Celtic vs Hibernian Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Celtic

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Celtic, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 1-3 Premiership triumph over St Johnstone.

In that match, Celtic managed 72% possession and 25 shots at goal with 10 of them on target. For Celtic, the goals were scored by Liel Abada (9', 22') and Nir Bitton (82'). At the other end, St Johnstone got 5 attempts at goal with 1 on target. Chris Kane (69') was the scorer for St Johnstone.

Over their prior six fixtures, Ange Postecoglou's Celtic have hit the back of the net a total of 11 times giving them an average number of goals per match of 1.83.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Celtic:

• have not lost a league tie with Hibernian in their last 9 games. Quite a long unbeaten run against them.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 15 league matches at home. A fantastic home record.

Hibernian

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Hibernian head into the game following a 1-3 Premiership win against Dundee United in their most recent outing.

In that game, Hibernian had 65% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 5 on target. For Hibernian, the goals were scored by Kevin Nisbet (38'), Chris Cadden (78') and Jamie Murphy (93'). Dundee United had 8 shots at goal with 3 on target. Declan Glass (90') scored for Dundee United.

During their 6 previous matches, Shaun Maloney's Hibernian have found the back of the net a total of 7 times, earning them a goals per game average of 1.17.

Their prior results show that Hibernian:

• have not registered a win against Celtic when they have played them away from home in the previous 14 matches in the league. A truly shameful run of away results.
• have not been beaten in their last 2 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 27/09/2020 tells us that Celtic have won 3 of them & Hibernian 0, with the tally of drawn games standing at 3.

16 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 11 of them for The Bhoys and 5 coming from The Hibees. That’s an average goals per game of 2.67.

📋 Team News: Celtic

Availability isn’t a big problem, with just the lone fitness concern for the Celtic gaffer Ange Postecoglou to be concerned with from a near full-strength squad. David Turnbull (Hamstring Injury) misses out.

ℹ️ Team News: Hibernian

Out of a mainly full-strength group, there’s only the one fitness worry for the Hibernian boss Shaun Maloney to be concerned with. Harry Clarke (Hamstring Injury) won’t be in action. Ewan Henderson will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

🧠 Prediction

We envisage that Celtic should really create enough chances to score more than one when they come up against Hibernian, who might well find it a difficult task getting goals.

Our tip is for a 2-0 victory for Celtic when the full-time whistle blows.

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Peter Guest, 07:37 13/01/2022