A key match in Premiership as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Motherwell in 3rd position and Celtic placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
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 Motherwell and Celtic.
Motherwell form and stats
Overall Premiership stats at home this season for Motherwell are 6-1-5 (wins-draw-losses).
L. Donnelly was the last player to score a league goal for Motherwell and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Motherwell haven't scored in 225 minutes.
In their previous game, the manager S. Robinson led his Motherwell to a defeat in the Premiership match away at Livingston. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Fir Park. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Hibernian.
Motherwell are traveling soon after this match as the Scottish Cup match at St. Mirren awaits in three days.
A decent goal production from Motherwell in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 12 league matches. 16 goals have been conceded.
Celtic form and stats
The away performances of Celtic, who have the most scored goals (68) in Premiership, have been very solid so far with 10 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat in the Premiership. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Livingston game have they lost an away game, meaning Celtic has taken points from seven away matches in a row. The fact that Celtic have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
It's the second away game in a row for Celtic, but there's smiles all around after the 4-1 victory versus Hamilton Academical (placed 12th) in the Premiership last time out. Prior to that result Celtic won their away game at St. Johnstone. The scoreline was 3-0.
The schedule is very tough for Celtic now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Scottish Cup game at Clyde is waiting in only four days.
Celtic create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 31 goals in 12 travels. Celtic are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Celtic - Motherwell 2-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Motherwell won zero, Celtic won seven and three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Édouard 17 goals |  R. Christie 10 goals |  J. Forrest 10 goals |
Motherwell missing players
Celtic missing players
| Motherwell | Celtic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 34 | 18 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 31 | 68 |
| 28 | 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 15 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 58% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 58% | 67% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 42% | 42% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 21% |
| 42% | 42% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 46% |
| 42% | 42% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 42% | 50% |
| 25% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 4.7 | 4.4 | 2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 7.2 | 7.6 |
| 4.8 | 5 | 7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 239 | 145 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 200 | 392 |
| 91 | 51 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 67 | 155 |
| 37% | 35% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 46% | 44% |
- Celtic has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Celtic has the most points (31) away
- Celtic has the most scored goals (31) away
- Celtic has the most scored goals (68)
- Celtic has the most scored goals in the first half (33)
- Celtic has the most scored goals in the second half (35)
- Celtic has the the best goal difference (+22) away
- Celtic has the the best goal difference (+53)
- Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Celtic have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Motherwell have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 68 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 53 | 64 |
| 2 | Rangers | 23 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 57 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 44 | 57 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 24 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 34 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 41 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 38 |
| 5 | Livingston | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 5 | 34 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 33 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -6 | 30 |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 20 | -8 | 26 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | -21 | 24 |
| 9 | Ross County | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 50 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 29 | -27 | 22 |
| 10 | St. Mirren | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 20 | -13 | 21 |
| 11 | Hearts | 24 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -16 | 18 |
| 12 | Hamilton Academical | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -20 | 18 |