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Celtic v Motherwell : Premiership match betting preview, prediction and odds

Thu 26th Dec, 15:00 BST, Celtic Park, Glasgow

Home advantage can be vital in the Premiership, and Brendan Rodgers’s Celtic will have the luxury of it on Thursday afternoon. Stuart Kettlewell’s Motherwell are their visitors to the Celtic Park. Statistics drive the predictions below for seventeen markets, and changing between them delivers bespoke analysis, including head-to-head, form and a whole lot more besides. The best odds are also provided. Hit the tabs below to find out more.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Celtic 68%	-	-
Draw 18%	-	-
Motherwell 14%	-	-
Celtic 2-0 11%	-	-
Celtic 2-1 10%	-	-
Celtic 1-0 9%	-	-
Draw 1-1 9%	-	-
Celtic 3-0 8%	-	-
Celtic 3-1 7%	-	-
Celtic 4-0 5%	-	-
Draw 2-2 4%	-	-
Draw 0-0 4%	-	-
Celtic 4-1 4%	-	-
Motherwell 2-1 4%	-	-
Motherwell 1-0 4%	-	-
Celtic 3-2 3%	-	-
Celtic 5-0 2%	-	-
Celtic 4-2 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 61%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 39%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 59%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 39%	-	-
No 1st Goal 3%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 54%	-	-
BTTS - No 46%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 32%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 14%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 8%	-	-
Home/draw 86%	-	-
Away/draw 32%	-	-
Home/away 82%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 83%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 17%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 39%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 61%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 21%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 79%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 10%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 90%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	-	-
Home DNB 81%	-	-
Away DNB 27%	-	-
Celtic win to nil 36%	-	-
Motherwell win to nil 6%	-	-

Win / draw / win Premiership table

Celtic have played 15 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the Premiership league table. Celtic are unbeaten in 15 games against teams below them in the league and kept 12 clean sheets out of 15 games. Celtic are unbeaten at home after 7 games and have kept 6 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 15 games against teams below in the table, having won 14, drawn 1 and lost no matches. They have kept 12 clean sheets and have scored in every game. Celtic have outscored their opponents by 44 goals to 18 goals.

Home League Performance

Celtic have played 7 games at home winning 6, drawing 1 and losing 0 games. They have scored 21 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and conceded 2 goals at home.

Motherwell are in 5th position in the Premiership on 22 points having played 15 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 13 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 11 goals in total and found the back of the net in every game.

Performance against teams above them in the league

4 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn 0 and won 1. Motherwell have conceded 8 goals, scored 4, failed to score in 1 fixture and have kept no clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Celtic Motherwell
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Celtic H	15	40	43	-	-	-	-	l 0-3A	Dec 26	Feb 1	-
2	Aberdeen	16	12	34	d 2-2F	w 0-1F	Feb 26	-	Jan 5	l 2-1A	-	Mar 29
3	Rangers	15	18	32	w 3-0F	Jan 2	Mar 15	-	Dec 29	l 2-1A	-	Mar 1
4	Dundee Utd	15	7	24	Jan 8	Dec 22	Feb 15	-	Dec 14	w 1-2F	-	Feb 22
5	Motherwell A	15	-5	22	Dec 26	w 0-3F	-	Feb 1	-	-	-	-
6	Dundee	16	-2	19	w 2-0F	Jan 14	Jan 25	-	l 0-1A	l 4-1A	Feb 26	-
7	St. Mirren	16	-7	18	Jan 5	w 0-3F	-	Mar 1	w 2-1A	w 0-1F	Mar 15	-
8	Ross County	16	-18	15	w 5-0F	w 1-2A	-	Jan 11	d 0-00-0	l 2-1A	Feb 15	-
9	St. Johnstone	16	-11	14	Dec 29	w 0-6F	-	Apr 5	w 2-1F	w 1-2F	-	Jan 25
10	Kilmarnock	16	-17	14	w 4-0F	w 0-2F	Apr 12	-	Dec 20	Jan 8	-	Apr 5
11	Hearts	16	-7	13	w 2-0F	w 1-4F	Mar 29	-	w 3-1F	Jan 2	Apr 12	-
12	Hibernian	16	-10	12	w 3-0F	w 0-2F	-	Feb 22	l 0-3A	w 1-2F	-	Jan 11

	Championship Round
	Relegation Round

Win / draw / win form

Celtic have won 3 consecutive home league games

Celtic have not lost in 17 consecutive home league games

Celtic have kept a clean sheet for 3 consecutive home league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Celtic	3 - 0	Hibernian
Celtic	5 - 0	Ross County
Celtic	2 - 0	Dundee
Celtic	2 - 2	Aberdeen
Celtic	2 - 0	Hearts
Celtic	3 - 0	Rangers
Celtic	4 - 0	Kilmarnock
Celtic	3 - 2	St. Mirren
Celtic	2 - 1	Rangers
Celtic	3 - 0	Hearts
Celtic	3 - 0	St. Mirren
Celtic	3 - 1	St. Johnstone
Celtic	7 - 1	Dundee
Celtic	1 - 1	Kilmarnock
Celtic	1 - 0	Ross County
Celtic	2 - 1	Rangers
Celtic	2 - 0	Livingston
Celtic	0 - 2	Hearts
Celtic	4 - 1	Hibernian
Celtic	1 - 1	Motherwell

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

20 / 20

Conceded

6 / 20

Clean sheets

14 / 20

Failed to score

0 / 20

Won

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Celtic	3 - 0	Hibernian
A	Celtic	1 - 0	Aberdeen
H	Celtic	5 - 0	Ross County
A	Celtic	4 - 1	Hearts
A	Celtic	2 - 0	Kilmarnock
H	Celtic	2 - 0	Dundee
A	Celtic	3 - 0	Motherwell
H	Celtic	2 - 2	Aberdeen
A	Celtic	2 - 1	Ross County
A	Celtic	6 - 0	St. Johnstone
H	Celtic	2 - 0	Hearts
H	Celtic	3 - 0	Rangers
A	Celtic	3 - 0	St. Mirren
A	Celtic	2 - 0	Hibernian
H	Celtic	4 - 0	Kilmarnock
H	Celtic	3 - 2	St. Mirren
A	Celtic	5 - 0	Kilmarnock
H	Celtic	2 - 1	Rangers
H	Celtic	3 - 0	Hearts
A	Celtic	2 - 1	Dundee

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
St. Mirren	0 - 1	Motherwell
Dundee	4 - 1	Motherwell
Ross County	2 - 1	Motherwell
Dundee Utd	1 - 2	Motherwell
Hibernian	1 - 2	Motherwell
Aberdeen	2 - 1	Motherwell
St. Johnstone	1 - 2	Motherwell
Rangers	2 - 1	Motherwell
Hibernian	3 - 0	Motherwell
Ross County	1 - 5	Motherwell
Aberdeen	1 - 0	Motherwell
Dundee	2 - 3	Motherwell
Rangers	1 - 2	Motherwell
Livingston	1 - 3	Motherwell
Hearts	2 - 0	Motherwell
Aberdeen	3 - 3	Motherwell
St. Johnstone	1 - 1	Motherwell
Hibernian	2 - 2	Motherwell
St. Mirren	0 - 0	Motherwell
Ross County	3 - 0	Motherwell

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Motherwell	1 - 0	St. Mirren
A	Motherwell	1 - 4	Dundee
H	Motherwell	0 - 3	Hibernian
A	Motherwell	1 - 2	Ross County
H	Motherwell	2 - 1	St. Johnstone
A	Motherwell	2 - 1	Dundee Utd
H	Motherwell	0 - 3	Celtic
H	Motherwell	0 - 1	Dundee
A	Motherwell	2 - 1	Hibernian
H	Motherwell	2 - 1	St. Mirren
A	Motherwell	1 - 2	Aberdeen
A	Motherwell	2 - 1	St. Johnstone
H	Motherwell	3 - 1	Hearts
A	Motherwell	1 - 2	Rangers
H	Motherwell	0 - 0	Ross County
H	Motherwell	1 - 2	St. Johnstone
A	Motherwell	0 - 3	Hibernian
A	Motherwell	5 - 1	Ross County
H	Motherwell	4 - 1	Livingston
A	Motherwell	0 - 1	Aberdeen

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Celtic have not lost to Motherwell in 28 consecutive league meetings

Celtic

Motherwell

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

19 / 19

8 / 19

Clean sheets

11 / 19

0 / 19

CEL

MTW

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Celtic
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Celtic	2 - 1
Celtic	6 - 0
Celtic	1 - 0
Celtic	2 - 1
Celtic	3 - 0
Celtic	2 - 0
Celtic	4 - 1
Celtic	3 - 0
Celtic	5 - 1
Celtic	2 - 0
Celtic	2 - 0
Celtic	7 - 0
	1 - 2	Motherwell
Celtic	4 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Celtic	3 - 0
Celtic	2 - 0

Motherwell

Celtic

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

10 / 18

17 / 18

Clean sheets

1 / 18

8 / 18

CEL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Motherwell
	0 - 3	Celtic
	1 - 3	Celtic
	1 - 2	Celtic
	1 - 2	Celtic
	0 - 4	Celtic
	0 - 2	Celtic
	1 - 4	Celtic
	0 - 4	Celtic
	2 - 5	Celtic
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	3 - 4	Celtic
	1 - 2	Celtic
	0 - 1	Celtic
	0 - 1	Celtic
Draw	3 - 3	Draw
	0 - 5	Celtic

Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.3 is fairly strong for Celtic in their meeting with Motherwell, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 43 consecutive Premiership matches.

With a PG of just 0.9, Motherwell look set to find it difficult here. Add in the fact that Celtic haven't conceded a goal in 3 consecutive Premiership games, and it could be a long afternoon for S. Kettlewell's men.

	Celtic 1st	Motherwell 5th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	2.3 goals	0.9 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 10% 1 24% 2 27% 3 20% 4+ 19% There is a 66% probability that Celtic will score 2 or more goals in this match	0 40% 1 37% 2 17% 3 4+ There is a 77% probability of Motherwell scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+9 Celtic’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+30 Motherwell have scored 30% more goals when away than predicted
	2.7 average goals scored	1.5 average goals scored
	0.7 conceded	1.7 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Premiership - 2024/2025 season

51%

better

CEL

MTW

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Games scored	15		11
Failed to score	0		4
Scored first	14		6
Goals scored	44		18
Avg. goals scored	2.9		1.2
Avg. shots per game	14		9
Avg. shots per goal	5		8
Conversion rate for	21		13
Avg. XG for	2.8		1.3
KickOff rating		+51%

74%

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CEL

MTW

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Games conceded	3		13
Clean sheets	12		2
Conceded first	1		8
Goals conceded	4		23
Avg. goals conceded	0.3		1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded	6		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	23		6
Conversion rate against	4%		16%
Avg. XG against	0.8		1.5
KickOff rating		+74%

Celtic v Motherwell Premiership lLine ups will show here when available.

Celtic Premiership squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
15	6	6	3
K Schmeichel	K Furuhashi	N Kühn	A Johnston

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
K Schmeichel GLK	15			-
A Johnston DEF	15	4	4	3 -
R Hatate MID	15	4		1 -
J Forrest MID	15		4	-
P Bernardo MID	14	2	2	1 -
K Furuhashi FWD	14	6	3	-
L Scales DEF	13	2	1	1 -
C McGregor MID	13	6	1	1 -
D Maeda FWD	13	2	3	3 -
N Kühn FWD	13	5	6	3 -
G Taylor DEF	12		4	3 -
A Engels MID	12	3		2 -
A Idah FWD	12	5		-
L McCowan MID	11	3	3	-
C Carter-Vickers DEF	10			-
A Trusty DEF	9			1 -
A Ralston DEF	7	1		-
Álex Valle DEF	6		2	1 -
Y Hyun-Jun FWD	6			-
L Palma FWD	4			-
O Holm MID	3			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	24	6	18
K Furuhashi	K Furuhashi	N Kühn	A Johnston

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
K Furuhashi FWD	6	24	3	5
C McGregor MID	6	7	1	8
N Kühn FWD	5	12	6	17
A Idah FWD	5	16		5
R Hatate MID	4	9		11
A Johnston DEF	4	8	4	18
A Engels MID	3	5		8
L McCowan MID	3	6	3	9
P Bernardo MID	2	3	2	14
L Scales DEF	2	4	1	4
D Maeda FWD	2	5	3	10
A Ralston DEF	1	1		1
L Palma FWD		1		4
Y Hyun-Jun FWD		1		1
Álex Valle DEF		3	2	6
G Taylor DEF		1	4	9
A Trusty DEF		2		3
J Forrest MID		5	4	14
O Holm MID				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1429	30	103
L Scales	P Bernardo	L Scales

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Scales DEF	1429	17	103
C McGregor MID	1115	13	38
C Carter-Vickers DEF	1041	15	49
A Trusty DEF	1020	16	54
A Johnston DEF	991	25	60
G Taylor DEF	827	22	56
R Hatate MID	627	15	42
K Schmeichel GLK	543		5
P Bernardo MID	439	30	55
A Engels MID	421	7	25
Álex Valle DEF	398	8	30
N Kühn FWD	383	19	58
J Forrest MID	338	8	22
L McCowan MID	322	7	27
D Maeda FWD	269	15	44
A Ralston DEF	191	4	9
A Idah FWD	104	3	19
Y Hyun-Jun FWD	86	3	7
K Furuhashi FWD	85	2	12
L Palma FWD	84	3	5
O Holm MID	17	2	3

Motherwell Premiership squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
15	3	5	3
A Oxborough	T Maswanhise	L Miller	S O'Donnell

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
A Oxborough GLK	15			-
L Miller MID	15	2	5	2 -
A Halliday MID	15	1	1	2 -
D Casey DEF	14	1	2	1
L Gordon DEF	13			1
M Ebiye FWD	13	2		-
A Stamatelopoulos FWD	12	2		2 -
Z Robinson FWD	12	1		1 -
M. Kaleta DEF	11		1	1 -
D Zdravkovski MID	11			2 -
T Maswanhise FWD	11	3	1	-
T Watt FWD	11	1		1 -
S O'Donnell DEF	10	1		3 -
K Balmer DEF	9		1	2 -
T Sparrow MID	9	2		1 -
S Seddon DEF	8			2 -
P McGinn DEF	7	1		1 -
J Tavares FWD	6			-
H Paton MID	5			-
S Blaney DEF	3			2 -
J Vale FWD	2			1 -
J. Koutroumbis DEF	1			-
S Nicholson MID	1			-
R Callachan MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	8	5	19
T Maswanhise	A Stamatelopoulos	L Miller	L Miller

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
T Maswanhise FWD	3	5	1	3
A Stamatelopoulos FWD	2	8		7
M Ebiye FWD	2	5		3
L Miller MID	2	5	5	19
T Sparrow MID	2	3		2
S O'Donnell DEF	1	2		3
P McGinn DEF	1	1		1
A Halliday MID	1	3	1	7
D Casey DEF	1	5	2	7
Z Robinson FWD	1	3		1
T Watt FWD	1	5		5
J Vale FWD				3
H Paton MID		1		1
J Tavares FWD				3
S Seddon DEF		3		3
K Balmer DEF			1	5
D Zdravkovski MID				1
M. Kaleta DEF		1	1	4
L Gordon DEF		5		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
574	33	85
L Miller	D Casey	L Gordon

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Miller MID	574	21	74
D Casey DEF	490	33	78
L Gordon DEF	461	17	85
A Oxborough GLK	395		10
S O'Donnell DEF	315	9	44
K Balmer DEF	293	18	48
A Halliday MID	271	18	46
D Zdravkovski MID	265	10	40
P McGinn DEF	204	9	27
S Seddon DEF	184	12	31
A Stamatelopoulos FWD	136	7	50
M. Kaleta DEF	135	11	39
T Watt FWD	114	11	45
T Sparrow MID	92	6	16
T Maswanhise FWD	92	6	38
S Blaney DEF	87	4	16
Z Robinson FWD	74	6	35
M Ebiye FWD	71	4	23
H Paton MID	67	6	10
J Tavares FWD	33		5
J Vale FWD	28	1	3
R Callachan MID	5
S Nicholson MID	4
J. Koutroumbis DEF	1

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Celtic v Motherwell : Premiership match betting preview, prediction and odds

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Motherwell are in 5th position in the Premiership on 22 points having played 15 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

Celtic v Motherwell Premiership lLine ups will show here when available.

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