Football betting preview: Hibernian with moderate expectations before welcoming Celtic

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sun 27.February
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Easter Road Stadium (20421 seats)

Premiership: Two teams who have performed nicely thus far. Prepare for Hibernian - Celtic with this full guide!

Insights:
  • Hibernian have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Premiership
  • Celtic have the most scored goals (60) in Premiership

The visiting Celtic played their last game only three days ago, a Europa Conference League match. That game was also an away game, at Bodø / Glimt. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Hibernian form and stats

Hibernian have collected 21 points from their Premiership home games so far after 6-3-5.

Hibernian's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Ross County (placed 10th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfield player Hayes got a match rating of 8.4 in that game, the max score being 10. Hayes scored two goals.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Hibernian as they are travelling to their away game against Dundee in the Premiership. That match is three days after this one.

The Hibernian fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 14 matches.

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Celtic form and stats

Celtic's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Celtic collect 31 points from their 14 away matches in the Premiership. 10 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 3 defeats). In general it has been a productive period now for Celtic as they haven't lost any of their last 21 games.

Defender Starfelt was the best team player with a rating of 8.04. Starfelt won 2 of 2 duels.

That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Dundee in the Premiership.

A quick return to home after this game, as Celtic are hosting St. Mirren in the Premiership only three days away.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Celtic are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far).

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these parties meet on the pitch this season, as the fixture list show this recent match: Celtic - Hibernian 2-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - three - seven (Hibernian wins - draws - Celtic wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CelticL. Abada
L. Abada
9 goals
CelticK. Furuhashi
K. Furuhashi
8 goals
CelticJ. Neves Filipe
J. Neves Filipe
7 goals

Hibernian missing players

Celtic missing players

Hibernian Celtic
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 14 2 Played P 3 14 27
9 6 0 Won W 1 10 21
7 3 1 Drew D 0 1 3
11 5 1 Lost L 2 3 3
28 16 0 Scored S 3 29 60
30 14 1 Conceded C 4 13 17
89% 93% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
59% 57% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 79% 74%
37% 36% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 71% 59%
22% 21% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 36% 30%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 19%
37% 29% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 57% 41%
33% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 52%
41% 29% 100% Failed to Score F T 33% 21% 15%
 
5.5 6.1 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 8.8 9.6
4.9 4.6 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 3.5 2.9
2 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.6 1.3
6 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.5 12.2 9 Shots (avg) S ( 15.3 19 20.4
3.6 3.7 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 6.4 6.5
29% 31% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 33% 34%
 
10.9 10.2 13 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 7.9 7
3.9 3.7 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.9 2.1
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • 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 more than double the goals of Hibernian.
  • Celtic have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Premiership
  • Celtic have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Premiership
  • Celtic have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Premiership
  • Celtic have the most clean sheets (14) in Premiership
  • Celtic have the most points (31) away in Premiership
  • Celtic have the most scored goals (29) away in Premiership
  • Celtic have the most scored goals (60) in Premiership
  • Celtic have the most scored goals in the first half (37) in Premiership
  • Celtic have the the best goal difference (+16) away in Premiership
  • Celtic have the the best goal difference (+43) in Premiership
  • Celtic have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Celtic is in the best form (6-0-0) in Premiership
  • Hibernian have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Premiership

  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 27 21 3 3 60 17 13 11 2 0 31 4 14 10 1 3 29 13 43 66
2 Rangers 27 19 6 2 56 22 14 11 3 0 30 7 13 8 3 2 26 15 34 63
3 Hearts 27 12 7 8 36 29 14 8 3 3 24 12 13 4 4 5 12 17 7 43
4 Hibernian 27 9 7 11 28 30 14 6 3 5 16 14 13 3 4 6 12 16 -2 34
5 Dundee United 27 9 7 11 22 28 14 7 1 6 13 15 13 2 6 5 9 13 -6 34
6 Motherwell 27 9 7 11 28 40 14 7 3 4 18 20 13 2 4 7 10 20 -12 34
7 St. Mirren 26 7 12 7 26 35 13 3 7 3 11 11 13 4 5 4 15 24 -9 33
8 Aberdeen 27 8 7 12 32 34 13 6 3 4 19 14 14 2 4 8 13 20 -2 31
9 Livingston 27 8 7 12 26 34 13 4 3 6 13 15 14 4 4 6 13 19 -8 31
10 Ross County 27 6 9 12 38 46 13 3 6 4 22 23 14 3 3 8 16 23 -8 27
11 St. Johnstone 27 5 8 14 17 32 14 2 5 7 11 18 13 3 3 7 6 14 -15 23
12 Dundee 26 5 6 15 23 45 12 3 4 5 13 18 14 2 2 10 10 27 -22 21

Read more about Premiership

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.