Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 28

Feb 6, 2021 at 3pm UK

Celtic Park

Celtic
2 - 1
Motherwell

Welsh (2'), Edouard (50')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Campbell (66')
Watt (68'), Cole (90'), Smith (90+1')

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The defender's header set up a 2-1 win over Motherwell.

Feb 7, 11:50

The Match

Match Report

Odsonne Edouard added a second goal but the hosts were left clinging on in stoppage time.

Preview

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

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 71.02%. A draw had a probability of 17.4% and a win for Motherwell had a probability of 11.54%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 2-0 with a probability of 11.71%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (10.12%) and 2-1 (9.55%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (8.25%), while for a Motherwell win it was 0-1 (3.57%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.6% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Celtic would win this match.

Result
Celtic	Draw	Motherwell
71.02%	17.44%	11.54%

Both teams to score 50.24%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

60.51%

39.49%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

38.17%

61.83%

Celtic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

90.11%

9.89%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

67.24%

32.76%

Motherwell Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

55.75%

44.25%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

19.67%

80.33%

Score Analysis

Celtic 71.01%

Motherwell 11.54%

Draw 17.44%

Celtic	Draw	Motherwell
2-0 @ 11.71% 1-0 @ 10.12% 2-1 @ 9.55% 3-0 @ 9.04% 3-1 @ 7.37% 4-0 @ 5.23% 4-1 @ 4.26% 3-2 @ 3% 5-0 @ 2.42% 5-1 @ 1.97% 4-2 @ 1.74% 6-0 @ 0.93% Other @ 3.67% Total : 71.01%	1-1 @ 8.25% 0-0 @ 4.37% 2-2 @ 3.89% Other @ 0.92% Total : 17.44%	0-1 @ 3.57% 1-2 @ 3.37% 0-2 @ 1.45% 2-3 @ 1.06% 1-3 @ 0.92% Other @ 1.18% Total : 11.54%