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Celtic v Dundee FC

Saturday 9 January 2027, 15:00 · Celtic Park · Round 23

Forecast

CelticDundee FC
Expected goals2.780.66
Win81%6%
Expected Points2.560.31
Clean sheet52%6%

Celtic 81%Draw 13%Dundee FC 6%

Most likely score 2–0, 12%. Both sides score 46%.

Dundee FC goalsCeltic goals0123456+0123456+4%2%9%6%2%8%3%8%2%8%5%2%4%3%1%3%2%12%11%

From the forecast as it stood on 11 October 2026: each side's attack and defence ratings in a Dixon–Coles score model, as on the Forecasts page.

Form

Celtic

  1. W2–011 OctMotherwell (A)xG 2.85–1.10
  2. L0–120 SepRangers (H)xG 0.39–1.81
  3. W1–09 SepSt. Johnstone (A)xG 1.80–0.69
  4. W2–15 SepSt. Mirren (A)xG 3.19–1.95
  5. W3–02 SepAberdeen (H)xG 2.67–0.68
  6. W2–129 AugFalkirk (H)xG 3.45–0.57

Dundee FC

  1. W2–110 OctFalkirk (A)xG 1.41–1.97
  2. W2–119 SepMotherwell (H)xG 1.38–1.10
  3. L1–26 SepHearts (A)xG 0.42–1.93
  4. D1–12 SepSt. Johnstone (H)xG 2.07–1.08
  5. L1–230 AugHibernian (H)xG 1.03–2.33
  6. W2–022 AugDundee United (A)xG 1.43–1.19

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

Season to date

CelticDundee FC
Position1st4th
Played88
Won, drawn, lost7–⁠0–⁠14–⁠1–⁠3
Points21 (2.62 per game)13 (1.62 per game)
Expected Points per game2.251.19
Goals16–⁠411–⁠8
xG per game2.76–⁠1.031.26–⁠1.57
Home: points, xG per game2.25, 2.19–⁠0.891.75, 1.58–⁠1.31
Away: points, xG per game3.00, 3.33–⁠1.181.50, 0.94–⁠1.84
ManagerMartin O'Neill (26)Steven Pressley (46)

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

Ratings

0.51.01.52.0League average 1.34AttackCeltic2.11, 1stDundee FC1.12, 9thDefence (lower is better)Celtic0.88, 1stDundee FC1.54, 10th

This season

Attack0.51.01.52.02.5AugSepOctCeltic attack: 2.11Dundee FC attack: 1.122.111.12Dundee FCCelticDefence (lower is better)0.51.01.52.02.5AugSepOctCeltic defence: 0.88Dundee FC defence: 1.541.540.88

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

CelticDundee FC
CreatedConcededCreatedConceded
Open play+121%−47%−32%+13%
Counter-attacks+175%−28%−17%−59%
Set pieces−21%−4%+19%−13%
Penalties−100%−40%−40%+20%
Headers+132%−24%+25%+14%
Left side+164%−64%+3%+20%
Centre+93%−6%−24%−32%
Right side+25%−48%−31%+18%

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.

Matchups

Celtic attacking

Celtic createdDundee FC concededLeft side+164%+18%Centre+93%−32%Right side+25%+20%Open play+121%+13%Counter-attacks+175%−59%Set pieces−21%−13%Headers+132%+14%

Dundee FC attacking

Dundee FC createdCeltic concededLeft side+3%−48%Centre−24%−6%Right side−31%−64%Open play−32%−47%Counter-attacks−17%−28%Set pieces+19%−4%Headers+25%−24%

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

2.76xG1.26
1.03xG against1.57
62%Possession38%
20.6Shots12.6
10.9Shots against18.9
9.1Shots on target4.5
5.0Big chances2.5
39.5Touches in the opposition box19.1
620Passes336
88%Pass accuracy73%
9.4Corners5.1
68%Field tilt25%
62.3Final-third entries26.9
24.5Box entries9.5
13.0Passes per defensive action19.6

Per league match this season before kick-off.

Game state this season

Celtic

StateMinutes per gamexG per 90xG against per 90
Level262.061.25
Ahead543.220.93
Behind112.161.05

Dundee FC

StateMinutes per gamexG per 90xG against per 90
Level411.361.48
Ahead331.241.63
Behind161.001.68

xG by period

Celtic

MinutesxG per gamexG againstGoals
1–150.330.134–0
16–300.420.241–1
31–450.550.234–1
46–600.590.075–1
61–750.340.212–1
76–900.540.150–0

Dundee FC

MinutesxG per gamexG againstGoals
1–150.070.161–0
16–300.290.182–1
31–450.130.342–2
46–600.210.143–1
61–750.190.340–1
76–900.370.413–3

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

Most used players by position

Celtic

GKRBCBCBLBDMDMRWAMLWSTSinisalo 7Johnstone 1Donovan 5Johnston 2Carter-Vickers 1Carter-Vickers 5Murray 2Trusty 6Scales 3Tierney 5Scales 3McGregor 7Baur 5Oxlade-Chamberlain 2Engels 2Hassan 4Durán 3McCowan 1Nygren 6Donovan 1Sørensen 1Yang 5Tounekti 2Nygren 1Høgh 4Durán 44-2-3-1 in 6 of 8 starts

Formations: 4-2-3-1 (6), 3-4-3 (1), 4-1-4-1 (1)

Dundee FC

GKRBCBCBLBRMCMCMLMSTSTGoodman 8D. Wright 7Halliday 1Astley 8O. Bevan 8Odutayo 5Samuels 3J. Bevan 6Forrest 1Robertson 1Finnigan 6Jones 2Hamilton 8Reilly 4Forrest 3Moorhouse 1Fink 4Murray 2Forrest 1Westley 7Hay 14-4-2 in 5 of 8 starts

Formations: 4-4-2 (5), 4-2-3-1 (3)

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.

Head to head

DateHomeAwayxG
3 August 2026Celtic1–0Dundee FCxG 2.26–0.49
5 April 2026Dundee FC1–2CelticxG 1.55–3.82
3 December 2025Celtic1–0Dundee FCxG 2.08–0.21
19 October 2025Dundee FC2–0CelticxG 1.30–2.70
5 February 2025Celtic6–0Dundee FCxG 2.64–0.48
14 January 2025Dundee FC3–3CelticxG 0.66–2.12

14 league meetings since 2020/21: Celtic won 12, Dundee FC won 1, and 1 was a draw. Goals 43–12 and xG 2.89–0.61 per game.

Key players

Celtic

PlayerStartsMinGAxG per 90xA per 90
Nygren7564430.660.23
Durán7531430.490.32
Baur5460100.300.14
Scales6536100.100.15

Dundee FC

PlayerStartsMinGAxG per 90xA per 90
Westley7537300.570.04
J. Bevan6521110.140.06
D. Wright7637110.020.10
O. Bevan8720200.070.03

Up to four players a side with the most xG plus xA per 90 minutes, from those with at least 450 league minutes.