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Celtic v Hamilton (Wed Jan 27th 2021)

Celtic 2 (Griffiths 12, Eduoard 48) Hamilton 0 Elyounoussi playing in the No.10 got an assist for Griffiths's goal and Griffiths returned...

Tony McLaughlin

Feb 8, 20212 min read

Passing in Final Third (Trends)

I looked at some trends in performance across the 90minutes of our games and the graph below would suggest a lack of intensity in...

Tony McLaughlin

Feb 8, 20212 min read

Livingston v Celtic (Wed Jan 20th 2021)

Livingston 2 (Brown 15, Emmanuel-Thomas 60) Celtic 2 (Elyounoussi 28, Bitton 38) Brown sent off 83mins. Celtic's assists came from...

Tony McLaughlin

Feb 8, 20212 min read

Recommended Celtic Podcasts

There are some many many excellent Podcasts, Twitter accounts and websites from Celtic fans & bloggers that I will review at a later...

Tony McLaughlin

Feb 8, 20212 min read

Celtic v Livingston (Sat Jan 16th 2021)

Celtic 0 Livingston 0 The chart on the left shows %possession per 15minute segment and also pass% share in the final third with shots...

Tony McLaughlin

Feb 8, 20212 min read

Celtic v Hibernian (Mon Jan 11th 2021)

Celtic 1 (Turnbull 82) Hibernian 1 (Nisbet 91) Turnbull scored from the free kick won by himself. For the equaliser Laxalt gave away a...

Tony McLaughlin

Feb 8, 20212 min read

Rangers v Celtic (Sat Jan 2nd 2021)

Rangers 1 (McGregor OG 70) Celtic 0 Bitton sent off after 62mins. Celtic had an NP xG of 1.36 while Rangers NP xG was 1.12 indicating...

Tony McLaughlin

Feb 8, 20211 min read

December Review

Played 8 won 6, drew 2 and lost 0. (1 of the draws was won after penalties). Quadruple Treble won. Celtic started off the month by...

Tony McLaughlin

Feb 8, 20213 min read

Celtic v Dundee Utd (Wed Dec 30th 2020)

Celtic 3 (Soro 23, Turnbull 40 and Edouard 76) Dundee Utd 0 McGregor, Soro and Griffiths got the assists for the goals. Celtic had an NP...

Tony McLaughlin

Feb 8, 20211 min read

Hamilton v Celtic (Sat Dec 26th 2020)

Hamilton 0 Celtic 3 (Edouard PEN 49, Griffiths 54, Turnbull 74) Edouard was brought down for Cetlic's first, then Edouard set up...

Tony McLaughlin

Feb 8, 20212 min read

Celtic v Ross County (Wed Dec 23rd 2020)

Celtic 2 (Turnbull 24, Griffiths 61) Ross County 0 Frimpong and Christie got Celtic's assists. Celtic had an NP xG of 2.35 while Ross...

Tony McLaughlin

Feb 8, 20212 min read

Celtic v Hearts (Sun Dec 20th 2020)

Scottish Cup (2019/2020 season) Final, Hampden Park, Glasgow Celtic 3 (Christie 19, Edouard PEN 29, Griffiths 105) Hearts 3 (Boyce 48,...

Tony McLaughlin

Feb 8, 20212 min read

Celtic v Kilmarnock (Sun Dec 13th 2020)

Celtic 2 (Elyounoussi 58, Duffy 70) Kilmarnock 0 Turnbull set up Celtic's second. Celtic had an NP xG of 1.9 while Kilmarnock's was NP xG...

Tony McLaughlin

Feb 8, 20212 min read

Celtic v Lille (Thu Dec 10th 2020)

Europa League Group matches Celtic 3 (Jullien 21, McGregor PEN 28, Turnbull 75) Lille 2 (Ikone 24, Weah 71) For Lille's first McGregor...

Tony McLaughlin

Feb 8, 20212 min read

Celtic v St Johnstone (Sun Dec 6th 2020)

Celtic 1 (Kane 79) St Johnstone 1 (Elyounoussi 83) For St Johnstone's goal Jullien doesn't winner the header in the box from a throw in...

Tony McLaughlin

Feb 8, 20212 min read

AC Milan v Celtic (Thu Dec 3rd 2020)

Europa League Group match AC Milan 4 (Calhanoglu 24, Castillejo 26, Hauge 50, Diaz 82) Celtic 2 (Rogic 7, Edouard 14) In Milan's first...

Tony McLaughlin

Feb 8, 20212 min read

November Review

Played 6 won 2, drew 1 and lost 3. Celtic's worst month yet which also included elimination from the Betfred League Cup although metrics...

Tony McLaughlin

Feb 8, 20213 min read

Celtic v Ross County (Sun Nov 29th 2020)

Betfred League Cup Celtic 0 Ross County 2 (Stewart PEN 39, Iacovitti 83) For Ross County's first Elhamed was nutmegged and left for dead...

Tony McLaughlin

Feb 8, 20212 min read

Sparta Prague v Celtic (Thu Nov 26th 2020)

Europa League Group Stages Sparta Prague 4 (Hancko 26, Julis 38, Julis 80, Plavsic 86) Celtic 1 (Edouard 15) Edouard was put through with...

Tony McLaughlin

Feb 8, 20212 min read

Hibernian v Celtic (Sat Nov 21st 2020)

Hibernian 2 (Murphy 52, Nisbet 59) Celtic 2 (Edouard PEN 79, Laxalt 91) Hibs first goal came from a deep cross from near the halfway line...

Tony McLaughlin

Feb 8, 20212 min read