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

Falkirk Community Stadium, Falkirk

Home advantage can be vital in the Premiership, and John McGlynn’s Falkirk will have the joy of it on Wednesday evening. Martin O'Neill’s Celtic are their opponents at the Falkirk Community Stadium. Statistics drive the algorithmic predictions below for seventeen markets, and switching between them shows bespoke analysis, including head-to-head, form and much more besides. Odds are also provided. Click on the tabs below to explore.

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Falkirk's next match is v Hibernian at 15:00 on Saturday 24th January
Celtic's next match is v Bologna at 17:45 on Thursday 22nd January
The last Scottish Premiership meeting between Falkirk and Celtic was on Wednesday 14th January 2026
Scottish Premiership
January 14th 2026
Falkirk 0
1 Celtic
 
43' B. Nygren
 
FKK
CEL
Shots On
6
2
Shots Off
4
2
Corners
3
4
Possession
43%
57%
Fouls
8
10
Yellow/red cards
1/0
 
FalkirkCeltic
 
L. McCann
L. Henderson
F. Yeats (L. Marsh 63')
B. Spencer
B. Stewart (B. Parkinson 63')
S. Bain
C. Allan
F. Lissah
D. Tait (H. Cartwright 74')
C. Miller (E. Williams 78')
K. Wilson (E. Ross 78')
K. Schmeichel
L. Scales
A. Trusty
J. Araujo
football iconB. Nygren
(L. McCowan 66') H. Yang
(R. Hatate 66') S. Tounekti
D. Maeda
C. McGregor
K. Tierney
(J. Kenny 79') A. Engels

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We make over 1.5 goals our tip on this match, meaning that the teams will score at least two goals between them during 90 mins. Both Falkirk and Celtic's recent form stats suggest things will go that way, while their head-to-head (H2H) record also supports the bet. The bookies make it their favoured prediction in this market too, available at 1.17.

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 46% 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
Falkirk
29%
5/133/1
Draw
25%
7/211/2
Celtic
46%
12/251/8
Draw 1-1
12%
15/211/2
Celtic 1-0
10%
7/110/21
Celtic 2-1
9%
15/216/1
Celtic 2-0
8%
13/219/5
Falkirk 1-0
8%
16/115/2
Falkirk 2-1
7%
18/133/1
Draw 0-0
7%
14/117/4
Draw 2-2
5%
16/170/1
Celtic 3-1
5%
11/160/1
Falkirk 2-0
5%
33/118/1
Celtic 3-0
4%
10/120/1
Celtic 3-2
3%
22/1200/1
Falkirk 3-1
3%
40/1125/1
Falkirk 3-2
2%
40/1250/1
Celtic 4-1
2%
20/1150/1
Over 2.5 Goals
51%
4/617/2
Under 2.5 Goals
49%
6/51/20
Home 1st Goal
45%
15/85/2
Away 1st Goal
51%
4/94/7
No 1st Goal
4%
14/117/4
BTTS - Yes
54%
4/519/5
BTTS - No
46%
19/202/13
BTTS - Home Win
14%
9/133/1
BTTS - Draw
19%
9/25/1
BTTS - Away Win
22%
21/1014/1
Home/draw
54%
13/819/4
Away/draw
71%
1/81/300
Home/away
75%
2/111/10
Over 1.5 Goals
76%
2/929/20
Under 1.5 Goals
24%
10/31/2
Over 3.5 Goals
29%
13/833/1
Under 3.5 Goals
71%
1/21/1000
Over 4.5 Goals
14%
4/190/1
Under 4.5 Goals
86%
1/61/1000
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
9/1125/1
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/161/1000
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/252/15
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
12/19/2
Home DNB
47%
7/228/1
Away DNB
63%
2/111/200
Falkirk win to nil
15%
10/1-
Celtic win to nil
24%
13/8-
Falkirk / Falkirk
9%
10/118/1
Falkirk / Celtic
4%
20/128/1
Falkirk / Draw
5%
16/125/1
Draw / Falkirk
7%
12/15/1
Draw / Celtic
18%
10/323/20
Draw / Draw
12%
6/112/5
Celtic / Falkirk
2%
40/145/1
Celtic / Celtic
37%
6/511/2
Celtic / Draw
6%
14/125/1
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Win / draw / win Premiership table

Falkirk have played 21 matches so far this season and are in 6th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

9 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 4 and won 1. Falkirk have conceded 16 goals, scored 5, failed to score in 6 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Falkirk have played 10 games at home, winning 3, drawing 5 and losing 2 fixtures. They have scored 13 goals, conceded 12 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Celtic lay in 3rd place on 41 points in the Premiership league table having played 21 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 17 games against teams below them in the table, winning 13, drawing 1 and losing 3 games. They have scored 35 goals and kept 9 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Celtic have conceded 13 goals and have failed to score in 3 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
Hearts222550 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-0A
-
Feb 21
l
 
1-2A
l
 
3-1A
-
Jan 25
2
Celtic221844 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
4-0A
-
Feb 1
-
-
-
-
3
Rangers221744 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 11
-
l
 
1-3F
d
 
0-00-0
-
Mar 1
4
Motherwell221437 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-2A
-
Apr 4
w
 
3-2F
l
 
2-0A
Mar 14
-
5
Hibernian221335 
d
 
2-2A
l
 
3-0A
Jan 24
-
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-2F
Feb 21
-
6
Falkirk22-530 
-
-
-
-
w
 
4-0F
w
 
0-1F
Feb 1
-
7
Dundee Utd22-625 
d
 
2-2A
w
 
0-3F
Feb 14
-
w
 
4-0F
l
 
2-1F
-
Mar 21
8
Aberdeen22-825 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
-
Mar 14
w
 
3-1F
w
 
0-2F
-
Feb 4
9
Dundee22-1522 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
Feb 11
-
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-0A
-
Apr 4
10
St. Mirren22-1419 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-2F
Mar 21
-
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
Apr 11
-
11
Kilmarnock22-1914 
w
 
3-1F
w
 
0-1F
Feb 28
-
w
 
4-0F
w
 
1-2F
-
Feb 15
12
Livingston22-2011 
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
34
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
Falkirk1 - 0Aberdeen
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
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AFalkirk2 - 0St. Mirren
HFalkirk1 - 0Aberdeen
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
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
37
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
12
D
2
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
ACeltic0 - 2Dundee
HCeltic3 - 2Motherwell
HCeltic0 - 0Hibernian
ACeltic2 - 1Kilmarnock
ACeltic0 - 0Rangers
HCeltic3 - 0Livingston
ACeltic2 - 0Aberdeen
Goal Statistics
Falkirk 8th Celtic 2nd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.5
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
31%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 67% probability that Falkirk will score no more than 1 goal
0
21%
1
33%
2
25%
3
13%
4+
There is a 79% probability that Celtic will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-4
Falkirk’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+5
Celtic’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.7
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
1.2
1.5
Attack rating
FKK
CEL
30%
better
view stats
Games scored14
17
Failed to score7
4
Scored first7
14
Goals scored23
38
Avg. goals scored1.1
1.8
Avg. shots per game8
13
Avg. shots per goal8
7
Conversion rate for13
14
Avg. XG for1.2
2.3
KickOff rating
+30%
Defence rating
FKK
CEL
18%
better
view stats
Games conceded14
11
Clean sheets7
10
Conceded first12
5
Goals conceded27
21
Avg. goals conceded1.3
1
Avg. shots/game conceded9
6
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
6
Conversion rate against14%
18%
Avg. XG against1.5
0.9
KickOff rating
+18%

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
22446
S BainC MillerC MillerB Spencer
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Bain GLK22
2
-
F. Lissah DEF161
5
-
C Allan DEF151
3
-
L Henderson DEF221
2
-
L Mccann DEF131
2
-
B Spencer MID221
6
-
K. Wilson MID1611
2
-
F. Yeats MID61
-
D Tait MID221
5
-
C Miller MID2244
4
-
B. Stewart FWD3
-
Subs
N. Hogarth GLK1
-
K. Adams DEF151
2
-
C Donaldson DEF1
-
H. Cartwright MID201
3
-
B Graham FWD174
2
-
E Ross FWD141
3
-
E. Williams FWD1913
1
-
B. Parkinson FWD2
-
L Marsh FWD1
-
Celtic Premiership squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
211055
K SchmeichelB NygrenD MaedaL Scales
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Schmeichel GLK21
2
-
J Araujo DEF3
1
-
A Trusty DEF15
1
-
L Scales DEF212
5
-
K Tierney DEF1934
1
-
A Engels MID2142
4
-
C McGregor MID2221
3
-
B Nygren MID22103
3
-
Y Hyun-Jun FWD1631
1
-
D Maeda FWD2075
2
-
S Tounekti FWD131
2
-
Subs
V Sinisalo GLK1
-
D Murray DEF3
-
C. Donovan DEF102
1
-
A Ralston DEF16
1
-
L McCowan MID2211
1
-
P Bernardo MID7
1
-
R Hatate MID1912
2
-
J Forrest MID151
-
J Kenny FWD1542
-