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
AberdeenCeltic
0.88 −0.50xG1.62 −1.14
0.23 −1.42xG on target1.83 −1.11
8 −5Shots15 −6
4 −0.4Shots on target4 −3.8
1 −1.2Big chances2 −3.1
13 −12Touches in the opposition box35 −4
26% −27Possession74% 0
265 −160Passes743 +23
66% −12Pass accuracy86% −2
19% −34Field tilt81% 0
18 −18Final-third entries56 −19
7 −7Box entries21 −1
29.7 +17.2Passes per defensive action10.8 +1.8
2 −3.7Corners10 +0.5
16 −1Tackles17 +2
9 +1.0Interceptions0 −6.7
26 −6Clearances12 −6
2 −0.9Saves3 +0.8
12 +0.2Fouls11 +1.3
0 −1.8Offsides1 −0.2
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
Aberdeen
Celtic
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.
xG by type of chance, with each side's shots and goals beside it.
Game state
78'
0–00–1
0'HTFT
Level
82 min (84%) · Aberdeen 0.63, Celtic 1.45 xG
Celtic ahead
16 min (16%) · Aberdeen 0.25, Celtic 0.17 xG
Line-ups
Aberdeen substitutes
59'Sokler for Nisbet
59'Morris for Duk
72'Clarkson for McGrath
72'Besuijen for Keskinen
83'Polvara for McGarry
Celtic substitutes
46'Taylor for Valle · 1 assist
66'McCowan for Bernardo
66'Idah for Furuhashi
76'Forrest for Maeda
88'Engels for Hatate
Players
Aberdeen
Player
Pos
Min
G
A
xG
xA
KP
xT
Prog
Def
Doohan
GK
90
0.00
0.00
0
0.02
3
1
Devlin
RB
90
0.00
0.01
0
0.03
4
7
Rubezic
CB
90
0.00
0.00
0
0.01
1
16
Molloy
CB
90
0.00
0.00
0
0.03
4
7
McGarry
LB
83
0.00
0.01
1
0.02
3
4
Shinnie
DM
90
0.05
0.01
1
0.01
1
8
Nilsen
DM
90
0.03
0.03
1
0.08
4
2
Keskinen
RW
72
0.00
0.00
0
0.02
0
1
McGrath
AM
72
0.00
0.01
0
−0.02
1
1
Duk
LW
59
0.26
0.00
0
0.19
1
5
Nisbet
ST
59
0.15
0.01
0
0.01
1
2
Sokler
FW
31
0.20
0.00
0
0.01
0
0
Morris
FW
31
0.00
0.00
0
0.01
1
0
Clarkson
MF
18
0.19
0.00
0
0.08
3
4
Besuijen
FW
18
0.00
0.02
1
0.02
1
0
Polvara
MF
7
0.00
0.00
0
0.01
2
0
Celtic
Player
Pos
Min
G
A
xG
xA
KP
xT
Prog
Def
Schmeichel
GK
90
0.00
0.00
0
0.03
2
1
Johnston
RB
90
0.54
0.06
1
0.10
5
3
Carter-Vickers
CB
90
0.00
0.02
0
0.14
9
8
Trusty
CB
90
0.06
0.02
0
0.14
8
4
Valle
LB
46
0.01
0.01
0
−0.02
0
2
Hatate
CM
88
1
0.52
0.70
1
0.40
8
1
McGregor
CM
90
0.04
0.05
1
0.04
0
4
Bernardo
CM
66
0.00
0.30
1
0.01
3
1
Kühn
RW
90
0.10
0.14
4
0.25
4
0
Furuhashi
ST
66
0.00
0.00
0
−0.01
0
0
Maeda
LW
76
0.00
0.02
1
−0.06
2
0
Taylor
DF
44
1
0.00
0.24
1
0.07
3
5
McCowan
MF
24
0.00
0.43
2
0.30
2
1
Idah
FW
24
0.26
0.00
0
−0.02
0
0
Forrest
FW
14
0.09
0.00
0
0.07
2
0
Engels
MF
2
0.00
0.00
0
0.00
0
1
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
Aberdeen
Celtic
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
Aberdeen
From
To
Passes
Molloy
Doohan
11
Nilsen
Molloy
9
Nilsen
Shinnie
8
Rubezic
Doohan
7
Molloy
McGarry
6
Celtic
From
To
Passes
Trusty
Carter-Vickers
46
Carter-Vickers
Trusty
41
Carter-Vickers
Johnston
33
Schmeichel
Carter-Vickers
29
Schmeichel
Trusty
26
The five pairs with the most completed passes from one to the other over the whole match.
Defensive actions
Aberdeen
Against its average of 14 matches
Celtic
Against its average of 13 matches
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
Aberdeen
Celtic
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
98%
99%
+1
From the forecast before the match (4 December 2024): 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
Aberdeen
Celtic
Expected goals
0.85
2.22
Win
12%
68%
Expected Points
0.57
2.24
Clean sheet
11%
43%
Aberdeen 12%Draw 19%Celtic 68%
Most likely score 0–2, 12%. Both sides score 51%.
From the forecast as it stood on 4 December 2024: each side's attack and defence ratings in a Dixon–Coles score model, as on the Forecasts page.
League probabilities by result
Chance
Now
Aberdeen win
Draw
Celtic win
Celtic
Title
98%
96%
98%
99%
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.
The last six league matches, newest first, with xG for and against.
Season to date
Measure
Aberdeen
Celtic
Position
2nd
1st
Played
14
13
Won, drawn, lost
10–3–1
12–1–0
Points
33 (2.36 per game)
37 (2.85 per game)
Expected Points per game
1.28
2.48
Goals
29–16
40–4
xG per game
1.38–1.51
2.76–0.67
Home: points, xG per game
3.00, 1.69–1.37
2.67, 3.08–0.56
Away: points, xG per game
1.71, 1.07–1.64
3.00, 2.48–0.76
Manager
Jimmy Thelin (14)
Brendan Rodgers (51)
League matches this season before kick-off. The manager's number is league matches in charge since 2020/21.
Ratings
This season
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
Aberdeen
Celtic
Created
Conceded
Created
Conceded
Open play
+16%
−4%
+146%
−45%
Counter-attacks
−43%
−54%
+176%
−39%
Set pieces
−13%
+39%
−24%
−75%
Penalties
−54%
+38%
+49%
−50%
Headers
+7%
+36%
−6%
−73%
Left side
+22%
−5%
+113%
−34%
Centre
+1%
+14%
+86%
−58%
Right side
−8%
−8%
+119%
−63%
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.
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
AberdeenCeltic
1.38xG2.76
1.51xG against0.67
53%Possession74%
12.9Shots20.8
14.4Shots against7.2
4.4Shots on target7.8
2.2Big chances5.1
25.3Touches in the opposition box39.0
425Passes720
78%Pass accuracy88%
5.7Corners9.5
53%Field tilt81%
36.4Final-third entries75.3
13.7Box entries21.6
12.5Passes per defensive action9.0
Per league match this season before kick-off.
Game state this season
Aberdeen
State
Minutes per game
xG per 90
xG against per 90
Level
49
1.28
1.41
Ahead
34
1.28
1.64
Behind
6
2.63
1.55
Celtic
State
Minutes per game
xG per 90
xG against per 90
Level
33
3.07
0.83
Ahead
54
2.63
0.59
Behind
2
1.39
0.19
xG by period
Aberdeen
Minutes
xG per game
xG against
Goals
1–15
0.18
0.17
2–0
16–30
0.17
0.13
3–3
31–45
0.26
0.36
4–4
46–60
0.27
0.15
7–0
61–75
0.20
0.28
5–4
76–90
0.30
0.41
8–5
Celtic
Minutes
xG per game
xG against
Goals
1–15
0.42
0.07
3–0
16–30
0.28
0.11
7–0
31–45
0.50
0.17
10–1
46–60
0.60
0.13
7–2
61–75
0.38
0.06
5–0
76–90
0.57
0.12
8–1
Per game this season, with stoppage time counted in its half; goals are totals for and against.
Most used players by position
Aberdeen
Celtic
Formations: 4-3-3 (12), 4-4-1-1 (1)
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.
Digressive Celts