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Scottish Premiership
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Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 6
Aug 30, 2020 at 3pm UK
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Celtic
3 - 0
Motherwell

Forrest (40'), Ajeti (74'), Jullien (90+2')
Brown (22')
FT(HT: 1-0)

Lamie (55'), Grimshaw (89')

The Match

Match Report

James Forrest opened the scoring five minutes before half-time with his first goal of the season.

Team News

Odsonne Edouard will miss the game through injury.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Scottish Premiership fixture between Celtic and Motherwell, 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 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
CelticDrawMotherwell
75.96%15.13%8.91%
Both teams to score 48.45%
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
63.49%36.51%
Over 3.5Under 3.5
41.34%58.66%
Celtic Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
91.99%8.01%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
71.76%28.24%
Motherwell Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
52.67%47.33%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
17.27%82.73%
Score Analysis
    Celtic 75.94%
    Motherwell 8.91%
    Draw 15.13%
CelticDrawMotherwell
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%

Head to Head
Feb 5, 2020 7.45pm
Gameweek 25
Motherwell
0-4
Celtic

Gallagher (79')
Edouard (9', 80'), Griffiths (51'), McGregor (75')
> Match Report
Nov 10, 2019 3pm
Gameweek 13
Celtic
2-0
Motherwell
Edouard (19'), Tait (54' og.)

Scott (87')
> Match Report
Aug 10, 2019 12pm
Gameweek 2
Motherwell
2-5
Celtic
Donnelly (12', 91')
Gallagher (45'), Hylton (71'), Tait (83'), Donnelly (85'), Gillespie (85')
Ajer (14'), Griffiths (41'), Forrest (66'), Edouard (76'), Christie (86' pen.)
> Match Report
Feb 24, 2019 3pm
Gameweek 27
Celtic
4-1
Motherwell
Sinclair (31'), Edouard (37', 88'), Burke (91')
Edouard (21'), Boyata (53'), Ajer (55'), Toljan (82')
Ariyibi (51')
Tait (53'), Rodriguez (53'), Campbell (87'), Hastie (92')
> Match Report
Dec 19, 2018 7.45pm
Gameweek 10
Celtic
3-0
Motherwell
Ralston (28'), Sinclair (32' pen.), Johnston (45')

McHugh (70'), Tait (89')
> Match Report
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TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Celtic109102932628
2Aberdeen109102091128
3RangersRangers10613158719
4Dundee UnitedDundee Utd114431513216
5Motherwell105141313016
6Dundee113351720-312
7St Mirren123361521-612
8Kilmarnock113351523-812
9Ross County122641018-812
10St Johnstone123181525-1010
11Hearts122371419-59
12Hibernian111551016-68
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