Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 23

Jan 27, 2024 at 3pm UK

Celtic Park

Celtic
1 - 0
Ross County

Johnston (1')
Bernardo (22')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Brown (15')

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 5-0 Buckie Thistle
Sunday, January 21 at 4pm in Scottish Cup

Goals
for

Top scorers

Ross County

All competitions

Scottish Premiership

Last Game: Ross County 0-3 Partick
Saturday, January 20 at 3pm in Scottish Cup

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Celtic 4-0 Ross County

There is little doubt that Celtic will record a straightforward win here over a struggling side near the bottom of the table to keep their lead at five points over Rangers. This will be Ross County's second trip to Celtic Park in the league this season after losing 4-2 already to the champions, and little suggests that there will be a change in fortunes here. 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 83.84%. A draw had a probability of 10.3% and a win for Ross County had a probability of 5.9%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 3-0 with a probability of 9.72%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (8.91%) and 3-1 (8.01%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (4.49%), while for a Ross County win it was 1-2 (1.85%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 5.4% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Celtic would win this match.

Result
Celtic	Draw	Ross County
83.84% ( -0.05)	10.25% ( 0.06)	5.9% ( -0.01)

Both teams to score 53.98% (

-0.42)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

77.54% (

-0.4)

22.45% (

0.39)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

58.48% (

-0.55)

41.51% (

0.54)

Celtic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

96.19% (

-0.08)

3.79% (

0.07)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

83.77% (

-0.25)

16.21% (

0.24)

Ross County Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

56.11% (

-0.4)

43.88% (

0.39)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

19.97% (

-0.33)

80.02% (

0.32)

Score Analysis

Celtic 83.84%

Ross County 5.9%

Draw 10.25%

Celtic	Draw	Ross County
3-0 @ 9.72% ( 0.1) 2-0 @ 8.91% ( 0.15) 3-1 @ 8.01% ( -0) 4-0 @ 7.95% ( 0.04) 2-1 @ 7.34% ( 0.04) 4-1 @ 6.55% ( -0.04) 1-0 @ 5.45% ( 0.12) 5-0 @ 5.2% ( -0.01) 5-1 @ 4.28% ( -0.05) 3-2 @ 3.3% ( -0.04) 6-0 @ 2.84% ( -0.02) 4-2 @ 2.7% ( -0.05) 6-1 @ 2.34% ( -0.04) 5-2 @ 1.76% ( -0.04) 7-0 @ 1.33% ( -0.02) 7-1 @ 1.09% ( -0.03) 6-2 @ 0.96% ( -0.03) Other @ 4.14% Total : 83.84%	1-1 @ 4.49% ( 0.05) 2-2 @ 3.02% ( -0.02) 0-0 @ 1.67% ( 0.05) 3-3 @ 0.91% ( -0.02) Other @ 0.17% Total : 10.25%	1-2 @ 1.85% ( 0) 0-1 @ 1.37% ( 0.02) Other @ 2.67% Total : 5.9%