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Celtic v West Ham (Review)

Celtic 2 (McGregor 8, Christie 50) West Ham 6 (Antonio 23, 32, Noble 38 pen, Benrahma 54, Bowen 74, Oko-Flex 85) Not much stats to report...

Tony McLaughlin

Jul 25, 20213 min read

Celtic v Midtjylland (Review)

Celtic 1 (Abada 39) xG 1.79 Midjtylland 1 (Ferreira 66) xG 0.12 At kick off our probabilities of winning the game were 48.2% (a defeat...

Tony McLaughlin

Jul 23, 20214 min read

Euros Stats (including my Stats Team of the tournament)

Some interesting stats I collated from the Euros; Spain created the most xG at 2.29 per 90 minutes. Denmark were the most accurate...

Tony McLaughlin

Jul 20, 20212 min read

Belgium v Portugal (Preview)

Belgium produced a total of 4.1 xG in the group stages and made the most of that chance creation with a Post Shot xG of 4.3 and 7 goals....

Tony McLaughlin

Jun 27, 20211 min read

Netherlands v Czech Republic (Preview)

Netherlands have had an easiest path of all 24 teams to the last 16 with the average ranking of their opponents 17 with an combined %...

Tony McLaughlin

Jun 27, 20211 min read

Italy v Austria (Preview)

Austria qualified after securing 2nd place in their group and came through the group games with a total xG of 3.3 (15th out of 24). They...

Tony McLaughlin

Jun 26, 20211 min read

Wales v Denmark (Preview)

Tonight sees the first tie of the last 16 and it's between 2nd placed Wales and 2nd placed Denmark. Wales had the 2nd hardest average...

Tony McLaughlin

Jun 26, 20212 min read

Stats team of the Euros (3rd round)

My stats team of the Euros for the 3rd round of fixtures. - Ward (Wales) conceded 1 but Italy had an xG of 1.9 and Post Shot xG of 1.7...

Tony McLaughlin

Jun 25, 20212 min read

Stats team of the Euros (2nd round)

My stats team of the Euros for the 2nd round of fixtures. - Dimtrievski (North Macedonia) conceded 2 but Ukraine had an xG of 3.7 and...

Tony McLaughlin

Jun 20, 20211 min read

Stats Team of the Euros (after first round)

Based on some key stats below is my team of the Euros so far. - Hradecky (Finland) had a clean sheet faced against an xG of 1.9 - Semedo...

Tony McLaughlin

Jun 16, 20212 min read

Hibernian v Celtic (Preview)

Last game of the season which is a dead rubber fixture for us but also our opponents as they may rest some players ahead of their Cup...

Tony McLaughlin

May 15, 20212 min read

Rangers v Celtic (Preview)

Here is the link to my previous Rangers v Celtic preview which was before the Cup game .... https://www.celtictrends.com/post/heart-versu...

Tony McLaughlin

May 2, 20212 min read

Rangers v Celtic (Review)

I'm a bit late with my review on our Scottish Cup tie versus Rangers however being back to work full time (after furlough) has been the...

Tony McLaughlin

May 2, 20212 min read

Aberdeen v Celtic (Preview)

Probable line up for Aberdeen; - 4-4-2 - Lewis - McCrorie, Hoban, Considine and Hayes - McLennan, Ferguson, Campbell and Kennedy - Hornby...

Tony McLaughlin

Apr 21, 20212 min read

Heart versus Head

Celtic v Rangers Preview All week my Head has been saying that too many of us Celtic fans are far too over confident and I can't...

Tony McLaughlin

Apr 18, 20213 min read

Celtic's 1.266 touches per pass v Livingston

Celtic v Livingston (Review) Celtic 6 (Forrest 30, Turnbull 38, OG 50, Elyounoussi 54 & 66, Christie 87) Livingston 0 The Livingston team...

Tony McLaughlin

Apr 15, 20213 min read

The battle of the Forrest brothers

Celtic v Livingston (Preview) Probable line up for Livingston; - 4-2-3-1 - 1 McCrorie - 2 Devlin, 5 Fitzwater, 27 Guthrie & 23 Longridge...

Tony McLaughlin

Apr 9, 20214 min read

SPFL Pre-Split Review .... Part 2

Following on from my Part 1 Review of the SPFL season so far (https://www.celtictrends.com/post/spfl-pre-split-review-part-1) below is...

Tony McLaughlin

Apr 5, 20213 min read

James Forrest return provides width & crosses

Celtic v Falkirk (Review) Celtic 3 (Forrest 56, Christie 58 and Elyounoussi 79) Falkirk 0 John Kennedy had a few changes for this game...

Tony McLaughlin

Apr 4, 20213 min read

Celtic v Falkirk (Preview)

Will Celtic play with the same starting 11 for the 3rd time this season which would be the only time we have played the same 11 on 3...

Tony McLaughlin

Apr 3, 20213 min read