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

Tue 30th Dec, 20:00 BST, Fir Park, Motherwell

Jens Berthel Askou's Motherwell side enjoy home advantage in the Premiership on Tuesday night, as Martin O'Neill's Celtic travel to the Fir Park. We've analysed both teams' last 20 Premiership matches, as well as trends within the competition and the betting market, to generate our percentage predictions. All the statistics, including head-to-heads, are shown below, alongside odds.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Motherwell 44%	-	-
Draw 27%	-	-
Celtic 30%	-	-
Draw 1-1 13%	-	-
Motherwell 1-0 12%	-	-
Celtic 1-0 9%	-	-
Motherwell 2-1 9%	-	-
Draw 0-0 8%	-	-
Motherwell 2-0 8%	-	-
Celtic 2-1 7%	-	-
Celtic 2-0 5%	-	-
Draw 2-2 5%	-	-
Motherwell 3-1 4%	-	-
Motherwell 3-0 4%	-	-
Celtic 3-1 3%	-	-
Motherwell 3-2 2%	-	-
Celtic 3-0 2%	-	-
Celtic 3-2 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 45%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 55%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 50%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 44%	-	-
No 1st Goal 5%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 50%	-	-
BTTS - No 50%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 19%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 13%	-	-
Home/draw 70%	-	-
Away/draw 56%	-	-
Home/away 73%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 71%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 29%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 24%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 76%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 11%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 89%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 4%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 96%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 92%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 8%	-	-
Home DNB 62%	-	-
Away DNB 48%	-	-
Motherwell win to nil 25%	-	-
Celtic win to nil 17%	-	-

Win / draw / win Premiership table

Motherwell have played 17 matches so far this season and are in 4th position in the league. Motherwell are winless in the 4 games they have played against teams above them in the table and have conceded in 3 of those games.

Performance against teams above them in the league

4 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 1 game, drawn 3 and won zero. Motherwell have conceded 7 goals, scored 6, failed to score in 1 match and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Motherwell have played 8 games at home, winning 4, drawing 3 and losing 1 fixture. They have scored 13 goals, conceded 5 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Celtic lay in 2nd place on 32 points in the Premiership league table having played 16 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 14 games against teams below them in the table, winning 10, drawing 2 and losing 2 games. They have scored 24 goals and kept 9 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Celtic have conceded 8 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Celtic have played 8 away games, winning 4, drawing 1 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.1 goals per away game.

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	Motherwell Celtic
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Hearts	17	21	38	d 0-00-0	d 3-3F	-	Apr 11	l 1-2A	l 3-1A	-	Jan 25
2	Celtic	16	13	32	Dec 30	l 3-2A	-	Mar 14	-	-	-	-
3	Rangers	16	10	29	d 1-1A	Dec 27	Feb 11	-	Jan 3	d 0-00-0	-	Mar 1
4	Motherwell	17	10	27	-	-	-	-	w 3-2F	Dec 30	Mar 14	-
5	Hibernian	17	8	24	w 2-0F	Jan 10	Mar 21	-	d 0-00-0	w 1-2F	Feb 21	-
6	Aberdeen	16	1	24	w 2-0F	d 1-1A	Feb 14	-	Dec 21	w 0-2F	-	Feb 4
7	Falkirk	17	-7	21	l 1-2F	d 0-00-0	Apr 4	-	w 4-0F	Jan 14	Feb 1	-
8	Dundee Utd	17	-3	20	w 2-0F	d 0-00-0	Feb 28	-	Jan 10	l 2-1F	-	Mar 21
9	St. Mirren	15	-8	14	Jan 3	d 0-00-0	-	Feb 21	w 1-0F	w 0-1F	Apr 11	-
10	Dundee	17	-16	13	Dec 20	d 1-1F	-	Feb 4	w 1-0F	l 2-0A	-	Apr 4
11	Kilmarnock	17	-15	12	d 2-2A	w 1-3F	Jan 24	-	w 4-0F	w 1-2F	-	Feb 14
12	Livingston	16	-14	9	w 3-0F	w 1-2A	-	Jan 31	w 3-0F	Dec 27	Feb 11	-

	Championship Round
	Relegation Round

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Dundee Utd	2 - 1	Celtic
Hibernian	1 - 2	Celtic
St. Mirren	0 - 1	Celtic
Hearts	3 - 1	Celtic
Dundee	2 - 0	Celtic
Kilmarnock	1 - 2	Celtic
Rangers	0 - 0	Celtic
Aberdeen	0 - 2	Celtic
Aberdeen	1 - 5	Celtic
Rangers	1 - 1	Celtic
Dundee Utd	0 - 5	Celtic
St. Johnstone	1 - 0	Celtic
St. Mirren	2 - 5	Celtic
Hibernian	2 - 1	Celtic
Motherwell	1 - 3	Celtic
Dundee	3 - 3	Celtic
Ross County	1 - 4	Celtic
Rangers	3 - 0	Celtic
Dundee Utd	0 - 0	Celtic
Aberdeen	0 - 1	Celtic

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
A	Celtic	2 - 0	Aberdeen
H	Celtic	1 - 0	St. Mirren
H	Celtic	1 - 1	St. Mirren
A	Celtic	5 - 1	Aberdeen
H	Celtic	3 - 1	Hibernian
A	Celtic	1 - 1	Rangers

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Celtic have beaten Motherwell in 10 consecutive away league meetings

Celtic have not lost to Motherwell in 31 consecutive league meetings

Motherwell

Celtic

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

11 / 19

18 / 19

Clean sheets

1 / 19

8 / 19

CEL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Motherwell
	1 - 3	Celtic
	0 - 3	Celtic
	1 - 3	Celtic
	1 - 2	Celtic
	1 - 2	Celtic
	0 - 4	Celtic
	0 - 2	Celtic
	1 - 4	Celtic
	0 - 4	Celtic
	2 - 5	Celtic
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	3 - 4	Celtic
	1 - 2	Celtic
	0 - 1	Celtic
	0 - 1	Celtic
Draw	3 - 3	Draw
	0 - 5	Celtic

Celtic

Motherwell

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

21 / 21

9 / 21

Clean sheets

12 / 21

0 / 21

MTW

CEL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Celtic
Celtic	3 - 2
Celtic	4 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Celtic	2 - 1
Celtic	6 - 0
Celtic	1 - 0
Celtic	2 - 1
Celtic	3 - 0
Celtic	2 - 0
Celtic	4 - 1
Celtic	3 - 0
Celtic	5 - 1
Celtic	2 - 0
Celtic	2 - 0
Celtic	7 - 0
	1 - 2	Motherwell
Celtic	4 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Celtic	3 - 0
Celtic	2 - 0

Goal Statistics

Motherwell's defensive record is to be admired, J. Askou's men having conceded 1 or less in 9 consecutive Premiership games. An average PG rating of 1.1 for Celtic makes sense in this context.

	Motherwell 4th	Celtic 2nd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 25% 1 35% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 60% probability that Motherwell will score no more than 1 goal	0 33% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 70% probability that Celtic will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+13 Motherwell have scored 13% more goals at home than predicted	-6 Celtic’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.7 average goals scored	1.9 average goals scored
	1.3 conceded	1.2 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Premiership - 2025/2026 season

MTW

CEL

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Games scored	13		13
Failed to score	4		3
Scored first	8		11
Goals scored	25		26
Avg. goals scored	1.5		1.6
Avg. shots per game	8		12
Avg. shots per goal	6		7
Conversion rate for	17		14
Avg. XG for	1.6		2.1
KickOff rating		+8%

MTW

CEL

10%

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Games conceded	9		7
Clean sheets	8		9
Conceded first	5		3
Goals conceded	15		13
Avg. goals conceded	0.9		0.8
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		6
Avg. shots/goal conceded	9		7
Conversion rate against	11%		14%
Avg. XG against	1.1		0.9
KickOff rating		+10%

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

Motherwell Premiership squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
17	8	3	5
C Ward	T Maswanhise	E Longelo	E Watt

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Ward GLK	17			-
I Said FWD	17			-
T Maswanhise FWD	17	8	1	1 -
J. Koutroumbis DEF	16	1		1 -
E Longelo DEF	16	4	3	2 -
E Watt MID	16	2	1	5 -
L Fadinger MID	16		1	-
A Stamatelopoulos FWD	16	6	2	1 -
P McGinn DEF	15			1 -
S O'Donnell DEF	14			1 -
E Just FWD	14	3	3	-
R Charles-Cook FWD	13		1	1 -
C Slattery MID	12	1	2	3 -
C Hendry FWD	12			3 -
L Gordon DEF	11			3 -
S Welsh DEF	11			1 -
O. Priestman MID	9			-
T Sparrow MID	8			-
D Osong FWD	6			-
K Balmer DEF	5			-
A Halliday MID	2			-
L Ross FWD	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	15	3	6
T Maswanhise	T Maswanhise	E Longelo	E Longelo

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
T Maswanhise FWD	8	15	1	2
A Stamatelopoulos FWD	6	12	2
E Longelo DEF	4	5	3	6
E Just FWD	3	7	3	5
E Watt MID	2	2	1	4
J. Koutroumbis DEF	1	2
C Slattery MID	1	6	2	4
C Ward GLK				1
I Said FWD		4		3
L Fadinger MID		3	1
P McGinn DEF		1		1
S O'Donnell DEF		1
R Charles-Cook FWD		2	1	2
C Hendry FWD		7
L Gordon DEF		1		2
T Sparrow MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1391	38	90
E Watt	L Fadinger	L Fadinger

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
E Watt MID	1391	31	74
P McGinn DEF	966	21	73
L Fadinger MID	875	38	90
C Ward GLK	846	2	15
S Welsh DEF	762	8	51
S O'Donnell DEF	597	10	25
L Gordon DEF	574	4	25
E Longelo DEF	554	20	69
J. Koutroumbis DEF	550	18	58
E Just FWD	435	20	73
C Slattery MID	424	13	60
I Said FWD	360	17	68
R Charles-Cook FWD	232	7	41
T Maswanhise FWD	231	18	75
O. Priestman MID	204	4	12
T Sparrow MID	174	6	10
C Hendry FWD	171	4	35
A Stamatelopoulos FWD	143	7	51
K Balmer DEF	61	2	4
D Osong FWD	11	1	3
L Ross FWD	5		2
A Halliday MID	1

Celtic Premiership squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
16	6	3	4
K Schmeichel	D Maeda	D Maeda	L Scales

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
K Schmeichel GLK	16			2 -
L Scales DEF	16		1	4 -
C McGregor MID	16	2		3 -
L McCowan MID	16	1	2	1 -
B Nygren FWD	16	5	2	3 -
A Engels MID	15	2	1	3 -
R Hatate MID	14	1	2	1 -
D Maeda FWD	14	6	3	2 -
K Tierney DEF	13	2	2	-
A Ralston DEF	12			-
J Forrest FWD	11			-
S Tounekti FWD	11	1		2 -
Y Hyun-Jun FWD	10		1	1 -
J Kenny FWD	10	4	1	-
A Trusty DEF	9			-
M Saracchi DEF	8		1	-
C Carter-Vickers DEF	7			1 -
M Balikwisha FWD	7		1	-
C. Donovan DEF	6		1	1 -
P Bernardo MID	5			1 -
S Yamada FWD	5			-
K Iheanacho FWD	4	2		1 -
D Murray DEF	3			-
A Johnston DEF	2			-
J. Simpson-Pusey DEF	1			-
H Inamura DEF	1			-
C. Osmand FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	14	3	6
D Maeda	D Maeda	D Maeda	R Hatate

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
D Maeda FWD	6	14	3	5
B Nygren FWD	5	13	2	4
J Kenny FWD	4	8	1	3
C McGregor MID	2	7		2
A Engels MID	2	3	1	1
K Tierney DEF	2	3	2	4
K Iheanacho FWD	2	4		3
L McCowan MID	1	4	2	4
R Hatate MID	1	5	2	6
S Tounekti FWD	1	3		2
L Scales DEF			1	3
A Ralston DEF		1
J Forrest FWD		2		2
Y Hyun-Jun FWD		4	1	1
M Saracchi DEF		3	1	2
C Carter-Vickers DEF		2		1
M Balikwisha FWD		1	1	1
C. Donovan DEF			1
P Bernardo MID		1
S Yamada FWD		1
D Murray DEF				1
A Johnston DEF				2
H Inamura DEF		1
C. Osmand FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1449	26	91
L Scales	C McGregor	L Scales

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Scales DEF	1449	10	91
C McGregor MID	1159	26	50
A Trusty DEF	724	11	53
C Carter-Vickers DEF	686	7	39
K Tierney DEF	672	17	43
R Hatate MID	638	15	37
A Ralston DEF	609	13	45
K Schmeichel GLK	598	1	6
B Nygren FWD	491	18	53
A Engels MID	477	15	37
L McCowan MID	372	9	26
M Saracchi DEF	370	9	21
S Tounekti FWD	343	8	36
D Maeda FWD	293	14	37
Y Hyun-Jun FWD	262	12	36
C. Donovan DEF	225	6	19
D Murray DEF	200	6	19
J Forrest FWD	198	4	21
A Johnston DEF	159	6	12
P Bernardo MID	154	4	11
M Balikwisha FWD	103	4	13
H Inamura DEF	91	3	5
J Kenny FWD	77	2	15
J. Simpson-Pusey DEF	73	2	5
K Iheanacho FWD	39	2	6
S Yamada FWD	25	2	8
C. Osmand FWD	3		1