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

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Celtic are in Premiership action on Saturday evening, as Martin O'Neill looks to get one over on John McGlynn and his Falkirk side at the Celtic Park. We've got predictions, tips, and odds and head-to-head statistics across every market, so there really is only one place to get ready for this Premiership clash.

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Celtic's next match is v Hibernian at 12:00 on Sunday 3rd May
Falkirk's next match is v Motherwell at 15:00 on Saturday 2nd May

The last Scottish Premiership meeting between Celtic and Falkirk was on Saturday 25th April 2026

Scottish Premiership

April 25th 2026

Celtic 3	1 Falkirk

D. Maeda 30'	70' K. Wilson
K. Tierney 44'
D. Maeda 83'

	CEL FKK
Shots On	7 3
Shots Off	2 7
Corners	9 7
Possession	55% 45%
Fouls	16 10
Yellow/red cards	2/0 3/0

Celtic	Falkirk

V. Sinisalo L. Scales A. Trusty B. Nygren H. Yang (K. Iheanacho 72') A. Ralston (A. Johnston 72') C. McGregor (A. Oxlade-Chamberlain 78') D. Maeda J. Forrest (S. Tounekti 62') K. Tierney (M. Saracchi Pintos 72') A. Engels	N. Hogarth K. Adams L. McCann B. Spencer (E. Ross 62') F. Yeats (K. Wilson 62') B. Broggio L. Neilson C. Allan (H. Cartwright 90') D. Tait C. Miller (B. Parkinson 80') B. Stewart

Best Tip: Celtic to win

We think there's an outright winner in this game, and it's Celtic. Their recent form stats show their ability at home, and historical head-to-head (H2H) data proves they can get the job done against Falkirk too. The odds point towards Martin O'Neill's side coming out on top in the win / draw / win market, and that's what we're predicting for Saturday evening too.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Celtic are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 60% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.48.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Celtic 60%	27/100	1/1000 3%
Draw 22%	5/1	125/1 9%
Falkirk 18%	8/1 4%	1/50 4%
Celtic 1-0 11%	10/1 5%	11/2 6%
Celtic 2-0 11%	15/2	6/4
Draw 1-1 10%	11/1 6%	10/1 6%
Celtic 2-1 10%	17/2	8/11
Celtic 3-0 7%	8/1	9/4
Celtic 3-1 6%	9/1	2/5
Draw 0-0 6%	22/1	9/1 13%
Falkirk 1-0 5%	28/1	12/1
Falkirk 2-1 5%	25/1	25/1
Draw 2-2 5%	18/1	13/2
Celtic 4-0 3%	12/1	13/2 13%
Celtic 4-1 3%	14/1 11%	17/5
Celtic 3-2 3%	20/1	15/2
Falkirk 2-0 3%	50/1 21%	25/1
Falkirk 3-1 1%	50/1	60/1
Over 2.5 Goals 54%	4/11 2%	10/21 1%
Under 2.5 Goals 46%	11/5 5%	6/4 6%
Home 1st Goal 57%	1/3	3/10
Away 1st Goal 40%	9/4 5%	3/1
No 1st Goal 3%	22/1	17/2 31%
BTTS - Yes 51%	7/10 3%	27/10
BTTS - No 49%	21/20 5%	1/4
BTTS - Home Win 27%	7/5	1/1000 2%
BTTS - Draw 16%	11/2	40/1 5%
BTTS - Away Win 9%	14/1 5%	125/1 6%
Home/draw 82%	1/14	1/50 1%
Away/draw 40%	11/4	100/1 4%
Home/away 78%	1/8	1/1000 3%
Over 1.5 Goals 77%	1/9 3%	1/11 1%
Under 1.5 Goals 23%	11/2 10%	11/2 9%
Over 3.5 Goals 32%	10/11 4%	1/1 2%
Under 3.5 Goals 68%	10/11 3%	8/11 1%
Over 4.5 Goals 16%	11/5 6%	13/2 3%
Under 4.5 Goals 84%	4/11 3%	1/14
Over 5.5 Goals 7%	4/1 7%	45/1
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	1/6 1%	1/1000
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	1/50	1/25 1%
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	20/1	9/1 13%
Home DNB 76%	1/12	1/1000 1%
Away DNB 33%	7/1	125/1 4%
Celtic win to nil 34%	11/8	-
Falkirk win to nil 9%	18/1	-
Celtic / Celtic 47%	8/11	1/1000 2%
Celtic / Falkirk 2%	40/1 17%	45/1
Celtic / Draw 4%	18/1	20/1
Draw / Celtic 19%	10/3 4%	125/1 2%
Draw / Falkirk 4%	20/1	40/1
Draw / Draw 9%	9/1 7%	25/1 14%
Falkirk / Celtic 5%	16/1 11%	1/50 12%
Falkirk / Falkirk 6%	16/1	1/50 6%
Falkirk / Draw 4%	20/1	90/1

Championship Group table

Celtic have played 33 matches so far this season and lay in 3rd place in the Premiership league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 27 games against teams below in the table, having won 21, drawn 1 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 12 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Celtic have outscored their opponents by 59 goals to 45 goals.

Home League Performance

Celtic have played 16 games at home winning 12, drawing 1 and losing 3 games. They have scored 34 goals, kept 9 clean sheets and conceded 12 goals at home.

Falkirk are in 6th position in the Premiership on 46 points having played 33 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

7 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 22 goals and kept 5 clean sheets. They have scored 16 goals in total and failed to score in 7 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

15 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 4 and won 3. Falkirk have conceded 29 goals, scored 15, failed to score in 9 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	Date	HOME	AWAY	HOME
1	Hearts	33	30	70	-	-	May 13	-
2	Rangers	33	35	69	-	May 16	-	-
3	Celtic	33	24	67	-	-	l 3-1A	-
4	Motherwell	33	23	54	-	May 2	-	-
5	Hibernian	33	14	51	-	May 9	-	-
6	Falkirk	33	-3	46	-	-	-	-

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Celtic	1 - 0	St. Mirren
Celtic	3 - 1	Motherwell
Celtic	1 - 2	Hibernian
Celtic	2 - 1	Livingston
Celtic	2 - 0	Falkirk
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Lost

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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Motherwell	2 - 3	Falkirk
Aberdeen	1 - 1	Falkirk
Hearts	1 - 0	Falkirk
Livingston	1 - 2	Falkirk
Celtic	2 - 0	Falkirk
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Lost

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

Goal Statistics

Celtic's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday evening, not least because Falkirk have conceded in each of their last 7 Premiership games. A PG of 1.9 for M. O'Neill's side suggests that run should continue.

	Celtic 3rd	Falkirk 6th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.9 goals	0.9 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 15% 1 28% 2 27% 3 17% 4+ 13% There is a 85% probability that Celtic will score 1 or more goals	0 40% 1 37% 2 17% 3 4+ There is a 77% probability of Falkirk scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-2 Celtic’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-7 Falkirk’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	2.3 average goals scored	1.1 average goals scored
	0.8 conceded	1.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings past 20 games

18%

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CEL

FKK

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Games scored	28		23
Failed to score	5		10
Scored first	21		15
Goals scored	59		45
Avg. goals scored	1.8		1.4
Avg. shots per game	12		9
Avg. shots per goal	7		6
Conversion rate for	15		16
Avg. XG for	2.2		1.4
KickOff rating		+18%

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CEL

FKK

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Games conceded	20		25
Clean sheets	13		8
Conceded first	10		16
Goals conceded	35		48
Avg. goals conceded	1.1		1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded	7		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		6
Conversion rate against	16%		16%
Avg. XG against	1		1.4
KickOff rating		+21%

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
31	15	7	9
C McGregor	B Nygren	K Tierney	L Scales

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
V Sinisalo GLK	7			-
A Ralston DEF	20			3 -
A Trusty DEF	21			1 2
L Scales DEF	32		3	9 -
K Tierney DEF	30	5	7	1 -
C McGregor MID	32	2	2	8 -
A Engels MID	25	4	2	5 -
J Forrest MID	23	1	1	1 -
B Nygren MID	33	15	5	3 -
Y Hyun-Jun MID	26	7	1	1 -
D Maeda FWD	31	7	5	3 -
Subs
R Doohan GLK				-
A Johnston DEF	2			-
M Saracchi DEF	15	1	2	-
D Murray DEF	6			-
L McCowan MID	28	1	1	1 -
A Oxlade-Chamberlain MID	8	2		1 -
R Hatate MID	28	2	2	4 -
K Iheanacho FWD	8	3		1 -
S Tounekti FWD	22	2	1	3 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
15	34	7	12
B Nygren	B Nygren	K Tierney	D Maeda

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
B Nygren MID	15	34	5	8
Y Hyun-Jun MID	7	16	1	5
D Maeda FWD	7	25	5	12
K Tierney DEF	5	8	7	10
A Engels MID	4	6	2	5
Subs
K Iheanacho FWD	3	6		3
C McGregor MID	2	13	2	5
Subs
A Oxlade-Chamberlain MID	2	5		1
R Hatate MID	2	11	2	7
S Tounekti FWD	2	7	1	4
J Forrest MID	1	4	1	4
Subs
M Saracchi DEF	1	4	2	3
L McCowan MID	1	10	1	6
A Ralston DEF		2
A Trusty DEF		1
L Scales DEF		2	3	4
Subs
A Johnston DEF				2
D Murray DEF				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2613	55	178
L Scales	K Tierney	L Scales

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
L Scales DEF	2613	26	178
C McGregor MID	2209	49	91
A Trusty DEF	1631	22	104
K Tierney DEF	1514	55	123
Subs
R Hatate MID	1103	20	55
B Nygren MID	1067	30	110
A Ralston DEF	1026	30	83
A Engels MID	860	21	61
Y Hyun-Jun MID	772	38	108
Subs
L McCowan MID	702	18	44
S Tounekti FWD	635	19	84
D Maeda FWD	560	28	85
Subs
M Saracchi DEF	523	10	28
J Forrest MID	336	7	35
Subs
D Murray DEF	334	8	41
V Sinisalo GLK	302		5
Subs
A Oxlade-Chamberlain MID	212	8	18
A Johnston DEF	159	6	12
K Iheanacho FWD	66	2	16

Falkirk Premiership squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
32	8	9	10
B Spencer	B. Stewart	C Miller	B Spencer

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
N. Hogarth GLK	2			1 -
K. Adams DEF	21		1	4 -
C Allan DEF	20	1		4 -
L Neilson DEF	12			-
L Mccann DEF	23		2	5 -
B Spencer MID	33		1	10 -
D Tait MID	33	3	1	8 -
B. Broggio MID	9	4	1	-
F. Yeats MID	15	2		-
C Miller MID	33	6	9	4 -
B. Stewart FWD	14	8	2	1 -
Subs
J. Hastings GLK				-
C Donaldson DEF	8		1	3 -
S Hart DEF	7			2 -
H. Cartwright MID	29	1		4 -
B Graham FWD	24	4		2 -
R MacIver FWD	10	3	1	-
K. Wilson FWD	23	2	1	3 -
E Ross FWD	25	1	1	3 -
B. Parkinson FWD	4			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	19	9	14
B. Stewart	C Miller	C Miller	C Miller

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
B. Stewart FWD	8	15	2	2
C Miller MID	6	19	9	14
B. Broggio MID	4	5	1	3
Subs
B Graham FWD	4	12
D Tait MID	3	9	1	3
Subs
R MacIver FWD	3	11	1	2
F. Yeats MID	2	5		2
Subs
K. Wilson FWD	2	8	1	2
C Allan DEF	1	2
Subs
H. Cartwright MID	1	2
E Ross FWD	1	4	1	2
K. Adams DEF		1	1	2
L Mccann DEF			2	4
B Spencer MID		6	1	5
Subs
C Donaldson DEF			1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1698	72	170
B Spencer	B Spencer	B Spencer

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
B Spencer MID	1698	72	170
D Tait MID	1285	46	151
L Mccann DEF	816	50	104
C Allan DEF	803	36	78
K. Adams DEF	703	55	104
C Miller MID	641	33	109
L Neilson DEF	458	6	33
Subs
H. Cartwright MID	415	29	60
K. Wilson FWD	304	48	93
F. Yeats MID	301	23	48
B. Stewart FWD	214	12	71
Subs
C Donaldson DEF	213	11	42
B. Broggio MID	190	10	27
Subs
E Ross FWD	184	17	44
B Graham FWD	172	7	61
R MacIver FWD	141	6	55
S Hart DEF	75	13	28
N. Hogarth GLK	49		1
Subs
B. Parkinson FWD	11		3