19 14 11 1 2 33 7 15 10 3 2 31 12 45 67
3 Motherwell 30 14 4 12 41 38 15 7 1 7 23 23 15 7 3 5 18 15 3 46
4 Aberdeen 30 12 9 9 40 36 15 7 3 5 23 19 15 5 6 4 17 17 4 45
5 Livingston 30 10 9 11 41 39 14 8 4 2 19 8 16 2 5 9 22 31 2 39
6 Hibernian 30 9 10 11 42 49 15 5 7 3 26 22 15 4 3 8 16 27 -7 37
7 St. Johnstone 29 8 12 9 28 46 16 5 6 5 19 26 13 3 6 4 9 20 -18 36
8 Kilmarnock 30 9 6 15 31 41 15 6 5 4 20 15 15 3 1 11 11 26 -10 33
9 St. Mirren 30 7 8 15 24 41 15 5 6 4 13 13 15 2 2 11 11 28 -17 29
10 Ross County 30 7 8 15 29 60 14 5 3 6 17 23 16 2 5 9 12 37 -31 29
11 Hamilton Academical 30 6 9 15 30 50 16 4 3 9 16 26 14 2 6 6 14 24 -20 27
12 Hearts 30 4 11 15 31 52 15 2 7 6 19 23 15 2 4 9 12 29 -21 23

Table
  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 4 3 1 0 7 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 7 10
2 Hibernian 4 3 1 0 7 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 5 10
3 Ross County 4 2 1 1 5 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 7
4 Dundee United 4 2 1 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 7
5 St. Mirren 3 2 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 3 -1 6
6 Celtic 2 1 1 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 4
7 St. Johnstone 4 1 1 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 3 5 -3 4
8 Aberdeen 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
9 Kilmarnock 4 0 2 2 5 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 3 4 -2 2
10 Motherwell 4 0 2 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 -2 2
11 Livingston 4 0 2 2 3 7 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 -4 2
12 Hamilton Academical 3 0 0 3 1 7 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 5 -6 0

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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.