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

Sun 1st Feb, 15:00 BST, Celtic Park, Glasgow

John McGlynn is aiming for a crucial away win in the Premiership on Sunday afternoon, as he takes his Falkirk side to the Celtic Park to visit Celtic and Martin O'Neill. You'll find statistics supporting our top of Celtic to win below, but there are 16 other markets we're covering too. We aim to deliver as full a picture as possible, with Premiership performances and head to heads (H2Hs) included, so that you can make a smart bet. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from one of the UK's biggest bookmakers.

Best Tip: Celtic to win

There looks like a strong favourite for this match, and it's Celtic. Their latest form stats show what they've got in their locker on home turf, and historical head-to-head (H2H) data proves they know how to beat Falkirk too. The odds point towards Martin O'Neill's side claiming victory in the win / draw / win market, and that's what we're predicting for Sunday afternoon too.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Celtic are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 66% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.25.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Celtic 66%	1/4 2%	-
Draw 20%	9/2 5%	-
Falkirk 14%	10/1 10%	-
Celtic 2-0 12%	11/2 13%	-
Celtic 1-0 12%	7/1 16%	-
Celtic 2-1 10%	8/1	-
Draw 1-1 10%	10/1	-
Celtic 3-0 8%	13/2 12%	-
Celtic 3-1 7%	10/1 10%	-
Draw 0-0 6%	14/1 21%	-
Falkirk 1-0 5%	25/1 10%	-
Celtic 4-0 4%	11/1 8%	-
Draw 2-2 4%	22/1 21%	-
Falkirk 2-1 4%	28/1	-
Celtic 4-1 3%	16/1 13%	-
Celtic 3-2 3%	28/1 26%	-
Falkirk 2-0 2%	50/1	-
Celtic 5-0 2%	20/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 54%	4/7 9%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 46%	11/8 13%	-
Home 1st Goal 59%	2/7 1%	-
Away 1st Goal 38%	13/5 6%	-
No 1st Goal 3%	14/1 21%	-
BTTS - Yes 48%	1/1 11%	-
BTTS - No 52%	3/4 10%	-
BTTS - Home Win 27%	15/8 10%	-
BTTS - Draw 14%	6/1 8%	-
BTTS - Away Win 7%	20/1 24%	-
Home/draw 86%	1/20 1%	-
Away/draw 34%	11/4	-
Home/away 80%	1/7 3%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 77%	1/6 3%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 23%	4/1 9%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 31%	11/8 13%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 69%	4/7 9%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 16%	10/3 24%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 84%	2/9 6%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 7%	7/1 33%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	1/12 4%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	1/33 1%	-
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	14/1 21%	-
Home DNB 80%	1/16 1%	-
Away DNB 28%	9/1 11%	-
Celtic win to nil 39%	1/1 9%	-
Falkirk win to nil 7%	18/1	-
Celtic / Celtic 48%	8/11	-
Celtic / Falkirk 2%	50/1	-
Celtic / Draw 4%	18/1	-
Draw / Celtic 21%	3/1	-
Draw / Falkirk 4%	20/1	-
Draw / Draw 10%	15/2 6%	-
Falkirk / Celtic 4%	18/1 12%	-
Falkirk / Falkirk 4%	20/1 24%	-
Falkirk / Draw 4%	22/1 10%	-

Win / draw / win Premiership table

Celtic have played 22 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 20 games against teams below in the table, having won 14, drawn 2 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 11 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Celtic have outscored their opponents by 39 goals to 23 goals.

Home League Performance

Celtic have played 11 games at home winning 8, drawing 1 and losing 2 games. They have scored 25 goals, kept 7 clean sheets and conceded 8 goals at home.

Falkirk are in 6th position in the Premiership on 30 points having played 22 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

5 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 15 goals and kept 5 clean sheets. They have scored 10 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

10 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 5 games, drawn 4 and won 1. Falkirk have conceded 17 goals, scored 5, failed to score in 7 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Celtic Falkirk
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Hearts	22	25	50	l 1-2A	l 3-1A	-	Jan 25	l 0-2A	l 3-0A	-	Feb 21
2	Celtic	22	18	44	-	-	-	-	l 0-1A	l 4-0A	-	Feb 1
3	Rangers	22	17	44	l 1-3F	d 0-00-0	-	Mar 1	d 1-1A	d 0-00-0	Apr 11	-
4	Motherwell	22	14	37	w 3-2F	l 2-0A	Mar 14	-	d 0-00-0	w 1-2A	-	Apr 4
5	Hibernian	22	13	35	d 0-00-0	w 1-2F	Feb 21	-	d 2-2A	l 3-0A	Jan 24	-
6	Falkirk	22	-5	30	w 4-0F	w 0-1F	Feb 1	-	-	-	-	-
7	Dundee Utd	22	-6	25	w 4-0F	l 2-1F	-	Mar 21	d 2-2A	w 0-3F	Feb 14	-
8	Aberdeen	22	-8	25	w 3-1F	w 0-2F	-	Feb 4	w 1-0F	w 0-1F	-	Mar 14
9	Dundee	22	-15	22	w 1-0F	l 2-0A	-	Apr 4	w 2-1A	l 1-0A	Feb 11	-
10	St. Mirren	21	-14	18	w 1-0F	w 0-1F	Apr 11	-	l 1-2A	w 0-2F	Mar 21	-
11	Kilmarnock	22	-19	14	w 4-0F	w 1-2F	-	Feb 15	w 3-1F	w 0-1F	Feb 28	-
12	Livingston	21	-20	10	w 3-0F	w 2-4A	Feb 11	-	d 1-1F	l 3-1A	-	Feb 4

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

9 / 20

Clean sheets

11 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Celtic	4 - 0	Dundee Utd
Celtic	1 - 3	Rangers
Celtic	3 - 1	Aberdeen
Celtic	1 - 2	Hearts
Celtic	1 - 0	Dundee
Celtic	4 - 0	Kilmarnock
Celtic	4 - 0	Falkirk
Celtic	3 - 2	Motherwell
Celtic	0 - 0	Hibernian
Celtic	3 - 0	Livingston
Celtic	1 - 0	St. Mirren
Celtic	1 - 1	St. Mirren
Celtic	3 - 1	Hibernian
Celtic	5 - 1	Kilmarnock
Celtic	3 - 0	Hearts
Celtic	2 - 3	Rangers
Celtic	5 - 1	Aberdeen
Celtic	3 - 0	Dundee Utd
Celtic	6 - 0	Dundee
Celtic	2 - 0	Dundee Utd

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Celtic	1 - 0	Falkirk
H	Celtic	4 - 0	Dundee Utd
H	Celtic	1 - 3	Rangers
A	Celtic	0 - 2	Motherwell
A	Celtic	4 - 2	Livingston
H	Celtic	3 - 1	Aberdeen
A	Celtic	1 - 2	Dundee Utd
H	Celtic	1 - 2	Hearts
H	Celtic	1 - 0	Dundee
A	Celtic	2 - 1	Hibernian
A	Celtic	1 - 0	St. Mirren
H	Celtic	4 - 0	Kilmarnock
H	Celtic	4 - 0	Falkirk
A	Celtic	1 - 3	Hearts
A	Celtic	0 - 2	Dundee
H	Celtic	3 - 2	Motherwell
H	Celtic	0 - 0	Hibernian
A	Celtic	2 - 1	Kilmarnock
A	Celtic	0 - 0	Rangers
H	Celtic	3 - 0	Livingston

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
St. Mirren	0 - 2	Falkirk
Dundee	1 - 0	Falkirk
Kilmarnock	0 - 1	Falkirk
Hibernian	3 - 0	Falkirk
Rangers	0 - 0	Falkirk
Dundee Utd	0 - 3	Falkirk
Celtic	4 - 0	Falkirk
Motherwell	1 - 2	Falkirk
Hearts	3 - 0	Falkirk
Aberdeen	0 - 1	Falkirk
Livingston	3 - 1	Falkirk
Partick	2 - 1	Falkirk
Ayr United	1 - 1	Falkirk
Livingston	1 - 0	Falkirk
Queen's Park	0 - 4	Falkirk
Airdrieonians	0 - 3	Falkirk
Hamilton	2 - 2	Falkirk
Greenock	0 - 2	Falkirk
Raith Rovers	0 - 2	Falkirk
Dunfermline	3 - 3	Falkirk

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Falkirk	0 - 1	Celtic
A	Falkirk	2 - 0	St. Mirren
H	Falkirk	1 - 0	Aberdeen
A	Falkirk	0 - 1	Dundee
A	Falkirk	1 - 0	Kilmarnock
H	Falkirk	0 - 2	Hearts
A	Falkirk	0 - 3	Hibernian
H	Falkirk	0 - 0	Motherwell
A	Falkirk	0 - 0	Rangers
A	Falkirk	3 - 0	Dundee Utd
H	Falkirk	1 - 1	Livingston
H	Falkirk	3 - 1	Kilmarnock
A	Falkirk	0 - 4	Celtic
H	Falkirk	2 - 1	Dundee
A	Falkirk	2 - 1	Motherwell
H	Falkirk	1 - 1	Rangers
A	Falkirk	0 - 3	Hearts
H	Falkirk	2 - 2	Hibernian
H	Falkirk	1 - 2	St. Mirren
A	Falkirk	1 - 0	Aberdeen

Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.0 is fairly strong for Celtic in their clash with Falkirk, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 16 consecutive Premiership matches.

	Celtic 2nd	Falkirk 8th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	2.0 goals	0.8 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 13% 1 27% 2 27% 3 18% 4+ 15% There is a 60% probability that Celtic will score 2 or more goals in this match	0 45% 1 36% 2 14% 3 4+ There is a 81% probability of Falkirk scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+12 Celtic have scored 12% more goals at home than predicted	+6 Falkirk’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	2.8 average goals scored	1.4 average goals scored
	0.8 conceded	1.2 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Premiership - 2025/2026 season

31%

better

CEL

FKK

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Games scored	18		14
Failed to score	4		8
Scored first	15		7
Goals scored	39		23
Avg. goals scored	1.8		1
Avg. shots per game	12		9
Avg. shots per goal	7		8
Conversion rate for	14		12
Avg. XG for	2.3		1.2
KickOff rating		+31%

22%

better

CEL

FKK

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Games conceded	11		15
Clean sheets	11		7
Conceded first	5		13
Goals conceded	21		28
Avg. goals conceded	1		1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded	6		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		7
Conversion rate against	17%		14%
Avg. XG against	0.9		1.5
KickOff rating		+22%

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

Celtic Premiership squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
21	10	5	5
C McGregor	B Nygren	D Maeda	L Scales

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C McGregor MID	22	2	1	3 -
L McCowan MID	22	1	1	1 -
B Nygren FWD	22	10	3	3 -
K Schmeichel GLK	21			2 -
L Scales DEF	21		2	5 -
A Engels MID	21	4	2	4 -
D Maeda FWD	20	7	5	2 -
K Tierney DEF	19	3	4	1 -
R Hatate MID	19	1	2	2 -
A Ralston DEF	16			1 -
Y Hyun-Jun FWD	16	3	1	1 -
A Trusty DEF	15			1 -
J Kenny FWD	15	4	2	-
J Forrest FWD	15	1		-
S Tounekti FWD	13	1		2 -
C. Donovan DEF	10		2	1 -
M Saracchi DEF	8		1	-
S Yamada FWD	8			-
C Carter-Vickers DEF	7			1 -
P Bernardo MID	7			1 -
M Balikwisha FWD	7		1	-
K Iheanacho FWD	4	2		1 -
D Murray DEF	3			-
A Johnston DEF	2			-
V Sinisalo GLK	1			-
J. Simpson-Pusey DEF	1			-
H Inamura DEF	1			-
C. Osmand FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	20	5	9
B Nygren	B Nygren	D Maeda	D Maeda

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
B Nygren FWD	10	20	3	5
D Maeda FWD	7	18	5	9
A Engels MID	4	6	2	4
J Kenny FWD	4	11	2	4
K Tierney DEF	3	5	4	7
Y Hyun-Jun FWD	3	9	1	2
C McGregor MID	2	9	1	3
K Iheanacho FWD	2	4		3
L McCowan MID	1	8	1	6
R Hatate MID	1	6	2	6
J Forrest FWD	1	4		2
S Tounekti FWD	1	4		2
L Scales DEF		1	2	3
A Ralston DEF		2
A Trusty DEF		1
C. Donovan DEF			2	1
M Saracchi DEF		3	1	2
S Yamada FWD		2
C Carter-Vickers DEF		2		1
P Bernardo MID		1
M Balikwisha FWD		1	1	1
D Murray DEF				1
A Johnston DEF				2
H Inamura DEF		1
C. Osmand FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1780	34	116
L Scales	C McGregor	L Scales

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Scales DEF	1780	13	116
C McGregor MID	1611	34	65
A Trusty DEF	1236	21	75
K Tierney DEF	1057	32	78
A Ralston DEF	893	25	71
R Hatate MID	800	15	43
A Engels MID	775	18	52
K Schmeichel GLK	758	1	8
B Nygren FWD	708	23	71
C Carter-Vickers DEF	686	7	39
L McCowan MID	597	15	39
Y Hyun-Jun FWD	452	22	61
S Tounekti FWD	419	9	49
D Maeda FWD	409	17	53
M Saracchi DEF	370	9	21
C. Donovan DEF	298	9	27
J Forrest FWD	244	4	24
D Murray DEF	200	6	19
P Bernardo MID	191	7	15
A Johnston DEF	159	6	12
J Kenny FWD	132	6	26
M Balikwisha FWD	103	4	13
H Inamura DEF	91	3	5
J. Simpson-Pusey DEF	73	2	5
V Sinisalo GLK	51		2
K Iheanacho FWD	39	2	6
S Yamada FWD	34	2	13
C. Osmand FWD	3		1

Falkirk Premiership squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
22	4	4	6
S Bain	C Miller	C Miller	B Spencer

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
S Bain GLK	22			2 -
L Henderson DEF	22	1		2 -
C Miller MID	22	4	4	4 -
B Spencer MID	22		1	6 -
D Tait MID	22	1		5 -
H. Cartwright MID	20	1		3 -
A. Agyeman FWD	20			-
E. Williams FWD	19	1	3	1 -
B Graham FWD	17	4		2 -
F. Lissah DEF	16	1		5 -
K. Wilson FWD	16	1	1	2 -
C Allan DEF	15	1		3 -
K. Adams DEF	15		1	2 -
S Arfield MID	15	1		1 -
E Ross MID	14	1		3 -
L Mccann DEF	13		1	2 -
R MacIver FWD	10	3	1	-
T. Ogunsugi FWD	9			-
L Neilson DEF	7			-
S Hart DEF	7			2 -
F. Yeats DEF	6	1		-
G Oliver MID	3			-
A Nesbitt MID	3			-
N. Hogarth GLK	1			-
C Donaldson DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	12	4	7
C Miller	C Miller	C Miller	C Miller

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C Miller MID	4	12	4	7
B Graham FWD	4	10
R MacIver FWD	3	11	1	2
L Henderson DEF	1	5
D Tait MID	1	5		2
H. Cartwright MID	1	2
E. Williams FWD	1	7	3	4
F. Lissah DEF	1	4		2
K. Wilson FWD	1	6	1	2
C Allan DEF	1	1
S Arfield MID	1	5
E Ross MID	1	2		1
F. Yeats DEF	1	2		1
B Spencer MID		6	1	5
A. Agyeman FWD		5		2
K. Adams DEF		1	1	1
L Mccann DEF			1	2
T. Ogunsugi FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1196	51	137
B Spencer	F. Lissah	L Henderson

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Spencer MID	1196	43	113
L Henderson DEF	1146	21	137
S Bain GLK	860	2	12
D Tait MID	796	25	99
C Allan DEF	654	29	60
F. Lissah DEF	584	51	133
K. Adams DEF	526	44	82
L Mccann DEF	441	30	61
C Miller MID	418	21	75
H. Cartwright MID	314	21	47
L Neilson DEF	307	6	24
E. Williams FWD	278	12	37
K. Wilson FWD	234	27	58
B Graham FWD	150	6	57
S Arfield MID	146	13	21
R MacIver FWD	141	6	55
F. Yeats DEF	114	11	21
E Ross MID	109	10	25
A. Agyeman FWD	92	11	39
S Hart DEF	75	13	28
T. Ogunsugi FWD	43	3	26
A Nesbitt MID	42	1	6
G Oliver MID	23	1	1
N. Hogarth GLK	5
C Donaldson DEF	1