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Celtic v Aberdeen, Scottish Premiership, Sat, 23 Dec 2017: statistics and head to head

2017-18. Sat, 23 Dec 2017

CelticHome
30Full time, half-time 1–0
AberdeenAway

Celtic won by 3 goals.

LWWDLLeague form, oldest to newestWWDDW

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Celtic Park. Photo: Zhi Yong Lee from Glasgow, UK, CC BY 2.0, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Celtic have 9 scored home results and Aberdeen 10 scored away results stored in 2017-18. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Celtic at home: 2.33 points per match (9 measured matches); Aberdeen away: 2.30 points per match (10 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Celtic scored 2.56 per home match (9 measured matches); Aberdeen scored 1.70 away (10). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.37 per club appearance across 226 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 10 of 19 pooled club appearances (52.6%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 1. Celtic: 1 wins; Aberdeen: 0 wins; draws: 0.

This fixture has no recorded kickoff time. All results on its calendar date are excluded from this statistical brief.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half10
Second half20

The match in numbers

CelticAberdeen
  • 18Shots7
  • 8Shots on target1
  • 7Corners7
  • 10Fouls12
  • 1Yellow cards4
  • 0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Celtic

  • Shots18
  • On target8
  • Goals3

44% of shots on target, 38% of those scored.

Aberdeen

  • Shots7
  • On target1
  • Goals0

14% of shots on target, 0% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start. This match has no recorded kickoff time, so meetings on its date are excluded.

1 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Too few to read much into. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

1
Celtic wins
0
Draws
0
Aberdeen wins
Goals / meeting
3.00
3 goals in 1 meeting · small sample
Both scored
0%
0 of 1 meeting · small sample
Over 1.5
100%
1 of 1 meeting · small sample
Over 2.5
100%
1 of 1 meeting · small sample
Over 3.5
0%
0 of 1 meeting · small sample
Celtic clean sheets
100%
1 of 1 meeting · small sample
Aberdeen clean sheets
0%
0 of 1 meeting · small sample
Corners / meeting
7.00
1 with corner data · small sample
Cards / meeting
4.00
1 with card data · small sample
  1. Aberdeen v CelticWed, 25 Oct 2017 · Scottish Premiership 2017-180–3HT 0–2

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Home and awayAll matches
Celtic at homeWWWWLL
Aberdeen awayWLLDWD

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Home and awayOverall
Celtic at home, Aberdeen away
  • 32%
    Both teams scored
    League 51%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 84%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 92%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 66%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 76%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 45%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 49%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 29%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 25%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 13%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 11%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 2.5
    Avg total goals
    League 2.61
    19 + 19 matches
  • 66%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 72%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 34%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 31%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 10.2
    Corners per match
    League 10.31
    19 + 19 matches
  • 76%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 68%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 58%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 57%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 45%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 46%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 3.8
    Cards per match
    League 3.90
    19 + 19 matches
  • 61%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 55%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 42%
    Cards over 4.5
    League 35%
    19 + 19 matches

Stored season context, 2017-18

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2017-18

Home and awayOverall
Celtic at home, Aberdeen away
Celtic (home)Aberdeen (away)
1Position2
WDWDLLast 5, oldest to newestDWLWW
19Played19
2.11Points per match1.89
58%Win %58%
2.00Scored / match1.37
0.47Conceded / match1.11
2.47Avg total goals2.47
37%Both scored26%
58%Clean sheets47%
26%Failed to score37%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

CelticAberdeen
  • 1.051st half scored / match0.68
  • 0.111st half conceded / match0.53
  • 0.952nd half scored / match0.68
  • 0.372nd half conceded / match0.58
  • 63%Leading at half-time26%
  • 68%1st half over 0.563%
  • 26%1st half over 1.542%
  • 68%2nd half over 0.579%
  • 37%2nd half over 1.537%
  • 42%Scored in both halves37%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Celtic at home, Aberdeen away, this season.

Goals

CelticAberdeen
  • 2.00Scored / match1.37
  • 0.47Conceded / match1.11
  • 2.47Match total / match2.47
  • 74%Scored 1+63%
  • 53%Scored 2+42%
  • 42%Conceded 1+53%
  • 5%Conceded 2+42%
  • 63%Match over 1.568%
  • 47%Match over 2.542%
  • 37%Match over 3.521%

Shots and xG

CelticAberdeen
  • 18.79Shots for10.37
  • 5.68Shots against10.95
  • 7.21On target for3.79
  • 2.21On target against4.47
  • 11%Shot conversion13%

Corners

CelticAberdeen
  • 7.37Corners for4.32
  • 3.42Corners against5.37
  • 10.79Match total9.68
  • 95%Over 7.579%
  • 95%Over 8.558%
  • 68%Over 9.547%
  • 47%Over 10.542%
  • 42%Over 11.532%

Cards

CelticAberdeen
  • 1.16Cards for2.00
  • 2.58Cards against1.84
  • 3.74Match total3.84
  • 74%Over 2.568%
  • 63%Over 3.558%
  • 42%Over 4.542%
  • 16%Over 5.516%
  • 9.00Fouls committed11.74
Referee this season
C Thomson
Matches
22
Cards / match
3.27
22 matches
Over 3.5 cards
41%
22 matches
Over 4.5 cards
27%
22 matches
Fouls / match
23.55
22 matches

The table, 2017-18

#ClubPGDPts
1Celtic384882
2Aberdeen381973
3Rangers382670
4Hibernian381667
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