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Aberdeen v Celtic : Premiership match betting preview, prediction and odds

Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen

Martin O'Neill takes his Celtic troops to the Pittodrie Stadium in the Premiership on Wednesday night, with Peter Leven's Aberdeen their rivals. This preview has odds for seventeen different betting markets, alongside bespoke data that changes as you go between markets. Our predictions run off 20-game form, so all statistics are shown for each side's last 20 too. Home vs away and overall performance can be explored, while there's also head-to-head history later on in the preview.

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Aberdeen's next match is v Falkirk at 15:00 on Saturday 14th March
Celtic's next match is v Motherwell at 15:00 on Saturday 14th March
The last Scottish Premiership meeting between Aberdeen and Celtic was on Wednesday 4th March 2026
Scottish Premiership
March 4th 2026
Aberdeen 1
2 Celtic
 
K. Nisbet 19'5' K. Tierney
67' B. Nygren
 
ABD
CEL
Shots On
2
4
Shots Off
2
4
Corners
6
6
Possession
38%
62%
Fouls
13
12
Yellow/red cards
2/0
2/0
 
AberdeenCeltic
 
D. Mitov
M. Frame
G. Molloy
S. Heltne Nilsen (L. Morrison 62')
D. Geiger (G. Shinnie 69')
S. Armstrong
K. Nisbetfootball icon
T. Olusanya (K. Bilalovic 62')
J. Milne (D. Lobban 79')
A. Jensen (T. Keskinen 79')
L. Cameron
L. Scales
(B. Nygren 61') T. Čvančara
V. Sinisalo
(C. Donovan 87') J. Araujo
(D. Maeda 61') L. McCowan
(J. Forrest 65') H. Yang
S. Tounekti
D. Murray
R. Hatate
C. McGregor
(M. Saracchi Pintos 65') football iconK. Tierney

Best Tip: Both teams to score

Analysing the KickOff match predictions, bookies' odds and relevant stats, there's one market that seems hard to ignore for this fixture: both teams to score. In Aberdeen and Celtic we have two sides going head-to-head with relative issues at both ends of the pitch, and we expect them to show themselves again on Wednesday night. BTTS – yes best odds: 1.67.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 42% chance of Celtic coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Aberdeen
35%
4/1125/1
9%
Draw
23%
3/112/1
20%
Celtic
42%
8/131/40
8%
Draw 1-1
10%
7/119/10
7%
Celtic 2-1
9%
15/23/10
Aberdeen 2-1
8%
16/113/2
15%
Draw 2-2
7%
12/115/2
25%
Celtic 1-0
6%
17/210/1
6%
Aberdeen 1-0
5%
18/112/1
Celtic 2-0
5%
17/26/1
13%
Celtic 3-1
5%
11/117/4
Aberdeen 2-0
4%
28/118/1
Aberdeen 3-1
4%
33/125/1
Celtic 3-2
4%
20/128/1
Aberdeen 3-2
4%
33/160/1
17%
Draw 0-0
3%
16/112/1
8%
Celtic 3-0
3%
12/17/1
18%
Aberdeen 3-0
2%
50/133/1
Over 2.5 Goals
66%
4/74/11
2%
Under 2.5 Goals
34%
11/819/10
Home 1st Goal
48%
6/417/10
11%
Away 1st Goal
50%
8/151/2
5%
No 1st Goal
2%
16/112/1
8%
BTTS - Yes
66%
4/71/2
8%
BTTS - No
34%
5/429/20
9%
BTTS - Home Win
22%
7/150/1
13%
BTTS - Draw
19%
15/415/2
15%
BTTS - Away Win
26%
2/11/18
3%
Home/draw
58%
5/412/1
14%
Away/draw
65%
1/61/1000
2%
Home/away
77%
2/91/66
3%
Over 1.5 Goals
85%
1/61/33
Under 1.5 Goals
15%
4/110/1
Over 3.5 Goals
44%
11/85/1
2%
Under 3.5 Goals
56%
4/71/9
2%
Over 4.5 Goals
25%
10/340/1
Under 4.5 Goals
75%
2/91/1000
Over 5.5 Goals
13%
7/1125/1
7%
Under 5.5 Goals
87%
1/121/1000
1%
Over 0.5 Goals
97%
1/331/40
Under 0.5 Goals
3%
16/112/1
8%
Home DNB
51%
11/450/1
15%
Away DNB
58%
1/41/1000
4%
Aberdeen win to nil
13%
10/1-
Celtic win to nil
17%
9/4-
Aberdeen / Aberdeen
11%
7/118/1
6%
Aberdeen / Celtic
5%
18/128/1
Aberdeen / Draw
6%
14/125/1
15%
Draw / Aberdeen
8%
10/15/1
9%
Draw / Celtic
17%
15/46/5
4%
Draw / Draw
12%
6/19/4
17%
Celtic / Aberdeen
3%
33/145/1
Celtic / Celtic
34%
6/46/1
9%
Celtic / Draw
6%
12/122/1
15%
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Win / draw / win Premiership table

Aberdeen have played 28 matches so far this season and are in 8th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

17 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 13 games, drawn 3 and won 1. Aberdeen have conceded 26 goals, scored 5, failed to score in 12 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Aberdeen have played 13 games at home, winning 4, drawing 4 and losing 5 fixtures. They have scored 21 goals, conceded 18 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Celtic lay in 3rd place on 55 points in the Premiership league table having played 28 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 22 games against teams below them in the table, winning 17, drawing 1 and losing 4 games. They have scored 44 goals and kept 11 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Celtic have conceded 18 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Celtic have played 14 away games, winning 7, drawing 3 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 1.5 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.4 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Aberdeen
Celtic
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Hearts292863 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-0A
-
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-2A
l
 
3-1A
-
d
 
2-2F
2
Celtic292258 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-1A
l
 
1-2A
-
-
-
-
-
3
Rangers292657 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-0A
-
Mar 21
l
 
1-3F
d
 
0-00-0
-
d
 
2-2A
4
Motherwell292853 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-0A
-
l
 
2-0A
w
 
3-2F
l
 
2-0A
Mar 14
-
5
Hibernian291346 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-0A
Apr 11
-
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-2F
l
 
1-2A
-
6
Falkirk29042 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
1-0A
Mar 14
-
w
 
4-0F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-0F
-
7
Dundee Utd29-1033 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-0A
-
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
4-0F
l
 
2-1F
-
Mar 22
8
Dundee29-1731 
w
 
4-0F
w
 
1-3F
l
 
2-3F
-
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-0A
-
Apr 5
9
Aberdeen29-1229 
-
-
-
-
w
 
3-1F
w
 
0-2F
-
w
 
1-2F
10
St. Mirren29-2224 
d
 
3-3A
w
 
0-1F
-
Apr 4
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
Apr 11
-
11
Kilmarnock29-2821 
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-1F
-
l
 
3-0A
w
 
4-0F
w
 
1-2F
-
w
 
2-3A
12
Livingston29-2814 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-1F
w
 
6-2F
-
w
 
3-0F
w
 
2-4A
w
 
2-1F
-
Championship Round
Relegation Round
Win / draw / win form
Aberdeen 9TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Aberdeen2 - 3Dundee
Aberdeen6 - 2Livingston
Aberdeen0 - 2Rangers
Aberdeen1 - 1Dundee Utd
Aberdeen2 - 1Kilmarnock
Aberdeen3 - 3St. Mirren
Aberdeen1 - 0Hearts
Aberdeen1 - 1Motherwell
Aberdeen1 - 2Hibernian
Aberdeen4 - 0Dundee
Aberdeen0 - 0Livingston
Aberdeen0 - 1Falkirk
Aberdeen0 - 2Celtic
Aberdeen1 - 5Celtic
Aberdeen1 - 0Hibernian
Aberdeen2 - 2Rangers
Aberdeen4 - 1Motherwell
Aberdeen2 - 2Dundee Utd
Aberdeen1 - 0Kilmarnock
Aberdeen0 - 3St. Mirren
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AAberdeen0 - 1Hearts
AAberdeen0 - 0Dundee Utd
HAberdeen2 - 3Dundee
AAberdeen0 - 2Motherwell
AAberdeen0 - 3Kilmarnock
HAberdeen6 - 2Livingston
HAberdeen0 - 2Rangers
AAberdeen0 - 2Rangers
AAberdeen0 - 1Falkirk
AAberdeen0 - 2Hibernian
HAberdeen1 - 1Dundee Utd
AAberdeen1 - 3Celtic
HAberdeen2 - 1Kilmarnock
AAberdeen3 - 1Dundee
HAberdeen3 - 3St. Mirren
AAberdeen1 - 0Livingston
HAberdeen1 - 0Hearts
HAberdeen1 - 1Motherwell
AAberdeen1 - 0Kilmarnock
HAberdeen1 - 2Hibernian
Celtic 2ND
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
38
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
D
4
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Rangers2 - 2Celtic
Kilmarnock2 - 3Celtic
Hearts2 - 2Celtic
Falkirk0 - 1Celtic
Motherwell2 - 0Celtic
Livingston2 - 4Celtic
Dundee Utd2 - 1Celtic
Hibernian1 - 2Celtic
St. Mirren0 - 1Celtic
Hearts3 - 1Celtic
Dundee2 - 0Celtic
Kilmarnock1 - 2Celtic
Rangers0 - 0Celtic
Aberdeen0 - 2Celtic
Aberdeen1 - 5Celtic
Rangers1 - 1Celtic
Dundee Utd0 - 5Celtic
St. Johnstone1 - 0Celtic
St. Mirren2 - 5Celtic
Hibernian2 - 1Celtic
Goals: Scored
40
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
12
D
2
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ACeltic2 - 2Rangers
HCeltic1 - 2Hibernian
ACeltic3 - 2Kilmarnock
HCeltic2 - 1Livingston
HCeltic2 - 0Falkirk
ACeltic2 - 2Hearts
ACeltic1 - 0Falkirk
HCeltic4 - 0Dundee Utd
HCeltic1 - 3Rangers
ACeltic0 - 2Motherwell
ACeltic4 - 2Livingston
HCeltic3 - 1Aberdeen
ACeltic1 - 2Dundee Utd
HCeltic1 - 2Hearts
HCeltic1 - 0Dundee
ACeltic2 - 1Hibernian
ACeltic1 - 0St. Mirren
HCeltic4 - 0Kilmarnock
HCeltic4 - 0Falkirk
ACeltic1 - 3Hearts
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
5
Celtic have beaten Aberdeen in 5 consecutive league meetings
27
Celtic have not lost to Aberdeen in 27 consecutive league meetings
League games at Aberdeen since 2013
Aberdeen
Celtic
Goals: Scored
22
52
Games: Scored
14 / 24
24 / 24
Clean sheets
0 / 24
10 / 24
ABD
3
D
3
CEL
18
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Aberdeen
0 - 2Celtic
1 - 5Celtic
0 - 1Celtic
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 3Celtic
0 - 1Celtic
2 - 3Celtic
1 - 2Celtic
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw3 - 3Draw
1 - 2Celtic
0 - 4Celtic
0 - 3Celtic
3 - 4Celtic
0 - 2Celtic
0 - 3Celtic
1 - 3Celtic
0 - 1Celtic
Aberdeen2 - 1
Aberdeen2 - 1
0 - 1Celtic
1 - 2Celtic
Aberdeen2 - 1
0 - 2Celtic
League games at Celtic since 2013
Celtic
Aberdeen
Goals: Scored
62
15
Games: Scored
21 / 23
12 / 23
Clean sheets
11 / 23
2 / 23
ABD
1
D
2
CEL
20
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Celtic
Celtic3 - 1
Celtic5 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
Celtic6 - 0
Celtic5 - 0
Celtic4 - 0
Celtic2 - 0
Celtic2 - 1
Celtic1 - 0
Celtic1 - 0
Celtic2 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Celtic1 - 0
0 - 1Aberdeen
Celtic3 - 0
Celtic1 - 0
Celtic4 - 1
Celtic3 - 2
Celtic3 - 1
Celtic4 - 0
Celtic2 - 1
Celtic5 - 2
Celtic3 - 1
Goal Statistics

Aberdeen's fans will be hoping for goals on Wednesday night, not least because Celtic have conceded in each of their last 9 Premiership outings. A PG of 1.6 for Peter Leven's side suggests that run should continue.

Aberdeen 9th Celtic 2nd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
20%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 80% probability that Aberdeen will score 1 or more goals
0
17%
1
30%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
11%
There is a 83% probability that Celtic will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+9
Aberdeen’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+7
Celtic’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.6
average goals scored
1.9
average goals scored
1.6
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premiership - 2025/2026 season
Aberdeen
PG (predicted goals)
Celtic
1.6
1.8
Attack rating
ABD
CEL
38%
better
view stats
Games scored14
24
Failed to score14
4
Scored first9
18
Goals scored28
51
Avg. goals scored1
1.8
Avg. shots per game8
12
Avg. shots per goal8
7
Conversion rate for13
15
Avg. XG for1.4
2.3
KickOff rating
+38%
Defence rating
ABD
CEL
20%
better
view stats
Games conceded21
16
Clean sheets7
12
Conceded first17
8
Goals conceded39
30
Avg. goals conceded1.4
1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded11
6
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
6
Conversion rate against13%
17%
Avg. XG against1.7
1
KickOff rating
+20%

Aberdeen v Celtic Premiership lLine ups will show here when available.

Aberdeen Premiership squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
26647
D MitovK NisbetS ArmstrongG Shinnie
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Mitov GLK26
2
-
A Jensen DEF21
2
-
J Milne DEF26
2
1
G Molloy DEF9
1
-
M. Frame DEF61
1
-
S Nilsen MID131
3
-
D Geiger MID5
2
-
T Olusanya MID71
1
-
L Cameron MID7
1
-
S Armstrong MID2214
5
-
K Nisbet FWD2661
2
-
Subs
R. Vītols GLK
-
L Morrison DEF5
2
1
K Kjartansson MID61
1
-
D Lobban MID10
4
1
G Shinnie MID242
6
1
K Bilalovic MID153
-
M Lazetić FWD2441
5
-
E. Gyamfi FWD91
1
-
T Keskinen FWD2733
3
-
Celtic Premiership squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
281578
C McGregorB NygrenK TierneyC McGregor
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
V Sinisalo GLK3
-
J Araujo DEF101
3
-
D Murray DEF6
-
L Scales DEF283
7
-
K Tierney DEF2657
1
-
C McGregor MID2922
8
-
R Hatate MID2522
3
-
Y Hyun-Jun MID2241
1
-
L McCowan MID2411
1
-
S Tounekti MID2021
3
-
T Čvančara FWD611
2
-
Subs
R Doohan GLK
-
M Saracchi DEF1311
-
B. Arthur DEF2
-
C. Donovan DEF112
1
-
A Oxlade-Chamberlain MID41
-
J Forrest MID2111
1
-
B Nygren FWD29154
3
-
C Adamu FWD3
-
D Maeda FWD2775
2
-