Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 19

Dec 26, 2024 at 3pm UK

Celtic Park

Celtic
4 - 0
Motherwell

Engels (45+1' pen.), Maeda (57'), Kuhn (74'), Hatate (81')
Idah (45+4')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Maswanhise (11'), Watt (41'), Casey (42'), Sparrow (45+5'), Paton (71')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Celtic

All competitions

Scottish Premiership

Last Game: Dundee Utd 0-0 Celtic
Sunday, December 22 at 12pm in Scottish Premiership

Goals
for

Motherwell

All competitions

Last Game: Motherwell 1-1 Kilmarnock
Friday, December 20 at 7.45pm in Scottish Premiership

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 80.31%. A draw had a probability of 12.2% and a win for Motherwell had a probability of 7.49%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 2-0 with a probability of 9.63%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 3-0 (9.61%) and 2-1 (8.16%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (5.45%), while for a Motherwell win it was 1-2 (2.31%). The actual scoreline of 4-0 was predicted with a 7.2% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Celtic would win this match.

Result
Celtic	Draw	Motherwell
80.31% ( -0.28)	12.2% ( 0.08)	7.49% ( 0.21)

Both teams to score 54.26% (

0.89)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

73.74% (

0.49)

26.26% (

-0.49)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

53.45% (

0.62)

46.54% (

-0.62)

Celtic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

94.98% (

0.05)

5.02% (

-0.05)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

79.97% (

0.14)

20.03% (

-0.14)

Motherwell Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

57.13% (

0.91)

42.87% (

-0.91)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

20.82% (

0.76)

79.18% (

-0.76)

Score Analysis

Celtic 80.31%

Motherwell 7.49%

Draw 12.2%

Celtic	Draw	Motherwell
2-0 @ 9.63% ( -0.23) 3-0 @ 9.61% ( -0.2) 2-1 @ 8.16% ( 0.01) 3-1 @ 8.14% ( 0.03) 4-0 @ 7.19% ( -0.13) 1-0 @ 6.44% ( -0.18) 4-1 @ 6.09% ( 0.04) 5-0 @ 4.3% ( -0.06) 5-1 @ 3.64% ( 0.04) 3-2 @ 3.45% ( 0.1) 4-2 @ 2.58% ( 0.08) 6-0 @ 2.15% ( -0.02) 6-1 @ 1.82% ( 0.02) 5-2 @ 1.54% ( 0.05) 7-0 @ 0.92% ( -0.01) Other @ 4.69% Total : 80.31%	1-1 @ 5.45% ( -0.01) 2-2 @ 3.45% ( 0.09) 0-0 @ 2.15% ( -0.07) 3-3 @ 0.97% ( 0.05) Other @ 0.17% Total : 12.2%	1-2 @ 2.31% ( 0.05) 0-1 @ 1.82% ( -0.01) 2-3 @ 0.98% ( 0.05) Other @ 2.39% Total : 7.49%