Premiership · Regular Season - 5
CelticvAberdeen
Celtic
Aberdeen·
3 – 0 (FT)
1Headline
We expect
2–12.8–0.7 goals
Likeliest exact score 2–0 (12%), then 3-0 (11%), 1-0 (9%). Celtic and Aberdeen finish on some other score 68% of the time. We show 2–1 above because it is the likeliest score that agrees with what we call on this match.
| Cel / Abe | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Percentage chance of each exact scoreline, Celtic down the side and Aberdeen across. These 93.7% cover every result up to 5 goals a side; the remaining 6.3% is spread across higher scores.
Every other number on this page is a sum of this grid — the match result is the cells either side of the diagonal, over 2.5 is everything totalling three or more. We publish calibration for those sums, not for individual scorelines: no gate has ever graded our chance of exactly 2–1, so read a single cell as the shape of the forecast rather than a number we stand behind.
How many goals
Our forecast at each line, against the price at the same line.
We differ from the market most at Over 3.5: 41% against 47%.
What we think
- Celtic81% · Match result
- Over 2.564% · Goals
- Yes51% · Both teams to score
Recommended bet: none on this match
We weighed 11 priced outcomes on this match and none of them cleared the bar we set. Most matches end here, and a page that found a bet in every fixture would not be worth reading.
Our forecast makes Celtic the most likely of the three results, at 81% (we would not be surprised by anything from 75% to 86%). Most likely is not likely: at 81% this result does not happen 19% of the time. The market agrees on the result and prices it at 78%.
Verify this forecast → Published Wed 2 Sep, sealed in our append-only record — we can't change it now.
On goals, we make three or more more likely than not at 64%, against the market’s 68% — a 4 point gap.
For comparison, the market gives Celtic a 78% chance. Our model makes it 81%.
2Market
Open: 78% home · 15% draw · 8% away
Now: 78% home · 14% draw · 8% away
Moved −1pp — the market moved away from the draw
Solid: the market over 5 captures. Dashed: our forecast, which does not move. Scaled 0–100%, so a line that looks flat is a price that barely moved rather than one we stopped watching.
Match result
■ ours · ■ market
Goals over 2.5
■ ours · ■ market
Goals over 1.5
■ ours · ■ market
Goals over 3.5
■ ours · ■ market
Both teams to score
■ ours · ■ market
Gap is our probability minus the market's. A large one means we disagree with the price, not that we are right — whether we have been is published per market on the accuracy page. A market with no price is one we hold no odds for yet.
3Availability
Celtic
Confirmed · 4-2-3-1
No reported absences.
Aberdeen
Confirmed · 4-4-2
No reported absences.
4Form
The five matches each side played before this one, with expected goals where we have them. xG is shown as absent rather than zero when it was never measured — matches played before we began collecting statistics have none.
CelticWWW
- Sat 29 Aug · H v Falkirk 2–1(xG 2.9–0.5)
- Sun 9 Aug · A v Kilmarnock 5–1
- Mon 3 Aug · H v Dundee 1–0
AberdeenLLW
- Sun 30 Aug · H v Rangers 0–1(xG 0.5–1.8)
- Sat 8 Aug · A v Dundee 0–2
- Sat 1 Aug · H v Heart Of Midlothian 2–1
5Trends
How each side has been going — every figure is out of the games actually played, not a run chosen to flatter. How the two have met is in the head-to-head below.
- Celtic have won 3 of their last 3.
- Celtic have scored in 3 of their last 3.
- 2 of Celtic's last 3 went over 2.5 goals.
- Both teams scored in 2 of Celtic's last 3.
- Celtic kept a clean sheet in 1 of their last 3.
- Aberdeen have won 1 of their last 3.
- Aberdeen have scored in 1 of their last 3.
- 1 of Aberdeen's last 3 went over 2.5 goals.
- Both teams scored in 1 of Aberdeen's last 3.
- Aberdeen kept a clean sheet in 0 of their last 3.
6Head-to-head
No prior meetings on record.
7Context
Celtic
Rest: 4 days · 1 match in 14d
Aberdeen
Rest: 3 days · 1 match in 14d
Celtic Park, Glasgow · Referee: D. Nicolson
8Red flags
Thin head-to-head
These teams have met fewer than six times on record.
Common questions
- Who will win Celtic vs Aberdeen?
- Our model makes Celtic the most likely result at 81%. Most likely is not likely — at 81% it does not happen 19% of the time. The market agrees, pricing it at 78%.
- How many goals are expected in Celtic vs Aberdeen?
- Our model puts the chance of three or more goals (over 2.5) at 64%, and under 2.5 at 36%.
- Will both teams score in Celtic vs Aberdeen?
- Our model gives both teams to score a 51% chance, against 49% that at least one side is kept out.
- What are the confirmed lineups for Celtic vs Aberdeen?
- Celtic line up in a 4-2-3-1, Aberdeen in a 4-4-2. The full starting elevens and substitutes are in the availability section.