Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 19

Dec 28, 2022 at 8pm UK

Easter Road

Hibernian
0 - 4
Celtic

FT(HT: 0-2)

Mooy (28', 58' pen.), Maeda (36'), Furuhashi (64')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Hibernian

All competitions

Scottish Premiership

Last Game: Hibernian 4-0 Livingston
Saturday, December 24 at 2pm in Scottish Premiership

Goals
for

Top scorers

Celtic

All competitions

Scottish Premiership

Last Game: Celtic 4-1 St Johnstone
Saturday, December 24 at 12.30pm in Scottish Premiership

Goals
for

Celtic broke a habit of being pushed in recent games by coasting past St Johnstone, yet we feel that they may have to work harder here. Nevertheless, we cannot back against the leaders, who may be able to prevail with a clean sheet to boot. 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 54.72%. A draw had a probability of 22.7% and a win for Hibernian had a probability of 22.55%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.85%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (9.65%) and 0-2 (8.91%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.66%), while for a Hibernian win it was 2-1 (5.89%). The actual scoreline of 0-4 was predicted with a 2.5% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Celtic would win this match.

Result
Hibernian	Draw	Celtic
22.55% ( -0.02)	22.73% ( -0.01)	54.72% ( 0.03)

Both teams to score 56.32% (

0.01)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

56.59% (

0.03)

43.41% (

-0.03)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

34.19% (

0.03)

65.8% (

-0.03)

Hibernian Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

66.87% (

-0)

33.13% (

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

30.27% (

-0)

69.73% (

Celtic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

84.23% (

0.02)

15.77% (

-0.02)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

55.1% (

0.04)

44.9% (

-0.05)

Score Analysis

Hibernian 22.55%

Celtic 54.72%

Draw 22.73%

Hibernian	Draw	Celtic
2-1 @ 5.89% ( -0) 1-0 @ 5.77% ( -0.01) 2-0 @ 3.19% ( -0) 3-1 @ 2.17% ( -0) 3-2 @ 2% 3-0 @ 1.18% ( -0) Other @ 2.35% Total : 22.55%	1-1 @ 10.66% 2-2 @ 5.44% ( 0) 0-0 @ 5.22% ( -0.01) 3-3 @ 1.23% ( 0) Other @ 0.17% Total : 22.73%	1-2 @ 9.85% ( 0) 0-1 @ 9.65% ( -0.01) 0-2 @ 8.91% ( 0) 1-3 @ 6.06% ( 0) 0-3 @ 5.49% ( 0) 2-3 @ 3.35% ( 0) 1-4 @ 2.8% ( 0) 0-4 @ 2.53% ( 0) 2-4 @ 1.55% ( 0) 1-5 @ 1.03% ( 0) 0-5 @ 0.94% ( 0) Other @ 2.57% Total : 54.72%