Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 5

Aug 22, 2020 at 5.30pm UK

Tannadice Park

Dundee Utd
0 - 1
Celtic

Butcher (80'), Freeman (90+3')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Ajeti (83')
McGregor (26'), Brown (83')

Neil Lennon compares Albian Ajeti to Gary Hooper after first goal

The 23-year-old Switzerland international came on as a substitute and scored for the champions.

Aug 23, 10:45

Celtic manager Neil Lennon pictured on August 22, 2020

Neil Lennon: 'Celtic deserved great win over Dundee United'

Albian Ajeti's first goal for Celtic earned the Hoops all three points at Tannadice

Aug 22, 21:28

The Match

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 45.11%. A win for Dundee United had a probability of 29.29% and a draw had a probability of 25.6%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.49%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.14%) and 0-2 (7.88%). The likeliest Dundee United win was 1-0 (8.1%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.16%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 10.5% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 0-1 win for Celtic in this match.

Result
Dundee United	Draw	Celtic
29.29%	25.59%	45.11%

Both teams to score 53.32%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

49.66%

50.34%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

27.71%

72.28%

Dundee United Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

68.61%

31.39%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

32.24%

67.76%

Celtic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

77.72%

22.28%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

44.27%

55.73%

Score Analysis

Dundee United 29.29%

Celtic 45.1%

Draw 25.59%

Dundee United	Draw	Celtic
1-0 @ 8.1% 2-1 @ 7.05% 2-0 @ 4.7% 3-1 @ 2.72% 3-2 @ 2.04% 3-0 @ 1.81% Other @ 2.86% Total : 29.29%	1-1 @ 12.16% 0-0 @ 6.99% 2-2 @ 5.29% 3-3 @ 1.02% Other @ 0.12% Total : 25.59%	0-1 @ 10.49% 1-2 @ 9.14% 0-2 @ 7.88% 1-3 @ 4.57% 0-3 @ 3.95% 2-3 @ 2.65% 1-4 @ 1.72% 0-4 @ 1.48% 2-4 @ 0.99% Other @ 2.24% Total : 45.1%