Form, Standings, Stats
Last Game: St Mirren 1-5 Celtic
Sunday, March 5 at 12pm in Scottish Premiership
Sunday, March 5 at 12pm in Scottish Premiership
Last Game: Hearts 3-0 St Johnstone
Saturday, March 4 at 3pm in Scottish Premiership
Saturday, March 4 at 3pm in Scottish Premiership
We said: Celtic 3-1 Hearts
Neilson insisted that Hearts would not deviate from their typical passing game when travelling to Glasgow, but few in Scotland have been able to keep the ball against a Celtic side which averages 73% possession. Celtic may not have it all their own way on Wednesday but are heavy favourites to extend their 11-game winning run. 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 86.36%. A draw had a probability of 9.4% and a win for Hearts had a probability of 4.26%.
The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 3-0 with a probability of 11.97%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (11.3%) and 4-0 (9.52%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (4.42%), while for a Hearts win it was 0-1 (1.39%). The actual scoreline of 3-1 was predicted with a 7.4% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 3-1 win for Celtic in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Celtic.
| Result | ||
| Celtic | Draw | Hearts |
86.36% ( 1.05) | 9.38% ( -0.49) | 4.26% ( -0.56) |
| Both teams to score 44.33% ( -2.62) |
| Goals |
| Over 2.5 | Under 2.5 |
