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

Sun 21st Dec, 15:00 BST, Celtic Park, Glasgow

Aberdeen are on the road on Sunday afternoon, as manager Jimmy Thelin takes his men to visit Celtic and Martin O'Neill at the Celtic Park in the Premiership. Analysing both clubs' last 20 Premiership matches, as well as trends within the competition and the market, to generate our match predictions. All the stats, including head-to-heads, are shown below, alongside odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers.


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

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Celtic
65%
--
Draw
22%
--
Aberdeen
13%
--
Celtic 1-0
16%
--
Celtic 2-0
14%
--
Draw 1-1
10%
--
Celtic 2-1
9%
--
Draw 0-0
9%
--
Celtic 3-0
8%
--
Aberdeen 1-0
6%
--
Celtic 3-1
5%
--
Celtic 4-0
4%
--
Aberdeen 2-1
3%
--
Draw 2-2
3%
--
Celtic 4-1
2%
--
Aberdeen 2-0
2%
--
Celtic 3-2
2%
--
Celtic 5-0
1%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
44%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
56%
--
Home 1st Goal
60%
--
Away 1st Goal
34%
--
No 1st Goal
6%
--
BTTS - Yes
40%
--
BTTS - No
60%
--
BTTS - Home Win
21%
--
BTTS - Draw
13%
--
BTTS - Away Win
5%
--
Home/draw
87%
--
Away/draw
35%
--
Home/away
78%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
70%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
30%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
23%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
77%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
10%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
90%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
--
Home DNB
81%
--
Away DNB
28%
--
Celtic win to nil
44%
--
Aberdeen win to nil
8%
--
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Win / draw / win Premiership table

Celtic have played 15 matches so far this season and lay in 2nd place in the Premiership league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 13 games against teams below in the table, having won 10, drawn 2 and lost 1 match. They have kept 9 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Celtic have outscored their opponents by 25 goals to 16 goals.

Home League Performance

Celtic have played 8 games at home winning 6, drawing 1 and losing 1 game. They have scored 17 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and conceded 4 goals at home.

Aberdeen are in 6th position in the Premiership on 21 points having played 15 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

3 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 7 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 6 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

6 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 1 and won 1. Aberdeen have conceded 9 goals, scored 3, failed to score in 3 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Celtic
Aberdeen
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Hearts161935 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
3-1A
-
Jan 25
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-0A
-
Feb 28
2
Celtic151432 
-
-
-
-
l
 
0-2A
Dec 21
Feb 4
-
3
Motherwell161026 
w
 
3-2F
Dec 30
Mar 14
-
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-0A
-
Feb 14
4
Rangers15926 
Jan 3
d
 
0-00-0
-
Mar 1
Jan 11
Jan 6
-
Mar 21
5
Hibernian16924 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-2F
Feb 21
-
l
 
1-2A
Dec 30
Apr 11
-
6
Aberdeen15021 
Dec 21
w
 
0-2F
-
Feb 4
-
-
-
-
7
Falkirk16-521 
w
 
4-0F
Jan 14
Feb 1
-
l
 
0-1A
Jan 3
Mar 14
-
8
Dundee Utd15-416 
Jan 10
Dec 17
-
Mar 21
Dec 27
l
 
2-0A
-
Feb 11
9
St. Mirren15-814 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
Apr 11
-
d
 
3-3A
w
 
0-1F
-
Apr 4
10
Kilmarnock16-1412 
w
 
4-0F
w
 
1-2F
-
Feb 14
Dec 14
w
 
0-1F
-
Jan 31
11
Dundee16-1612 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-0A
-
Apr 4
w
 
4-0F
w
 
1-3F
Feb 21
-
12
Livingston15-148 
w
 
3-0F
Dec 27
Feb 11
-
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-1F
Jan 24
-
Championship Round
Relegation Round
Win / draw / win form
4
Aberdeen have won 4 consecutive away league games
Celtic 2ND
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
60
Conceded
9
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
6 / 20
Clean sheets
14 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
17
D
2
L
1
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Celtic1 - 0Dundee
Celtic4 - 0Kilmarnock
Celtic4 - 0Falkirk
Celtic3 - 2Motherwell
Celtic0 - 0Hibernian
Celtic3 - 0Livingston
Celtic1 - 0St. Mirren
Celtic1 - 1St. Mirren
Celtic3 - 1Hibernian
Celtic5 - 1Kilmarnock
Celtic3 - 0Hearts
Celtic2 - 3Rangers
Celtic5 - 1Aberdeen
Celtic3 - 0Dundee Utd
Celtic6 - 0Dundee
Celtic2 - 0Dundee Utd
Celtic3 - 0St. Mirren
Celtic4 - 0St. Johnstone
Celtic4 - 0Motherwell
Celtic3 - 0Hibernian
Goals: Scored
44
Conceded
14
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
14
D
4
L
2
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HCeltic1 - 0Dundee
ACeltic2 - 1Hibernian
ACeltic1 - 0St. Mirren
HCeltic4 - 0Kilmarnock
HCeltic4 - 0Falkirk
ACeltic1 - 3Hearts
ACeltic0 - 2Dundee
HCeltic3 - 2Motherwell
HCeltic0 - 0Hibernian
ACeltic2 - 1Kilmarnock
ACeltic0 - 0Rangers
HCeltic3 - 0Livingston
ACeltic2 - 0Aberdeen
HCeltic1 - 0St. Mirren
HCeltic1 - 1St. Mirren
ACeltic5 - 1Aberdeen
HCeltic3 - 1Hibernian
ACeltic1 - 1Rangers
ACeltic5 - 0Dundee Utd
HCeltic5 - 1Kilmarnock
Aberdeen 6TH
20 league games
Away
4
Overall
Goals: Scored
12
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
9 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
11 / 20
Won
6
D
2
Lost
12
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Dundee1 - 3Aberdeen
Livingston0 - 1Aberdeen
Kilmarnock0 - 1Aberdeen
St. Mirren0 - 1Aberdeen
Motherwell2 - 0Aberdeen
Dundee Utd2 - 0Aberdeen
Hearts2 - 0Aberdeen
Dundee Utd2 - 1Aberdeen
Rangers4 - 0Aberdeen
St. Mirren1 - 0Aberdeen
Ross County0 - 1Aberdeen
St. Johnstone0 - 0Aberdeen
Celtic5 - 1Aberdeen
Dundee1 - 2Aberdeen
Hibernian2 - 0Aberdeen
Rangers3 - 0Aberdeen
Motherwell2 - 0Aberdeen
Dundee Utd1 - 0Aberdeen
Kilmarnock4 - 0Aberdeen
Hearts1 - 1Aberdeen
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
7
D
3
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AAberdeen3 - 1Dundee
HAberdeen3 - 3St. Mirren
AAberdeen1 - 0Livingston
HAberdeen1 - 0Hearts
HAberdeen1 - 1Motherwell
AAberdeen1 - 0Kilmarnock
HAberdeen1 - 2Hibernian
AAberdeen1 - 0St. Mirren
HAberdeen4 - 0Dundee
AAberdeen0 - 2Motherwell
AAberdeen0 - 2Dundee Utd
HAberdeen0 - 0Livingston
HAberdeen0 - 1Falkirk
HAberdeen0 - 2Celtic
AAberdeen0 - 2Hearts
AAberdeen1 - 2Dundee Utd
HAberdeen1 - 5Celtic
AAberdeen0 - 4Rangers
AAberdeen0 - 1St. Mirren
HAberdeen1 - 0Hibernian
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
4
Celtic have beaten Aberdeen in 4 consecutive league meetings
26
Celtic have not lost to Aberdeen in 26 consecutive league meetings
League games at Celtic since 2013
Celtic
Aberdeen
Goals: Scored
59
14
Games: Scored
20 / 22
11 / 22
Clean sheets
11 / 22
2 / 22
CEL
19
D
2
ABD
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Celtic
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
League games at Aberdeen since 2013
Aberdeen
Celtic
Goals: Scored
22
52
Games: Scored
14 / 24
24 / 24
Clean sheets
0 / 24
10 / 24
CEL
18
D
3
ABD
3
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
Goal Statistics

Celtic have been reliable in front of goal of late, scoring in 6 consecutive Premiership outings. Their PG of 1.8 against Aberdeen on Sunday suggests that run is likely to continue.

Celtic 2nd Aberdeen 6th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.8
goals
0.6
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
17%
1
30%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
There is a 83% probability that Celtic will score 1 or more goals
0
53%
1
34%
2
3
4+
There is a 53% probability that Aberdeen will fail to score
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+15
Celtic have scored 15% more goals at home than predicted
-48
Aberdeen have scored 48% fewer goals when away than predicted
3.0
average goals scored
0.6
average goals scored
0.5
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premiership - 2025/2026 season
Celtic
PG (predicted goals)
Aberdeen
1.8
0.6
Attack rating
25%
better
CEL
ABD
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Games scored11
9
Failed to score3
6
Scored first10
7
Goals scored24
16
Avg. goals scored1.6
1.1
Avg. shots per game11
9
Avg. shots per goal7
8
Conversion rate for14
12
Avg. XG for2.2
1.4
KickOff rating
+25%
Defence rating
33%
better
CEL
ABD
view stats
Games conceded5
9
Clean sheets9
6
Conceded first2
7
Goals conceded9
16
Avg. goals conceded0.6
1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded5
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
8
Conversion rate against13%
12%
Avg. XG against0.9
1.4
KickOff rating
+33%

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

Celtic Premiership squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
14524
K SchmeichelB NygrenB NygrenL Scales
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Schmeichel GLK14
2
-
L Scales DEF141
4
-
C McGregor MID142
3
-
L McCowan MID1411
1
-
B Nygren FWD1452
3
-
A Engels MID1321
3
-
R Hatate MID1212
1
-
D Maeda FWD1252
2
-
K Tierney DEF1112
-
A Ralston DEF11
-
J Forrest FWD10
-
S Tounekti FWD101
2
-
M Saracchi DEF81
-
Y Hyun-Jun FWD81
-
J Kenny FWD84
-
A Trusty DEF7
-
C Carter-Vickers DEF7
1
-
M Balikwisha FWD71
-
C. Donovan DEF61
1
-
P Bernardo MID4
-
S Yamada FWD4
-
K Iheanacho FWD42
1
-
D Murray DEF3
-
A Johnston DEF2
-
J. Simpson-Pusey DEF1
-
H Inamura DEF1
-
C. Osmand FWD1
-
Aberdeen Premiership squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
15433
D MitovM LazetićS ArmstrongM Knoester
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Mitov GLK15
2
-
J Milne DEF14
1
-
M Knoester DEF14
3
-
A Aouchiche MID143
2
-
T Keskinen FWD1411
1
-
N Devlin DEF131
2
1
A Jensen DEF13
1
-
D Polvara MID131
1
-
G Shinnie MID121
3
-
K Nisbet FWD121
1
-
M Lazetić FWD1241
3
-
S Armstrong MID1113
2
-
J Karlsson FWD113
1
-
L Clarkson MID9
1
-
N. Milanovic FWD8
1
-
S Nilsen MID7
1
-
A. Dorrington DEF6
-
G Molloy DEF6
1
-
E. Gyamfi DEF51
1
-
A Palaversa MID51
2
-
K Yengi FWD4
1
-
K Bilalovic FWD2
-
K Tobers DEF1
1
-