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Scottish Premiership
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Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 38
May 27, 2023 at 12.30pm UK
Celtic Park
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Celtic
5 - 0
Aberdeen

Furuhashi (27', 32'), Starfelt (78'), Oh (82', 90')
Starfelt (42')
FT(HT: 2-0)

Watkins (37'), Shinnie (61')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Celtic

All competitions
Scottish Premiership
Last Game: Hibernian 4-2 Celtic
Wednesday, May 24 at 7.45pm in Scottish Premiership

Aberdeen

All competitions
Last Game: Aberdeen 3-0 St Mirren
Wednesday, May 24 at 7.45pm in Scottish Premiership

We said: Celtic 3-1 Aberdeen

 Although Celtic have not been firing on all cylinders in recent weeks, the champions are expected to sign off with a relatively comfortable win over Aberdeen, who will likely struggle to deal with Celtic's attacking approach. Read more.

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 88.03%. A draw had a probability of 8.4% and a win for Aberdeen had a probability of 3.55%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 3-0 with a probability of 12.4%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (11.32%) and 4-0 (10.19%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (3.98%), while for an Aberdeen win it was 0-1 (1.21%). The actual scoreline of 5-0 was predicted with a 6.7% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Celtic would win this match.

Result
CelticDrawAberdeen
88.03% (-2.108 -2.11) 8.42% (1.3971 1.4) 3.55% (0.714 0.71)
Both teams to score 42.27% (0.101 0.1)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
74.15% (-3.654 -3.65)25.85% (3.657 3.66)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
53.98% (-4.857 -4.86)46.02% (4.862 4.86)
Celtic Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
96.26% (-0.84399999999999 -0.84)3.74% (0.847 0.85)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
83.99% (-2.883 -2.88)16.01% (2.886 2.89)
Aberdeen Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
43.91% (0.487 0.49)56.09% (-0.484 -0.48)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
11.48% (0.28 0.28)88.52% (-0.27800000000001 -0.28)
Score Analysis
    Celtic 88.02%
    Aberdeen 3.55%
    Draw 8.42%
CelticDrawAberdeen
3-0 @ 12.4% (0.28 0.28)
2-0 @ 11.32% (1.06 1.06)
4-0 @ 10.19% (-0.55 -0.55)
3-1 @ 7.17% (0.265 0.27)
1-0 @ 6.89% (1.094 1.09)
5-0 @ 6.7% (-0.915 -0.92)
2-1 @ 6.55% (0.698 0.7)
4-1 @ 5.9% (-0.226 -0.23)
5-1 @ 3.88% (-0.463 -0.46)
6-0 @ 3.67% (-0.828 -0.83)
6-1 @ 2.12% (-0.44 -0.44)
3-2 @ 2.07% (0.106 0.11)
7-0 @ 1.73% (-0.553 -0.55)
4-2 @ 1.7% (-0.039 -0.04)
5-2 @ 1.12% (-0.115 -0.12)
7-1 @ 1% (-0.301 -0.3)
Other @ 3.62%
Total : 88.02%
1-1 @ 3.98% (0.682 0.68)
0-0 @ 2.1% (0.461 0.46)
2-2 @ 1.89% (0.228 0.23)
Other @ 0.45%
Total : 8.42%
0-1 @ 1.21% (0.28 0.28)
1-2 @ 1.15% (0.211 0.21)
Other @ 1.18%
Total : 3.55%

How you voted: Celtic vs Aberdeen

Celtic
75.0%
Draw
15.0%
Aberdeen
10.0%
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Celtic1614204444044
2RangersRangers1611232891935
3Aberdeen17104331211034
4Motherwell178272327-426
5Dundee UnitedDundee Utd176742519625
6St Mirren187382429-524
7Dundee175482730-319
8Hibernian184682430-618
9Kilmarnock184681935-1618
10Hearts1844102027-716
11Ross County183691435-2115
12St Johnstone1842122134-1314
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