Scottish Cup | Semi-Finals

Nov 1, 2020 at 2.30pm UK

Celtic Park

Celtic
2 - 0
Aberdeen

Christie (18'), Elyounoussi (23')
Laxalt (28')

FT(HT: 2-0)

Ferguson (50')

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The Match

Match Report

The Hoops are one win away from lifting a fourth successive Scottish Cup.

Team News

Dylan McGeouch is out of the rearranged clash with a groin problem.

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 56.01%. A draw had a probability of 23.3% and a win for Aberdeen had a probability of 20.7%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.28%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.01%) and 2-1 (9.82%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.06%), while for an Aberdeen win it was 0-1 (6.24%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 10% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Celtic would win this match.

Result
Celtic	Draw	Aberdeen
56.01%	23.28%	20.7%

Both teams to score 51.9%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

51.97%

48.02%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

29.8%

70.19%

Celtic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

83.03%

16.96%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

52.94%

47.06%

Aberdeen Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

62.5%

37.5%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

25.72%

74.28%

Score Analysis

Celtic 56.01%

Aberdeen 20.7%

Draw 23.28%

Celtic	Draw	Aberdeen
1-0 @ 11.28% 2-0 @ 10.01% 2-1 @ 9.82% 3-0 @ 5.92% 3-1 @ 5.81% 3-2 @ 2.85% 4-0 @ 2.63% 4-1 @ 2.58% 4-2 @ 1.26% 5-0 @ 0.93% 5-1 @ 0.91% Other @ 2.01% Total : 56.01%	1-1 @ 11.06% 0-0 @ 6.36% 2-2 @ 4.82% 3-3 @ 0.93% Other @ 0.11% Total : 23.28%	0-1 @ 6.24% 1-2 @ 5.43% 0-2 @ 3.06% 1-3 @ 1.78% 2-3 @ 1.58% 0-3 @ 1% Other @ 1.62% Total : 20.7%