The visiting Celtic side should be favourites in this visit to Hamilton Academical, as the away team holds a 20 point advantage from their 16 league games this season.
- Hamilton Academical has the most conceded goals (42) in Premiership
- Celtic has the most points from losing position (9) in Premiership
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Academical and Celtic.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Celtic have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 4-1-0 (win-draw-loss) from five matches.
Hamilton Academical form and stats
Hamilton Academical's results here at Bermuda National Stadium in the Premiership have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 6 defeats. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Academical, their manager B. Rice and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
The Academical fans got no joy from their last match, a Premiership game also here at Bermuda National Stadium: A 0-2 defeat against Livingston (placed 7th). Before that match, a win away at Ross County.
The home team are doomed in this game if you believe the odds offered on Celtic to win. Let's see if Academical are capable of creating a surprise here by looking at their earlier home games as massive outsiders: six games found revealing zero Hamilton Academical wins, zero draws and six defeats.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Academical as they are travelling to their away game against St. Johnstone in the Premiership. That match is four days after this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Academical here at Bermuda National Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 9 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Academical defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Celtic form and stats
Celtic's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Celtic collect 18 points from their 8 away matches in the Premiership. 5 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats). Celtic are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.
190 minutes! That's how long the Celtic goalkeeper Conor Hazard and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Celtic are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Premiership against Ross County (placed 12th).
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 19 matches with 16 wins as expected, two draws and one surprise home win. The favourites won nine of these games by at least two goals.
A new game in only four days for Celtic, the Premiership home match versus Dundee United. Busy days.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 20 goals in 8 league games away this season. As opposed to that, Celtic have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Celtic - Hamilton Academical 5-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Academical, zero draws and ten wins for Celtic. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Elyounoussi 6 goals |  O. Édouard 5 goals |  A. Ajeti 5 goals |
Hamilton Academical missing players
Celtic missing players
| Hamilton Academical | Celtic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 8 | 20 | 39 |
| 42 | 17 | 7 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 53% | 22% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 62% | 56% |
| 32% | 22% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 50% | 38% |
| 26% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 38% | 31% |
| 47% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 62% | 50% |
| 21% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 38% | 44% |
| 32% | 56% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | 3.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.7 | 17.9 | 17.8 |
| 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 6.9 | 6.7 |
| 35% | 21% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 36% | 36% |
- Celtic has the most points from losing position (9) in Premiership
- Celtic have not yet lost a game away.
- Celtic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals away as Hamilton Academical have scored home.
- Celtic have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hamilton Academical has the fewest points (5) at home in Premiership
- Hamilton Academical has the most conceded goals (42) in Premiership
- Hamilton Academical has the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in Premiership
- Hamilton Academical have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Hamilton Academical haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 48 | 53 |
| 2 | Celtic | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 25 | 37 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 36 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 35 |
| 5 | Dundee United | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -7 | 24 |
| 6 | Motherwell | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | -3 | 22 |
| 7 | Livingston | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -5 | 21 |
| 8 | St. Mirren | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | -13 | 18 |
| 9 | Kilmarnock | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 17 |
| 10 | St. Johnstone | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -11 | 17 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 25 | -21 | 17 |
| 12 | Ross County | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -26 | 13 |
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