Celtic
5 - 1
Hamilton

The Scottish champions romped to victory at Parkhead.

The Match

Match Report

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Scottish Premiership clash between Celtic and Hamilton Academical, including team news and predicted 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 87.37%. A draw had a probability of 9.4% and a win for Hamilton Academical had a probability of 3.19%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 2-0 with a probability of 14.93%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 3-0 (14.59%) and 4-0 (10.69%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (4.37%), while for a Hamilton Academical win it was 0-1 (1.49%). The actual scoreline of 5-1 was predicted with a 2.7% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Celtic would win this match.

Result
Celtic	Draw	Hamilton Academical
87.37%	9.43%	3.19%

Both teams to score 33.02%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

65.21%

34.79%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

43.22%

56.77%

Celtic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

94.66%

5.34%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

79%

20.99%

Hamilton Academical Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

34.88%

65.12%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

6.95%

93.05%

Score Analysis

Celtic 87.36%

Hamilton Academical 3.19%

Draw 9.43%

Celtic	Draw	Hamilton Academical
2-0 @ 14.93% 3-0 @ 14.59% 4-0 @ 10.69% 1-0 @ 10.19% 2-1 @ 6.41% 5-0 @ 6.27% 3-1 @ 6.26% 4-1 @ 4.59% 6-0 @ 3.06% 5-1 @ 2.69% 3-2 @ 1.34% 6-1 @ 1.31% 7-0 @ 1.28% 4-2 @ 0.98% Other @ 2.78% Total : 87.36%	1-1 @ 4.37% 0-0 @ 3.48% 2-2 @ 1.37% Other @ 0.21% Total : 9.43%	0-1 @ 1.49% 1-2 @ 0.94% Other @ 0.76% Total : 3.19%

Head to Head

Feb 2, 2020 12.30pm

Gameweek 24

1-4

Ogboe (26')
Gogic (13'), McGowan (43'), Collar (64')
Hamilton (33')

Edouard (35', 81'), Jullien (78'), Forrest (91')
Griffiths (13'), Taylor (67')

Dec 4, 2019 7.45pm

Gameweek 16

2-1

Christie (13'), Brown (92')

Ogboe (90')

Sep 14, 2019 12pm

Gameweek 5

0-1

Fjortoft (45'), Gogic (84')

Forrest (4')

Jan 26, 2019 3pm

Gameweek 23

3-0

McGregor (40'), Christie (77'), Sinclair (87')

Sowah (31'), Martin (45'), Imrie (82')

Neil Lennon expecting tough game against Hamilton

Nov 24, 2018 12.30pm

Gameweek 14

Form Guide

Livingston 2-2 Celtic

St Johnstone 0-1 Celtic

Celtic 1-3 Copenhagen

Celtic 3-1 Kilmarnock

Copenhagen 1-1 Celtic

Hamilton 1-0 Kilmarnock

Rangers 0-1 Hamilton

Hamilton 0-0 Motherwell

Hearts 2-2 Hamilton

Hamilton 1-3 Aberdeen

Hamilton 1-4 Rangers

Build-up

Celtic manager Neil Lennon pictured on July 21, 2020

The Hoops begin their quest for a 10th straight title with a home game against Accies.

Brian Rice: 'Surviving in the Premiership is our first goal'

Accies start their campaign away to champions Celtic.

Vasilis Barkas goes straight into Celtic squad for season opener at Hamilton

Vasilis Barkas pictured in November 2018

The Greece goalkeeper has signed from AEK Athens but his fitness will be assessed.

Neil Lennon: 'No extra pressure on Celtic to make it 10 titles in a row'

The Scottish champions are aiming for their 10th successive title.

Hamilton midfielder Scott Martin: "Nobody really likes us in the league"

Accies survived in the Scottish Premiership after the early finish to last season.

Brian Rice calls for positivity ahead of Celtic clash

Accies were 11th in the Scottish Premiership when last season was curtailed.