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Celtic v Lazio (Match Stats)

Celtic 1 xG 1.13 (Kyogo 12) Lazio 2 xG 0.77 (Vecino 29 and Pedro 90+5) Celtic had an xG of 1.13 from 11 shots with a decent Post Shot xG...

Tony McLaughlin

Oct 5, 20232 min read

Celtic v Lazio (Match Preview)

Probabilities for the match are - Celtic 34%, Lazio 40% and 26% the draw. Lazio were 2nd in the league last season 16 points behind...

Tony McLaughlin

Oct 3, 20233 min read

Motherwell v Celtic (Match Stats)

Motherwell 1 xG 0.82 Spittal 90+5 Celtic 2 xG 1.68 Palma 87 O'Riley 90+7 Celtic had 2.04 xPts in this game which was the lowest of any...

Tony McLaughlin

Oct 1, 20232 min read

Motherwell v Celtic (Match Preview)

Probabilities for the match are - Celtic 73%, Motherwell 10% and 14% the draw. Motherwell are 4th in the league with 10 points but for...

Tony McLaughlin

Sep 29, 20232 min read

Livingston v Celtic (Match Stats)

Livingston 0 xG 1.01 Celtic 3 xG 2.31 Sent off - Hart 28 minutes. Livingston actually had more shots at goal in this game than Celtic...

Tony McLaughlin

Sep 23, 20232 min read

Livingston v Celtic (Match Preview)

Probabilities for the match are - Celtic 75%, Livingston 9% and 16% the draw. Livingston are 9th in the league for average position of...

Tony McLaughlin

Sep 22, 20232 min read

Feyenoord v Celtic (Match Stats)

Feyenoord 2 xG 1.62 (Stengs 45+2 and Jahanbakhsh 76) Celtic 0 xG 0.31 Sent off - Lagerbielke 63 and Holm 68 Celtic had only 0.31 xG and...

Tony McLaughlin

Sep 20, 20232 min read

Feyenoord v Celtic (Match Preview)

Probabilities for the match are - Celtic 17%, Feyenoord 61% and 22% the draw. Feyenoord won the league last season beating PSV by 7...

Tony McLaughlin

Sep 18, 20233 min read

Celtic v Dundee (Match Stats)

Celtic 3 xG 2.39 (Turnbull 51 PEN, Kyogo 63 and O'Riley 67) Dundee 0 xG 0.72 Celtic only had a Non Penalty xG of 1.6 in this game from...

Tony McLaughlin

Sep 16, 20232 min read

Celtic v Dundee (Match Preview)

Probabilities for the match are - Celtic 84%, Dundee 5% and 11% the draw. Not as strong favourites this time for Celtic as they were...

Tony McLaughlin

Sep 15, 20232 min read

Rangers v Celtic (Match Stats)

Rangers 0 xG 1.8 Celtic 1 xG 0.95 (Kyogo 45+2) Celtic were leading the xG battle until the 75th minute when Lammers missed his...

Tony McLaughlin

Sep 5, 20232 min read

Champions League Draw - Good or Bad ?

So was the draw good or bad ? There is two views you could take when assessing the draw. The first is the overall rating of the 3 teams...

Tony McLaughlin

Sep 1, 20232 min read

Celtic's 17

As the transfer window comes to an end the decision on who becomes Celtic's 17 for the Champions League will finally be made. That's 17...

Tony McLaughlin

Aug 28, 20232 min read

Celtic v St Johnstone (Match Stats)

Celtic 0 xG 2.02 St Johnstone 0 xG 0.28 Celtic's xG of 2.02 was not enough to create a goal and was down on the xG of 2.86 for the last...

Tony McLaughlin

Aug 27, 20232 min read

Celtic v St Johnstone (Match Preview)

Probabilities for the match are - Celtic 90%, St Johnstone 3% and 7% the draw. St Johnstone had no game at the weekend as they were...

Tony McLaughlin

Aug 25, 20232 min read

Kilmarnock v Celtic (Match Stats)

Kilmarnock 1 xG 0.84 (Watkins 59) Celtic 0 xG 1.03 Celtic's xG of 1.03 was better than I thought it would be after watching the game...

Tony McLaughlin

Aug 22, 20233 min read

Kilmarnock v Celtic (Match Preview)

Probabilities for the match are - Celtic 71%, Kilmarnock 11% and 18% the draw. Kilmarnock lined up against Hearts (away) last week with...

Tony McLaughlin

Aug 20, 20231 min read

Aberdeen v Celtic (Match Stats)

Aberdeen 1 xG 1.59 (Miovski 25) Celtic 3 xG 2.58 (Abada 11, Kyogo 29 and O'Riley 84) Celtic's xG of 2.58 was better than their previous...

Tony McLaughlin

Aug 13, 20231 min read

Aberdeen v Celtic (Match Preview)

Probabilities for the match are - Celtic 73%, Aberdeen 10% and 17% the draw. Aberdeen lined up against Livingston (away) last week with...

Tony McLaughlin

Aug 12, 20231 min read

Celtic v Ross County (Match Stats)

Celtic 4 xG 3.80 (Turnbull 17 PEN & 42, Kyogo 26 and O'Riley 73) Ross County 2 xG 1.13 (White 60 and Brown 90+5) Celtic's Post Shot xG...

Tony McLaughlin

Aug 8, 20232 min read