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Celtic 6–0 Dundee FC

Sunday 8 August 2021, 15:00 · Celtic Park · Round 2 · Half-time 2–0 · Attendance 24,500

Celtic Furuhashi 20', 25', 67', Rogic 49', Ralston 84', Edouard 90' (pen)

Dundee FC Marshall sent off 89'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	Celtic	Dundee FC
Goals	6	0
xG	5.51	0.24
Non-penalty xG	4.72	0.24
Expected Points	3.00	0.00

Celtic >99%Draw <1%Dundee FC <1%

Most likely score 6+–0, 38%. Final score 6–0, 38%.

Own goals have no xG.

xG race

Each side's xG added up shot by shot through the match. Stoppage time is shaded as far as the last shot or event recorded in it. Triangles along the foot mark each side's substitutions.

Match stats

CelticDundee FC

5.51 +4.02xG0.24 −0.87

4.72Non-penalty xG0.24

6.26 +5.27xG on target0.00 −1.50

31 +12Shots3 −8

15 +8.0Shots on target0 −4.0

10 +9.0Big chances0 −1.0

74% 0Possession26% −21

714 +82Passes240 −24

91% +1Pass accuracy64% +9

92% +11Field tilt8% −30

67 −1Final-third entries12 −11

26 +8.0Box entries3 −5.0

10.5 +3.0Passes per defensive action21.3 +12.4

11 +6.0Corners3 −5.0

9 −14Tackles15 +3

5 −9.0Interceptions9 +3.0

11 −7Clearances16 −10

0 −2.0Saves8 +5.0

11 0Fouls12 −1

0 −1.0Offsides4 +3.0

The small figure beside each value is its difference from the side's average per league match this season before this one. Field tilt is each side's share of the open-play passes completed in the final third; entries are completed open-play passes and carries into the final third and the box; passes per defensive action (PPDA) counts the opponent's passes in its own 60% of the pitch for each tackle, interception, challenge, or foul there.

Chance locations

Zones Shots

Celtic

Dundee FC

Each area's share of the side's xG from open play and set pieces, with the xG in it. The two wide areas of the box count together, as on the club pages. Shots shows each of those shots instead, sized by its xG, with goals filled in.

Chance types

CelticDundee FC

4.23 23 shots, 5 goalsOpen play0.09 1 shot, 0 goals

0.49 7 shots, 0 goalsSet pieces0.15 2 shots, 0 goals

0.79 1 shot, 1 goalPenalties0.00 0 shots, 0 goals

xG by type of chance, with each side's shots and goals beside it.

Game state

0–02–03–04–0

Level: 20 min (22%) · Celtic 1.09, Dundee FC 0.00 xG
Celtic ahead: 73 min (78%) · Celtic 4.42, Dundee FC 0.24 xG

Line-ups

Celtic substitutes

65' Forrest for Rogic · 1 assist
69' Edouard for Furuhashi · goal 90' (pen)
72' Montgomery for Taylor

Dundee FC substitutes

52' Robertson for Elliot
60' McCowan for Adam
61' Cummings for Sheridan

Players

Celtic

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Hart	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.02	1	0
Ralston	RB	90	1		0.13	0.24	2	0.29	5	5
Welsh	CB	90			0.19	0.02	0	0.17	16	3
Starfelt	CB	90			0.07	0.01	0	0.12	8	3
Taylor	LB	72			0.00	0.14	2	0.13	5	0
Turnbull	CM	90			0.07	0.24	3	0.23	9	1
McGregor	CM	90			0.02	0.07	2	0.13	7	6
Rogic	CM	65	1		0.27	0.30	2	0.05	0	1
Abada	RW	90		1	0.82	0.59	4	0.25	10	0
Furuhashi	ST	69	3		2.70	0.04	0	−0.06	0	2
Christie	LW	90		3	0.42	1.33	8	0.47	14	3
Forrest	FW	25		1	0.00	0.26	1	0.20	2	0
Edouard	FW	21	1		0.82	0.31	2	0.01	1	1
Montgomery	DF	18			0.00	0.00	0	0.03	4	0

Dundee FC

Player	Pos	Min	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Legzdins	GK	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.02	3	0
Elliot	RB	52	0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	2
Ashcroft	CB	90	0.00	0.04	1	0.07	0	10
Sweeney	CB	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.03	5	7
Marshall	LB	89	0.00	0.00	0	0.03	4	3
McMullan	RM	90	0.00	0.07	1	0.12	6	1
McGhee	CM	90	0.03	0.02	0	0.03	3	4
Byrne	CM	90	0.00	0.00	0	−0.01	0	6
Adam	CM	60	0.00	0.03	0	0.03	2	3
McGowan	LM	90	0.09	0.01	0	−0.01	2	5
Sheridan	ST	61	0.12	0.09	1	0.17	0	0
Robertson	MF	38	0.00	0.00	0	−0.01	0	1
McCowan	MF	30	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	2
Cummings	FW	29	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	0

Starters, then substitutes in the order they came on. KP is chances created and Def defensive actions (tackles, blocks, clearances, and interceptions). xT is the expected threat added by the player's completed open-play passes and carries, and Prog counts progressive passes and carries.

Pass networks

Celtic

Dundee FC

Each starter at the average position of their passes and receptions until the side's first substitution or red card, sized by completed passes. Lines join pairs who passed to each other often, thicker for more passes.

Passing combinations

Celtic

From	To	Passes
Starfelt	Welsh	30
Welsh	Starfelt	28
McGregor	Turnbull	22
Starfelt	Taylor	20
Welsh	McGregor	19

Dundee FC

From	To	Passes
Elliot	Ashcroft	5
McGhee	McMullan	5
Elliot	McMullan	4
Ashcroft	Sweeney	4
Sweeney	Legzdins	4

The five pairs with the most completed passes from one to the other over the whole match.

Defensive actions

Celtic

Against its average of 1 match

Dundee FC

Against its average of 1 match

Where each side made its tackles, interceptions, clearances, blocks, recoveries, challenges, and fouls, attacking up the page. Areas are shaded by the difference from the side's average per match this season before this one: amber for more, blue for fewer.

Threat

Celtic

Dundee FC

Expected threat added by completed open-play passes and carries, by where the move started, attacking up the page. Expected threat is the chance that possession in an area leads to a goal; a move adds the difference between where it ends and where it starts.

Ratings

The goals each side would score (attack) and concede (defence) per game against an average team, from the forecast ratings before this matchday (ring) and after it (dot); a lower defence number is better. Grey dots are the other clubs after the matchday, spread up and down only so they don't overlap. The change takes in the whole matchday.

League probabilities

Chance	Before	With this result	Change
Celtic
Title	32%	34%	+2
Top six	>99%	>99%	0
Dundee FC
Title	<1%	<1%	0
Top six	17%	15%	−2
11th	15%	16%	+1
Bottom	30%	33%	+3
Rangers
Title	62%	60%	−2
Ross County
Top six	6%	6%	0
11th	23%	23%	0
Bottom	28%	26%	−2

From the forecast before the match (8 August 2021): each chance then, and across the simulations in which the match ended this way. The change is in percentage points.

Pre-match

As things stood before kick-off.

Forecast

Measure	Celtic	Dundee FC
Expected goals	2.58	0.65
Win	78%	7%
Expected Points	2.50	0.35
Clean sheet	52%	8%

Celtic 78%Draw 15%Dundee FC 7%

Most likely score 2–0, 13%. Both sides score 45%.

From the forecast as it stood on 8 August 2021: each side's attack and defence ratings in a Dixon–Coles score model, as on the Forecasts page.

League probabilities by result

Chance	Now	Celtic win	Draw	Dundee FC win
Celtic
Title	32%	34%	28%	20%
Top six	>99%	>99%	99%	99%
Dundee FC
Title	<1%	<1%	–	1%
Top six	17%	15%	22%	33%
11th	15%	16%	14%	10%
Bottom	30%	33%	21%	15%
Rangers
Title	62%	60%	66%	74%
Ross County
Top six	6%	6%	6%	6%
11th	23%	23%	23%	23%
Bottom	28%	26%	32%	36%

Each chance before the match and across the simulations ending in each result. Other teams are listed where a chance moves by at least 3 percentage points.

Form

Celtic

Dundee FC

D2–231 JulSt. Mirren (H)xG 1.11–1.81

The last six league matches, newest first, with xG for and against.

Season to date

Measure	Celtic	Dundee FC
Position	11th	6th
Played	1	1
Won, drawn, lost	0–⁠0–⁠1	0–⁠1–⁠0
Points	0 (0.00 per game)	1 (1.00 per game)
Expected Points per game	1.38	0.79
Goals	1–⁠2	2–⁠2
xG per game	1.49–⁠1.40	1.11–⁠1.81
Home: points, xG per game	–⁠	1.00, 1.11–⁠1.81
Away: points, xG per game	0.00, 1.49–⁠1.40	–⁠
Manager	Ange Postecoglou (1)	James McPake (1)

League matches this season before kick-off. The manager's number is league matches in charge since 2020/21.

Ratings

The goals each side would score (attack) and concede (defence) per game against an average team, from the forecast ratings before this matchday, with their rank among the league's clubs; a lower defence number is better. Grey dots are the other clubs, spread up and down only so they don't overlap.

Strengths and weaknesses

Chances	Celtic		Dundee FC
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	+80%	−19%	−1%	+5%
Counter-attacks	+66%	−60%	+22%	average
Set pieces	+12%	+8%	+8%	−10%
Penalties	−8%	−34%	−17%	+72%
Headers	+3%	+2%	+1%	+16%
Left side	+92%	−35%	−6%	−11%
Centre	+39%	+15%	+2%	−1%
Right side	+68%	−48%	+16%	+14%

xG created and conceded per game against the league average this season: +24% is 24% more than an average side. Left and right are each side's own, so chances conceded on its left come from opponents attacking down their right. Green favours the side and amber doesn't. Until a side has played six matches its figures are blended with last season's, or with the league average where there is no last season to use.

Matchups

Celtic attacking

Celtic createdDundee FC concededLeft side+92%+14%Centre+39%−1%Right side+68%−11%Open play+80%+5%Counter-attacks+66%averageSet pieces+12%−10%Headers+3%+16%

Dundee FC attacking

Dundee FC createdCeltic concededLeft side−6%−48%Centre+2%+15%Right side+16%−35%Open play−1%−19%Counter-attacks+22%−60%Set pieces+8%+8%Headers+1%+2%

Each side's xG created per game down each side of the pitch, through the centre, and from each type of chance, against what its opponent concedes there, both relative to the league average.

Season averages

CelticDundee FC

1.49xG1.11

1.40xG against1.81

74%Possession47%

19.0Shots11.0

11.0Shots against14.0

7.0Shots on target4.0

1.0Big chances1.0

632Passes264

91%Pass accuracy55%

5.0Corners8.0

80%Field tilt38%

68.0Final-third entries23.0

18.0Box entries8.0

7.5Passes per defensive action8.9

Per league match this season before kick-off.

Game state this season

Celtic

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	43	0.52	2.72
Ahead	0	–	–
Behind	47	2.37	0.21

Dundee FC

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	44	0.47	2.95
Ahead	0	–	–
Behind	46	1.72	0.72

xG by period

Celtic

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.33	1.01	0–1
16–30	0.10	0.04	0–0
31–45	0.25	0.07	0–0
46–60	0.20	0.02	1–0
61–75	0.05	0.02	0–0
76–90	0.57	0.24	0–1

Dundee FC

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.34	0.07	0–1
16–30	0.03	0.21	0–0
31–45	0.12	0.12	1–0
46–60	0.60	0.88	1–1
61–75	0.01	0.48	0–0
76–90	0.00	0.06	0–0

Per game this season, with stoppage time counted in its half; goals are totals for and against.

Most used players by position

Celtic

Dundee FC

This season's most used formation, with up to three players who started most often in each position and their league starts there. Underneath, when a side has used more than one, every formation with its starts.

Key players

Celtic

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Édouard	29	2,431	18	5	0.73	0.21
Turnbull	26	2,149	8	6	0.27	0.36
Forrest	9	823	3	1	0.35	0.24
Christie	26	2,373	5	9	0.28	0.28

Up to four players a side with the most xG plus xA per 90 minutes, from those with at least 450 league minutes. Until a side has played six matches, last season's minutes at the club count too.