Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 1

Aug 5, 2023 at 12.30pm UK

Celtic Park

Celtic
4 - 2
Ross County

Turnbull (17' pen., 42'), Furuhashi (26'), O'Riley (73')

FT(HT: 3-0)

White (60'), Brown (90+5')
Baldwin (29'), Mackay (30'), Nightingale (39'), Brown (66'), Turner (90+2')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Scottish Premiership clash between Celtic and Ross County, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Celtic

All competitions

Scottish Premiership

Last Game: Celtic 3-2 Athletic Bilbao
Tuesday, August 1 at 7.30pm in Club Friendlies 1

Goals
for

Ross County

All competitions

Scottish Premiership

Last Game: Ross County 3-3 Kelty Hearts (3-4 pen.)
Saturday, July 29 at 3pm in Scottish League Cup

Goals
for

We said: Celtic 3-0 Ross County

Having dominated proceedings throughout the previous campaign, Celtic look set to kick off their Premiership title defence with a comfortable victory over Ross County, who narrowly avoided relegation last season. 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 69.66%. A draw had a probability of 17.3% and a win for Ross County had a probability of 13.09%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 2-0 with a probability of 10%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.57%) and 1-0 (8.25%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (7.9%), while for a Ross County win it was 1-2 (3.78%). The actual scoreline of 4-2 was predicted with a 2.2% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Celtic would win this match.

Result
Celtic	Draw	Ross County
69.66% ( -1.7)	17.25% ( 0.23)	13.09% ( 1.48)

Both teams to score 56.13% (

4.07)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

65.62% (

2.87)

34.38% (

-2.86)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

43.7% (

3.16)

56.3% (

-3.15)

Celtic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

91.12% (

0.35)

8.88% (

-0.34)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

69.63% (

0.83)

30.37% (

-0.83)

Ross County Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

61.6% (

4.25)

38.4% (

-4.24)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

24.85% (

3.84)

75.15% (

-3.83)

Score Analysis

Celtic 69.66%

Ross County 13.09%

Draw 17.25%

Celtic	Draw	Ross County
2-0 @ 10% ( -1.18) 2-1 @ 9.57% ( 0.05) 1-0 @ 8.25% ( -1.12) 3-0 @ 8.07% ( -0.81) 3-1 @ 7.72% ( 0.16) 4-0 @ 4.89% ( -0.4) 4-1 @ 4.68% ( 0.17) 3-2 @ 3.7% ( 0.47) 5-0 @ 2.37% ( -0.16) 5-1 @ 2.27% ( 0.12) 4-2 @ 2.24% ( 0.32) 5-2 @ 1.08% ( 0.17) 6-0 @ 0.96% ( -0.05) 6-1 @ 0.91% ( 0.06) Other @ 2.97% Total : 69.66%	1-1 @ 7.9% ( -0.09) 2-2 @ 4.58% ( 0.52) 0-0 @ 3.41% ( -0.52) 3-3 @ 1.18% ( 0.26) Other @ 0.19% Total : 17.25%	1-2 @ 3.78% ( 0.38) 0-1 @ 3.26% ( -0.09) 0-2 @ 1.56% ( 0.13) 2-3 @ 1.46% ( 0.31) 1-3 @ 1.21% ( 0.24) Other @ 1.82% Total : 13.09%