The visiting Celtic side should be favourites in this visit to Ross County, as the away team holds a 41 point advantage from their 29 league games this season.
- Ross County has the fewest scored goals (21) in Premiership
- Celtic is in the best form (5-0-1)
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premiership.
Ross County form and stats
With 2 Premiership wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, Ross County, who have the fewest scored goals (21) in Premiership, are certainly not brimming with confidence. County are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Global Energy Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.
County's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Dundee United (placed 7th). In the game before, an away victory match versus Hamilton Academical with a 2-1 scoreline.
No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where County had similar winning odds as today, and found five games. In these, the hosts won zero, drew zero and lost five. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Ross County lost four similar games by at least two goals.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for County here at Global Energy Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 14 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the County defense is not exactly impregnable. 27 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Celtic form and stats
The away team, who have the most scored goals (35) away in Premiership, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 9 wins, 4 draws and only 1 loss in the Premiership. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Ross County. Having won their last three away games Celtic has no reason to fear anyone.
Impressive finishing from David Turnbull secured the home win 1-0 against Aberdeen in their previous game. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at St. Johnstone.
As mentioned earlier, Celtic will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 16 wins (ten by two or more goals winning margin), two draws and one surprising defeat.
Celtic are a potent attacking force on the road with their 35 goals in 14 league games. Celtic are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 12 times in 14 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Celtic - County 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): County one win, zero draws and Celtic nine victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Édouard 15 goals |  M. Elyounoussi 7 goals |   O. Shaw 6 goals |
Ross County missing players
Celtic missing players
| Ross County | Celtic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 21 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 12 | 35 | 64 |
| 53 | 27 | 8 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 22 |
| 96% | 93% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 82% | 86% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 46% | 50% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 71% | 59% |
| 29% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 31% |
| 11% | 14% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 21% | 17% |
| 39% | 43% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 45% |
| 18% | 14% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 43% | 48% |
| 46% | 50% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.8 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 9.4 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.8 | 16.9 | 17 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 1.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 6.2 | 6.1 |
| 30% | 26% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 40% | 36% |
- Celtic has the most points from losing position (13) in Premiership
- Celtic has the most scored goals (35) away in Premiership
- Celtic has the most scored goals in the second half (39) in Premiership
- Celtic has the the best goal difference (+23) away in Premiership
- 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 Ross County.
- Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Celtic is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Ross County has the fewest scored goals (21) in Premiership
- Ross County has the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Premiership
- Ross County has the most conceded goals (27) at home in Premiership
- Ross County has the most conceded goals in the second half (33) in Premiership
- Ross County has the the worst goal difference (-16) at home in Premiership
- Ross County has the the worst goal difference (-32) in Premiership
- Ross County have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Ross County 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 | Rangers | 29 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 69 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 61 | 79 |
| 2 | Celtic | 29 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 64 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 42 | 64 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 49 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 45 |
| 5 | Livingston | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 39 |
| 6 | St. Mirren | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 33 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 13 | -6 | 34 |
| 7 | Dundee United | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -12 | 34 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 26 | -11 | 30 |
| 9 | Motherwell | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 43 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -17 | 28 |
| 10 | Kilmarnock | 29 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 26 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 21 | -15 | 24 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 28 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 54 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 31 | -26 | 24 |
| 12 | Ross County | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 53 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 26 | -32 | 23 |