Premiership match prediction and preview for Motherwell vs Celtic clash

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Date: Sat 10.August
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fir Park (13742 seats)

With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Premiership game of the season. Motherwell look forward to welcoming Celtic in front of their home support.

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!

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Motherwell form and stats

Motherwell has recorded two wins in a row here at Fir Park, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Motherwell manager S. Robinson and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Livingston in the Premiership. Before that, Motherwell had a League Cup home game versus Annan Athletic which ended with a victory 4-0.

Last season, Motherwell's league statistics were 15 wins, 6 draws and 17 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Premiership. Over these 38 matches they scored 46 goals and conceded 56. Playing at home last season Motherwell managed 2-1-0 (win-draw-lost) with 8 goals and 6 conceded.

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Celtic form and stats

Celtic have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of six victories in a row regardless of arena. Celtic have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Celtic won their last game, 7-0 versus St. Johnstone played at home. Preceding that game was the away Champions League victory against Nomme Kalju with the score of 2-0.

Let's have a look at how Celtic performed last season in the Premiership: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 27 victories, 6 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 77 and conceded 20 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 1 and lost 1 with 3/2 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Motherwell 0 wins, 3 draws and Celtic 7 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

R. Christie
3 goals
O. Ntcham
1 goals / 1 assists
O. Édouard
1 goals / 1 assists

Motherwell missing players

Celtic missing players

Motherwell Celtic
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 7
0 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
10 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 8
5 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 0
3 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Motherwell Last season Celtic
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
38 19   Played   19 38
15 9   Won   10 27
6 4   Drew   4 6
17 6   Lost   5 5
46 29   Scored   31 77
56 20   Conceded   13 20
97% 100%   Over 0.5   84% 87%
71% 63%   Over 1.5   63% 66%
50% 47%   Over 2.5   37% 47%
21% 16%   Over 3.5   16% 24%
13% 16%   Over 4.5   16% 18%
42% 37%   BTTS   21% 26%
24% 32%   Clean Sheets   58% 63%
37% 32%   Failed To Score   37% 24%
 
4.6 4.7   Corners For (avg)   6.4 7.2
4.7 4.7   Corners Against (avg)   3.6 3.3
2 1.9   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.3 1.2
4 3   Red Cards   3 3
Key stats last season:
  • 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.
  • Motherwell haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Motherwell
All Premiership League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup
All Home Away
13-07-19 LC Queen of the South 0 - 3 Motherwell
19-07-19 LC Motherwell 4 - 0 Greenock Morton
23-07-19 LC Dumbarton 0 - 2 Motherwell
27-07-19 LC Motherwell 4 - 0 Annan Athletic
03-08-19 PR Livingston 0 - 0 Motherwell
10-08-19 PR Motherwell 11:00 Celtic
16-08-19 LC Motherwell 18:45 Hearts
24-08-19 PR Hamilton Academical 14:00 Motherwell
31-08-19 PR Motherwell 14:00 Hibernian
14-09-19 PR Hearts 14:00 Motherwell
Celtic
All Champions League Premiership Europa League League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup
All Home Away
13-07-19 CF Celtic 0 - 0 Rennes
17-07-19 CL Celtic 2 - 1 Sarajevo
24-07-19 CL Celtic 5 - 0 Nomme Kalju
30-07-19 CL Nomme Kalju 0 - 2 Celtic
03-08-19 PR Celtic 7 - 0 St. Johnstone
07-08-19 CL CFR Cluj 18:00 Celtic
10-08-19 PR Motherwell 11:00 Celtic
13-08-19 CL Celtic 18:45 CFR Cluj
17-08-19 LC Celtic 14:00 Dunfermline Athletic
24-08-19 PR Celtic 14:00 Hearts

  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 1 1 0 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3
2 Ross County 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Hibernian 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Livingston 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Motherwell 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 St. Mirren 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
11 Hamilton Academical 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
12 St. Johnstone 1 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 -7 0

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