Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 6

Aug 30, 2020 at 3pm UK

Celtic Park

Celtic
3 - 0
Motherwell

Forrest (40'), Ajeti (74'), Jullien (90+2')
Brown (22')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Lamie (55'), Grimshaw (89')

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The nine-time reigning champions had to wait almost until half-time to break the deadlock in a 3-0 win.

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The Match

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 75.96%. A draw had a probability of 15.1% and a win for Motherwell had a probability of 8.91%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 2-0 with a probability of 12.08%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 3-0 (10.16%) and 1-0 (9.57%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (7.16%), while for a Motherwell win it was 0-1 (2.84%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with a 10.2% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Celtic would win this match.

Result
Celtic	Draw	Motherwell
75.96%	15.13%	8.91%

Both teams to score 48.45%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

63.49%

36.51%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

41.34%

58.66%

Celtic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

91.99%

8.01%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

71.76%

28.24%

Motherwell Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

52.67%

47.33%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

17.27%

82.73%

Score Analysis

Celtic 75.94%

Motherwell 8.91%

Draw 15.13%

Celtic	Draw	Motherwell
2-0 @ 12.08% 3-0 @ 10.16% 1-0 @ 9.57% 2-1 @ 9.04% 3-1 @ 7.61% 4-0 @ 6.42% 4-1 @ 4.8% 5-0 @ 3.24% 3-2 @ 2.85% 5-1 @ 2.42% 4-2 @ 1.8% 6-0 @ 1.36% 6-1 @ 1.02% 5-2 @ 0.91% Other @ 2.67% Total : 75.94%	1-1 @ 7.16% 0-0 @ 3.79% 2-2 @ 3.38% Other @ 0.8% Total : 15.13%	0-1 @ 2.84% 1-2 @ 2.68% 0-2 @ 1.06% Other @ 2.34% Total : 8.91%