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Match Stats (Celtic v Ross County)

Celtic 4 xG 3.92 (Giakoumakis 11, 18 & 61 and Maeda 26) Ross County 0 xG 0.23 For the 2nd league game running the 60-75 minute period...

Tony McLaughlin

Mar 20, 20221 min read

Match Stats (Livingston v Celtic)

Livingston 1 xG 1.2 (Shinnie 56) Celtic 3 xG 4.15 (Maeda 17, Devlin OG 46 and Jota 55) For a change the 60-75 minute period didn't have...

Tony McLaughlin

Mar 11, 20221 min read

Match Preview (Livingston v Celtic)

Livingston are in good form coming into this game and their 6 game xGD average is at its highest over the last two seasons. Match...

Tony McLaughlin

Mar 6, 20221 min read

Match Stats (Celtic v St Mirren)

Celtic 2 xG 1.49 St Mirren 0 xG 0.74 Again Celtic had the lowest touches in the 60-75 minute period. The seasonal average is at the...

Tony McLaughlin

Mar 3, 20221 min read

Match Preview (Celtic v St Mirren)

Celtic go in to his game on the back of a recent downward trend of performances. Since half time at Pittodrie Celtic have played Raith...

Tony McLaughlin

Mar 1, 20222 min read

Match Stats (Hibernian v Celtic)

Hibernian 0 xG 0.1 Celtic 0 xG 1.27 Pre-match probabilities were Hibernian 12%, Celtic 66% and the draw 22%. There were constant themes...

Tony McLaughlin

Feb 28, 20222 min read

Match Stats (Celtic v Dundee)

Celtic 3 xG 3.36 (Giakoumakis 34, 38 and 86) Dundee 2 xG 0.86 (Mullen 26 and Sweeney 60) Celtic were losing for 8 minutes in this match...

Tony McLaughlin

Feb 21, 20222 min read

Match Stats (Celtic v Bodo-Glimt)

Celtic 1 (Maeda 79) Bodo-Glimt 3 (Espejord 6, Pellegrino 55 and Vetlesen 81) It's not often you say the bookies got it wrong but with...

Tony McLaughlin

Feb 21, 20222 min read

Match Preview (Celtic v Bodo Glimt)

Match probabilities are 64% for Celtic, Bodo Glimt 14% and 22% the draw. Bodo Glimt's ELO rating is 94th and to give that context Celtic...

Tony McLaughlin

Feb 17, 20221 min read

Match Stats (Aberdeen v Celtic)

Aberdeen 2 xG 0.45 (Ramirez 56 and Ferguson 61) Celtic 3 xG 1.36 (Jota 16 & 62 and O'Riley 20) Celtic started off extremely well as usual...

Tony McLaughlin

Feb 10, 20223 min read

Aberdeen are 3rd best for xGD

Aberdeen are 7th in the table with 29pts with Livingston and St Mirren (in 8th and 9th) also on 29pts. However Aberdeen are 3rd best for...

Tony McLaughlin

Feb 9, 20222 min read

Match Stats (Motherwell v Celtic)

Motherwell 0 xG 0.33 Celtic 4 xG 2.82 (Abada 28, Rogic 31 & 45 and Maeda 71) Before the game the probabilities were 72% Celtic, 10%...

Tony McLaughlin

Feb 6, 20221 min read

Match Stats (Celtic v Rangers)

Celtic 3 xG 1.79 (Hatate 5 & 42, Abada 44) Rangers 0 xG 0.66 Before the game the probabilities were 44% Celtic, 29% Rangers and 27% the...

Tony McLaughlin

Feb 6, 20222 min read

Match Preview (Motherwell v Celtic)

Motherwell are 4th in the table and this is largely due to their home form as 70% of their points have come from their home games. Below...

Tony McLaughlin

Feb 6, 20222 min read

Match Preview (Celtic v Rangers)

Probabilities for this game are Celtic 44%, a defeat 27% and a draw 29%. To win the title the probabilities are 50% Celtic and 50%...

Tony McLaughlin

Feb 2, 20224 min read

Match Stats (Celtic v Dundee Utd)

Celtic 1 xG 3.5 (Abada 90) Dundee Utd 0 xG 0.58 Bitton sent off (81 mins) Unlike our season average we had more xG in the second half...

Tony McLaughlin

Jan 30, 20222 min read

Match Preview (Celtic v Dundee Utd)

Despite Celtic not winning this previous fixture the probabilities are very much in Celtic's favour at Celtic 83%, Dundee Utd 5% and a...

Tony McLaughlin

Jan 29, 20222 min read

Match Stats (Hearts v Celtic)

Hearts 1 xG 1.35 (Boyce 62) Celtic 2 xG 1.22 (Hatate 27 and Giakoumakis 35) This was the first time in the league this season that our...

Tony McLaughlin

Jan 27, 20222 min read

Match Preview (Hearts v Celtic)

This is Celtic's most difficult match domestically since August 29th (at Ibrox) based on the probabilities of Celtic 55%, Hearts 20% and...

Tony McLaughlin

Jan 25, 20224 min read

Match Stats (Alloa v Celtic)

Alloa 1 xG 0.8 (Sammon 78) Celtic 2 xG 2.09 (Giakoumakis 14 and Abada 45) Before kick off our probabilities of winning the game were...

Tony McLaughlin

Jan 24, 20221 min read