Celtic massive favourites before trip to Hamilton Academical

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Date: Sat 14.September
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Hope CBD Stadium (6078 seats)

It's early days in the Premiership and the teams 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.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

This pitch has artificial turf, which is not Celtic's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artificial turf Celtic have performed like this: Played four matches resulting in 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat with the goal stats 7-3 (scored/conceded).

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Hamilton Academical form and stats

Only two Premiership home games for Hamilton Academical so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Hamilton Academical drew their last game, 2-2 away at Hearts (placed 11th). Before that game, the home loss against Motherwell with the scoreline 1-3.

No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Hamilton Academical had similar winning odds as today, and found four games. In these, the hosts won 0, drew 0 and lost 4. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Hamilton Academical lost 3 similar games by at least two goals.

Early season league goal statistics from Hamilton Academical's 2 home games: 3 goals, 3 conceded.

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Celtic form and stats

Celtic are yet to lose a point on their Premiership travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games. Celtic are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing. Celtic have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena.

Celtic play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Rangers (placed 2nd). Ahead of that match was the victory versus AIK at their stadium, the result 4-1.

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 twelve matches with 8 wins as expected, 4 draws and 0 surprise home wins. The favourites won 6 of these games by at least two goals.

Celtic have the goal stats of 7-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 0 wins for Hamilton Academical, 1 draw and 9 wins for Celtic. Over 2,5 goals: 6 times; under 2,5 goals: 4 games.

Top Goalscorers

R. Christie
4 goals / 2 assists
G. Oakley
3 goals
O. Édouard
3 goals / 1 assists

Hamilton Academical missing players

Celtic missing players

Hamilton Academical Celtic
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
4 2 0 Played 1 2 4
1 1 0 Won 1 2 4
1 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
2 1 0 Lost 0 0 0
5 3 0 Scored 5 7 17
8 3 0 Conceded 2 2 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 50% 0% Over 2.5 100% 50% 75%
50% 50% 0% Over 3.5 100% 50% 75%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 100% 50% 50%
50% 50% 0% BTTS 100% 50% 50%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 50% 50%
25% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
4.2 1.5 0 Corners For (avg) 5 5 6.2
10.8 14 0 Corners Against (avg) 5 6.5 4
1.5 0.5 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0.5 0.5
2 2 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Hamilton Academical Last season Celtic
Total Home Home vs no_table Statistic Away vs no_table Away Total
4 2 0 Played 0 2 4
1 1 0 Won 0 2 4
1 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
2 1 0 Lost 0 0 0
5 3 0 Scored 0 7 17
8 3 0 Conceded 0 2 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 50% 0% Over 2.5 0% 50% 75%
50% 50% 0% Over 3.5 0% 50% 75%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 50% 50%
50% 50% 0% BTTS 0% 50% 50%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 50% 50%
25% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
4.2 1.5 0 Corners For (avg) 0 5 6.2
10.8 14 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 6.5 4
1.5 0.5 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0.5 0.5
2 2 0 Red Cards 0 0 0

Hamilton Academical
All Premiership League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup
All Home Away
03-08-19 PR Ross County 3 - 0 Hamilton Academical
10-08-19 PR Hamilton Academical 2 - 0 Kilmarnock
17-08-19 LC Kilmarnock 0 - 0 Hamilton Academical
24-08-19 PR Hamilton Academical 1 - 3 Motherwell
31-08-19 PR Hearts 2 - 2 Hamilton Academical
14-09-19 PR Hamilton Academical 11:00 Celtic
21-09-19 PR St. Mirren 14:00 Hamilton Academical
28-09-19 PR Hamilton Academical 14:00 Livingston
06-10-19 PR Rangers 14:00 Hamilton Academical
19-10-19 PR Hamilton Academical 14:00 Hibernian
Celtic
All Champions League Premiership Europa League League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup
All Home Away
17-08-19 LC Celtic 1 - 1 Dunfermline Athletic
22-08-19 EL Celtic 2 - 0 AIK
25-08-19 PR Celtic 3 - 1 Hearts
29-08-19 EL AIK 1 - 4 Celtic
01-09-19 PR Rangers 0 - 2 Celtic
14-09-19 PR Hamilton Academical 11:00 Celtic
19-09-19 EL Rennes 16:55 Celtic
22-09-19 PR Celtic 12:00 Kilmarnock
25-09-19 LC Celtic 18:45 Partick Thistle
28-09-19 PR Hibernian 11:30 Celtic

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Celtic 4 4 0 0 17 3 2 2 0 0 10 1 2 2 0 0 7 2 14 12
2 Rangers 4 3 0 1 9 4 2 1 0 1 6 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 5 9
3 Livingston 4 2 2 0 8 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 6 3 4 8
4 Aberdeen 4 2 1 1 6 3 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 7
5 Motherwell 4 2 1 1 8 6 2 1 0 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 7
6 Kilmarnock 4 1 1 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 -2 4
7 Hamilton Academical 4 1 1 2 5 8 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 2 5 -3 4
8 Ross County 4 1 1 2 4 7 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 0 3 -3 4
9 Hibernian 4 1 1 2 4 11 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 1 9 -7 4
10 St. Mirren 4 1 0 3 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 3
11 Hearts 4 0 2 2 5 8 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 3 6 -3 2
12 St. Johnstone 4 0 2 2 4 12 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 9 -8 2
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 St. Johnstone 38 15 7 16 38 48 3 2 1 0 5 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 -10 52
2 Motherwell 38 15 6 17 46 56 3 2 1 0 8 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 -10 51
3 Livingston 38 11 11 16 42 44 2 0 0 2 1 4 3 0 2 1 6 7 -2 44
4 Hamilton Academical 38 9 6 23 28 75 3 1 2 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 -47 33
5 St. Mirren 38 8 8 22 34 66 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 2 1 0 7 4 -32 32
6 Dundee 38 5 6 27 31 78 2 0 0 2 2 4 3 1 0 2 4 6 -47 21

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