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

Wed 14th Jan, 19:45 BST, Falkirk Community Stadium, Falkirk

Falkirk and their manager John McGlynn will be hoping for victory against Martin O'Neill and his Celtic side on Wednesday evening, as the pair meet at the Falkirk Community Stadium in the Premiership. The odds you see on the page are provided directly from top bookmakers, while predictions are calculated from statistics over a 20-game period. Particular attention is given to Premiership match data, including head to head (H2H) performance. Hit the tabs below to explore.


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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
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Team To Score First

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Falkirk
38%
--
Draw
25%
--
Celtic
37%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Falkirk 1-0
9%
--
Celtic 1-0
8%
--
Falkirk 2-1
8%
--
Celtic 2-1
8%
--
Draw 0-0
6%
--
Falkirk 2-0
6%
--
Celtic 2-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Falkirk 3-1
4%
--
Celtic 3-1
4%
--
Falkirk 3-0
3%
--
Falkirk 3-2
3%
--
Celtic 3-0
3%
--
Celtic 3-2
3%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
53%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
47%
--
Home 1st Goal
48%
--
Away 1st Goal
48%
--
No 1st Goal
4%
--
BTTS - Yes
57%
--
BTTS - No
43%
--
BTTS - Home Win
19%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
19%
--
Home/draw
63%
--
Away/draw
62%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
77%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
23%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
31%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
69%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
15%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
85%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
--
Home DNB
55%
--
Away DNB
55%
--
Falkirk win to nil
19%
--
Celtic win to nil
18%
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Win / draw / win Premiership table

Falkirk have played 19 matches so far this season and are in 8th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

12 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 5 and won 3. Falkirk have conceded 18 goals, scored 11, failed to score in 6 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Falkirk have played 9 games at home, winning 2, drawing 5 and losing 2 fixtures. They have scored 12 goals, conceded 12 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Celtic lay in 2nd place on 38 points in the Premiership league table having played 19 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 17 games against teams below them in the table, winning 12, drawing 2 and losing 3 games. They have scored 31 goals and kept 9 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Celtic have conceded 13 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

Celtic have played 10 away games, winning 5, drawing 1 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.3 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Falkirk
Celtic
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Hearts192141 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-0A
-
Feb 21
l
 
1-2A
l
 
3-1A
-
Jan 25
2
Celtic191538 
Jan 14
l
 
4-0A
-
Feb 1
-
-
-
-
3
Rangers191135 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 11
-
Jan 3
d
 
0-00-0
-
Mar 1
4
Motherwell201233 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-2A
-
Apr 4
w
 
3-2F
l
 
2-0A
Mar 14
-
5
Hibernian201131 
d
 
2-2A
l
 
3-0A
Jan 24
-
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-2F
Feb 21
-
6
Dundee Utd20-125 
d
 
2-2A
w
 
0-3F
Feb 14
-
Jan 10
l
 
2-1F
-
Mar 21
7
Aberdeen19-325 
Jan 3
w
 
0-1F
-
Mar 14
w
 
3-1F
w
 
0-2F
-
Feb 4
8
Falkirk19-724 
-
-
-
-
w
 
4-0F
Jan 14
Feb 1
-
9
Dundee20-1519 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
Feb 11
-
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-0A
-
Apr 4
10
St. Mirren18-818 
l
 
1-2A
Jan 10
Mar 21
-
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
Apr 11
-
11
Kilmarnock20-1713 
w
 
3-1F
w
 
0-1F
Feb 28
-
w
 
4-0F
w
 
1-2F
-
Feb 15
12
Livingston19-199 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-1A
-
Feb 4
w
 
3-0F
w
 
2-4A
Feb 11
-
Championship Round
Relegation Round
Win / draw / win form
Falkirk 8TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
9
Draw
7
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Falkirk0 - 2Hearts
Falkirk0 - 0Motherwell
Falkirk1 - 1Livingston
Falkirk3 - 1Kilmarnock
Falkirk2 - 1Dundee
Falkirk1 - 1Rangers
Falkirk2 - 2Hibernian
Falkirk1 - 2St. Mirren
Falkirk2 - 2Dundee Utd
Falkirk3 - 1Hamilton
Falkirk1 - 3Raith Rovers
Falkirk5 - 0Greenock
Falkirk2 - 0Airdrieonians
Falkirk1 - 0Dunfermline
Falkirk2 - 2Ayr United
Falkirk5 - 2Partick
Falkirk1 - 2Livingston
Falkirk0 - 0Queen's Park
Falkirk1 - 0Hamilton
Falkirk3 - 0Raith Rovers
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AFalkirk0 - 1Dundee
AFalkirk1 - 0Kilmarnock
HFalkirk0 - 2Hearts
AFalkirk0 - 3Hibernian
HFalkirk0 - 0Motherwell
AFalkirk0 - 0Rangers
AFalkirk3 - 0Dundee Utd
HFalkirk1 - 1Livingston
HFalkirk3 - 1Kilmarnock
AFalkirk0 - 4Celtic
HFalkirk2 - 1Dundee
AFalkirk2 - 1Motherwell
HFalkirk1 - 1Rangers
AFalkirk0 - 3Hearts
HFalkirk2 - 2Hibernian
HFalkirk1 - 2St. Mirren
AFalkirk1 - 0Aberdeen
AFalkirk1 - 3Livingston
HFalkirk2 - 2Dundee Utd
HFalkirk3 - 1Hamilton
Celtic 2ND
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
40
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
10
D
3
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Motherwell1 - 3Celtic
Dundee3 - 3Celtic
Ross County1 - 4Celtic
Rangers3 - 0Celtic
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
12
D
3
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ACeltic0 - 2Motherwell
ACeltic4 - 2Livingston
HCeltic3 - 1Aberdeen
ACeltic1 - 2Dundee Utd
HCeltic1 - 2Hearts
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
Goal Statistics

Goals have been an issue for Falkirk of late. It has been 6 Premiership matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.4 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Wednesday evening against Celtic.

Falkirk 8th Celtic 2nd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
24%
1
34%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 58% probability that Falkirk will score no more than 1 goal
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that Celtic will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
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Falkirk’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+5
Celtic’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.8
average goals scored
2.0
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premiership - 2025/2026 season
Falkirk
PG (predicted goals)
Celtic
1.4
1.4
Attack rating
FKK
CEL
31%
better
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Games scored12
15
Failed to score7
4
Scored first5
12
Goals scored20
33
Avg. goals scored1.1
1.7
Avg. shots per game8
13
Avg. shots per goal8
7
Conversion rate for13
14
Avg. XG for1.2
2.3
KickOff rating
+31%
Defence rating
FKK
CEL
26%
better
view stats
Games conceded14
10
Clean sheets5
9
Conceded first12
5
Goals conceded27
18
Avg. goals conceded1.4
0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded10
6
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
6
Conversion rate against15%
16%
Avg. XG against1.6
0.9
KickOff rating
+26%

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

Falkirk Premiership squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19435
S BainB GrahamC MillerB Spencer
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Bain GLK19
1
-
L Henderson DEF191
2
-
C Miller MID1933
4
-
B Spencer MID191
5
-
D Tait MID191
5
-
A. Agyeman FWD19
-
H. Cartwright MID171
3
-
E. Williams FWD1613
1
-
B Graham FWD164
2
-
K. Adams DEF151
2
-
S Arfield MID151
1
-
F. Lissah DEF13
5
-
K. Wilson FWD1311
2
-
C Allan DEF121
3
-
E Ross MID111
2
-
L Mccann DEF101
2
-
R MacIver FWD1031
-
T. Ogunsugi FWD9
-
S Hart DEF7
2
-
L Neilson DEF7
-
F. Yeats DEF3
-
G Oliver MID3
-
A Nesbitt MID3
-
N. Hogarth GLK1
-
Celtic Premiership squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18855
C McGregorB NygrenD MaedaL Scales
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C McGregor MID1921
3
-
L McCowan MID1911
1
-
B Nygren FWD1982
3
-
K Schmeichel GLK18
2
-
L Scales DEF181
5
-
A Engels MID1831
4
-
D Maeda FWD1765
2
-
K Tierney DEF1633
-
R Hatate MID1612
2
-
A Ralston DEF15
1
-
Y Hyun-Jun FWD1311
1
-
J Forrest FWD131
-
A Trusty DEF12
1
-
J Kenny FWD1242
-
S Tounekti FWD111
2
-
C. Donovan DEF92
1
-
M Saracchi DEF81
-
C Carter-Vickers DEF7
1
-
P Bernardo MID7
1
-
M Balikwisha FWD71
-
S Yamada FWD7
-
K Iheanacho FWD42
1
-
D Murray DEF3
-
A Johnston DEF2
-
V Sinisalo GLK1
-
J. Simpson-Pusey DEF1
-
H Inamura DEF1
-
C. Osmand FWD1
-