Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 1
Aug 5, 2023 at 12.30pm UK
Celtic Park
Celtic4 - 2Ross County
Form, Standings, Stats
Last Game: Celtic 3-2 Athletic Bilbao
Tuesday, August 1 at 7.30pm in Club Friendlies 1
Tuesday, August 1 at 7.30pm in Club Friendlies 1
Last Game: Ross County 3-3 Kelty Hearts (3-4 pen.)
Saturday, July 29 at 3pm in Scottish League Cup
Saturday, July 29 at 3pm in Scottish League Cup
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 |
