Premiership: A pair of sides who have played superbly up to now. Get smart on Motherwell - Celtic with this complete guide!
- Motherwell have the most points from losing position (3) in Premiership
- Celtic have the most scored goals (14) in Premiership
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Motherwell form and stats
Motherwell have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Premiership. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 241 minutes without scoring a league goal. Slattery was the last player to find the net.
The fans are hoping that Motherwell will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against Rangers (placed 3rd). Motherwell's goalkeeper Kelly was extremely busy against Rangers, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.
Preceding that match was a defeat to St. Mirren (0-1).Motherwell has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches.
Celtic form and stats
Celtic are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 9 points in the bag from 3 travels in the Premiership.
425 minutes! That's how long the Celtic goalkeeper Joe Hart and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Celtic play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Livingston (placed 10th). O'Riley got a match rating of 8.33 in that game, top player of the team. O'Riley scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 53 successful passes (of 58 total).
A loss, in the Champions League away at Feyenoord, before that.
A quick return to home after this game, as Celtic are hosting Lazio in the Champions League only four days away.
Celtic have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 7 goals from 3 away matches. The Celtic defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average ({1 goals} in 3 games).
Head 2 Head
Celtic have managed a streak of 27 consecutive matches without defeat (23-4-0) when playing Motherwell.Top Goalscorers
  M. O'Riley 4 goals |  K. Furuhashi 4 goals |  D. Turnbull 3 goals |
Motherwell missing players
Celtic missing players
| Motherwell | Celtic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 33% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 5.5 | 4.7 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 5 | 7.8 |
| 6 | 3.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.7 | 4.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.2 | 14.3 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 12.3 | 15.7 |
| 4.7 | 5.7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 7.3 | 7.7 |
| 21% | 24% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 32% | 30% |
| 12.8 | 8.3 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 14.3 | 9.8 |
| 2.8 | 2.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 2.3 |
- 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 have the most points (9) away in Premiership
- Celtic have the most scored goals (14) in Premiership
- Celtic have the most scored goals (7) away in Premiership
- Celtic have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Premiership
- Celtic have the the best goal difference (+11) in Premiership
- Celtic have the the best goal difference (+6) away in Premiership
- Celtic have won all their away games so far.
- Celtic have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Celtic is in the best form (5-1-0) in Premiership
- Motherwell have the most points from losing position (3) in Premiership
- Motherwell 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 | Celtic | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 16 |
| 2 | St. Mirren | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Rangers | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | Hibernian | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Hearts | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Ross County | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 9 | Dundee | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 6 |
| 10 | Livingston | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 6 |
| 11 | Aberdeen | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 12 | St. Johnstone | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -8 | 2 |
