Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 1

Aug 4, 2024 at 4.30pm UK

Celtic Park

Celtic
4 - 0
Kilmarnock

Hatate (17'), Scales (40'), Kuhn (59'), Ralston (90+4')

FT(HT: 2-0)

Donnelly (70'), Lyons (84')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Scottish Premiership clash between Celtic and Kilmarnock, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Celtic

All competitions

Scottish Premiership

Last Game: Chelsea 1-4 Celtic
Saturday, July 27 at 9pm in Club Friendlies 1

Goals
for

Kilmarnock

All competitions

Scottish Premiership

Last Game: Cercle Brugge 1-0 Kilmarnock
Thursday, August 1 at 7pm in Europa League

Goals
for

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Celtic win with a probability of 83.4%. A draw had a probability of 11% and a win for Kilmarnock had a probability of 5.63%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 3-0 with a probability of 11.16%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (11.09%) and 4-0 (8.42%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (5.12%), while for a Kilmarnock win it was 1-2 (1.78%). The actual scoreline of 4-0 was predicted with an 8.4% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Celtic would win this match.

Result
Celtic	Draw	Kilmarnock
83.4% ( 0.16)	10.97% ( 0.03)	5.63% ( -0.19)

Both teams to score 47.71% (

-1.67)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

71.69% (

-1.23)

28.3% (

1.22)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

50.88% (

-1.54)

49.11% (

1.53)

Celtic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

95.1% (

-0.2)

4.89% (

0.19)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

80.35% (

-0.6)

19.65% (

0.59)

Kilmarnock Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

50.17% (

-1.65)

49.83% (

1.64)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

15.46% (

-1.18)

84.54% (

1.17)

Score Analysis

Celtic 83.39%

Kilmarnock 5.63%

Draw 10.97%

Celtic	Draw	Kilmarnock
3-0 @ 11.16% ( 0.37) 2-0 @ 11.09% ( 0.51) 4-0 @ 8.42% ( 0.17) 3-1 @ 7.78% ( -0.1) 2-1 @ 7.73% ( 0) 1-0 @ 7.35% ( 0.43) 4-1 @ 5.87% ( -0.16) 5-0 @ 5.08% ( 0.04) 5-1 @ 3.54% ( -0.14) 3-2 @ 2.71% ( -0.17) 6-0 @ 2.56% ( -0.02) 4-2 @ 2.04% ( -0.16) 6-1 @ 1.78% ( -0.1) 5-2 @ 1.23% ( -0.11) 7-0 @ 1.1% ( -0.02) Other @ 3.94% Total : 83.39%	1-1 @ 5.12% ( 0.07) 2-2 @ 2.69% ( -0.13) 0-0 @ 2.44% ( 0.17) Other @ 0.72% Total : 10.97%	1-2 @ 1.78% ( -0.06) 0-1 @ 1.7% ( 0.05) Other @ 2.14% Total : 5.63%