Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 4

Feb 17, 2021 at 6pm UK

Celtic Park

Celtic
1 - 0
Aberdeen

Turnbull (14')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Hendry (83'), Ferguson (88')

Aberdeen's Tommie Hoban excited by new strike pairing

Florian Kamberi and Fraser Hornby have both joined the Dons on loan.

Feb 18, 22:50

Kristoffer Ajer in action for Celtic on September 19, 2019

Kristoffer Ajer delighted with Celtic's defending against Aberdeen

Aberdeen threw men forward in the latter stages on Wednesday night but Kristoffer Ajer and centre-back partner Stephen Welsh helped their side see out a 1-0 win.

Feb 18, 14:55

Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes pictured in November 22, 2020

Derek McInnes: 'We deserved a penalty against Celtic'

The Dons have not scored in their last six matches and are winless in 10.

Feb 17, 21:40

The Match

Team News

Defender Stephen Welsh missed the win at St Johnstone on Sunday with a foot injury.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Wednesday's Scottish Premiership clash between Celtic and Aberdeen, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

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 61.15%. A draw had a probability of 22.6% and a win for Aberdeen had a probability of 16.28%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.21%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (11.95%) and 2-1 (9.65%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.67%), while for an Aberdeen win it was 0-1 (5.9%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 13.2% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 1-0 win for Celtic in this match.

Result
Celtic	Draw	Aberdeen
61.15%	22.56%	16.28%

Both teams to score 46.33%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

48.58%

51.42%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

26.76%

73.24%

Celtic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

83.62%

16.38%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

53.99%

46.01%

Aberdeen Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

55.4%

44.6%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

19.39%

80.61%

Score Analysis

Celtic 61.14%

Aberdeen 16.28%

Draw 22.57%

Celtic	Draw	Aberdeen
1-0 @ 13.21% 2-0 @ 11.95% 2-1 @ 9.65% 3-0 @ 7.21% 3-1 @ 5.82% 4-0 @ 3.26% 4-1 @ 2.63% 3-2 @ 2.35% 5-0 @ 1.18% 4-2 @ 1.06% 5-1 @ 0.95% Other @ 1.85% Total : 61.14%	1-1 @ 10.67% 0-0 @ 7.3% 2-2 @ 3.9% Other @ 0.69% Total : 22.57%	0-1 @ 5.9% 1-2 @ 4.31% 0-2 @ 2.38% 1-3 @ 1.16% 2-3 @ 1.05% Other @ 1.49% Total : 16.28%