Motherwell will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 12 points behind Celtic.
The visiting Celtic played their last game only three days ago, a Europa League match.
Motherwell form and stats
When playing at home in the Premiership, Motherwell have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 6 games.
Motherwell are confident in defense, having played 190 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Motherwell are returning here after visiting Livingston in a Premiership game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Tony Watt and Callum Lang scored the goal(s). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Ross County in a game that was won 4-0.
Motherwell has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.
Celtic form and stats
Celtic's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Celtic, who have the most scored goals (14) away in Premiership, collect 14 points from their 6 away matches in the Premiership. 4 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats).
Home advantage was not enough for Celtic in their previous game, as they lost their Europa League-match, hosting Sparta Praha, 1-4. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup.
Celtic have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 14 goals from 6 away matches. It's not easy to score on Celtic as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Celtic - Motherwell 3-0. Motherwell-Celtic H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Motherwell zero wins, Celtic eight wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Ajeti 5 goals |  O. Édouard 4 goals |  R. Christie 3 goals |
Motherwell missing players
Celtic missing players
| Motherwell | Celtic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 13 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 55% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 83% | 91% |
| 45% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 64% |
| 27% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 36% |
| 9% | 17% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 36% |
| 18% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 45% |
| 45% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 50% | 45% |
| 45% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 124 | 70 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 55 | 104 | 193 |
| 28 | 18 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 39 | 74 |
| 46% | 44% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 36% | 38% |
- Celtic has the most points from losing position (7) in Premiership
- Celtic has the most scored goals (14) away in Premiership
- Celtic has the most scored goals in the second half (16) in Premiership
- Celtic have not yet lost a game away.
- Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Celtic have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Celtic have scored more than double the goals of Motherwell.
- Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Motherwell have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Motherwell haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 26 | 35 |
| 2 | Celtic | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 18 | 26 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 26 |
| 4 | Hibernian | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 24 |
| 5 | Dundee United | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 17 |
| 6 | Kilmarnock | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Motherwell | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 9 | Ross County | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -14 | 13 |
| 10 | Livingston | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -9 | 12 |
| 11 | St. Mirren | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 8 |
| 12 | Hamilton Academical | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -12 | 7 |