Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 9

Oct 1, 2022 at 3pm UK

Celtic Park

Celtic
2 - 1
Motherwell

Furuhashi (16'), Hatate (64')
Welsh (52')
McGregor (89')

FT(HT: 1-1)

Juranovic (36' og.)
Lamie (27'), van Veen (42'), Penney (60')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday'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: St Mirren 2-0 Celtic
Sunday, September 18 at 12pm in Scottish Premiership

Goals
for

Top scorers

Motherwell

All competitions

Scottish Premiership

Last Game: Motherwell 0-3 Hearts
Sunday, September 18 at 3pm in Scottish Premiership

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Celtic 3-0 Motherwell

Celtic will see this game as an ideal opportunity to get back to their best against a Motherwell side in an indifferent run of form. Although the Steelmen will provide a stern test for the champions, the Hoops will prove to be too hot to handle and secure the three points in comfortable fashion. 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 82.83%. A draw had a probability of 11.5% and a win for Motherwell had a probability of 5.62%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 2-0 with a probability of 12.24%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 3-0 (11.74%) and 1-0 (8.51%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (5.47%), while for a Motherwell win it was 0-1 (1.9%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 7.9% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Celtic would win this match.

Result
Celtic	Draw	Motherwell
82.83% ( -0.05)	11.55% ( 0.02)	5.62% ( 0.03)

Both teams to score 44.76% (

0.15)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

68.29% (

0.06)

31.7% (

-0.06)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

46.78% (

0.07)

53.21% (

-0.08)

Celtic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

94.37% (

5.63% (

-0)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

78.18% (

0.01)

21.82% (

-0.01)

Motherwell Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

47.43% (

0.15)

52.57% (

-0.15)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

13.62% (

0.1)

86.37% (

-0.1)

Score Analysis

Celtic 82.81%

Motherwell 5.62%

Draw 11.55%

Celtic	Draw	Motherwell
2-0 @ 12.24% ( -0.04) 3-0 @ 11.74% ( -0.04) 1-0 @ 8.51% ( -0.03) 4-0 @ 8.45% ( -0.02) 2-1 @ 7.88% ( 0.01) 3-1 @ 7.55% ( 0.01) 4-1 @ 5.44% ( 0.01) 5-0 @ 4.87% ( -0.01) 5-1 @ 3.13% ( 0.01) 3-2 @ 2.43% ( 0.01) 6-0 @ 2.33% ( -0.01) 4-2 @ 1.75% ( 0.01) 6-1 @ 1.5% ( 0) 5-2 @ 1.01% ( 0.01) 7-0 @ 0.96% ( -0) Other @ 3.04% Total : 82.81%	1-1 @ 5.47% ( 0.01) 0-0 @ 2.96% ( -0.01) 2-2 @ 2.53% ( 0.02) Other @ 0.58% Total : 11.55%	0-1 @ 1.9% ( 0) 1-2 @ 1.76% ( 0.01) Other @ 1.96% Total : 5.62%