Celtic will be taking on visiting side Hibernian at Celtic Park in the Premiership clash on Saturday.
Scroll down to see all of the predictions, poll and statistics for Celtic v Hibernian including the latest game odds.
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Form Guide
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Celtic
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Celtic prepare for this fixture following on from a 1-1 Premiership stalemate versus Rangers.
In that match, Celtic had 60% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Celtic was Adam Idah (57'). At the other end, Rangers had 12 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Cyriel Dessers (44') scored for Rangers.
Celtic have been so strong in attack in recent times, putting 19 goals past the opposition during the course of their previous 6 matches. In those meetings, Celtic have also seen the aggregate sum of goals scored against them total 3.
Coming into this contest, Celtic haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches at home.
Hibernian
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Hibernian will go into this game following a 3-1 Premiership win vs Dundee United in their previous match.
In that match, Hibernian managed 46% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. For Hibernian, the goalscorers were Martin Boyle (3'), Mykola Kuharevich (14') and Dwight Gayle (87'). On the other side, Dundee United had 14 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Kristijan Trapanovski (50') scored for Dundee United.
A succession of outstanding performances from the Hibernian defensive unit has seen their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 3 from their previous 6 fixtures in total. Over that same time, their forwards have scored 13. It will be interesting to see if that trend will end up being continued on into this next match.
Going into this encounter, Hibernian have not won against Celtic when they have played them away from home in the previous 19 league matches. A shocking away run it has been.
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Head to head
Looking at their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 07/02/2024 shows us that Celtic have won 5 of them & Hibernian 1, with the number of drawn games being 0.
In all, 17 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 13 of them from The Bhoys and 4 being from The Hibees. That’s an average goals per game of 2.83.
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Team News: Celtic
It seems likely that The Bhoys look set to use the 4-3-3 formation for this game, beginning the first half with Viljami Sinisalo, Tony Ralston, C. Carter-Vickers, Liam Scales, Greg Taylor, Arne Engels, Callum McGregor, Reo Hatate, James Forrest, Adam Idah and Daizen Maeda.
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Team News: Hibernian
It’s our belief that The Hibees might play in a 3-4-1-2 lineup, settling for Jordan Smith, Warren O' Hora, Rocky Bushiri, Jack Iredale, Chris Cadden, Nectarios Triantis, Dylan Levitt, Jordan Obita, Junior Hoilett, Martin Boyle and Mykola Kukharevych.
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Prediction
It certainly seems that Hibernian won’t find it easy at all to be scoring even one goal against a Celtic team who have the quality to win well here.
We think that it’s going to be a commanding 3-0 margin for Celtic after 90 minutes.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?
Checking out the betting prices for the game in the 90 min. result market, the win for Celtic is best priced at 1.27, backing the draw is 6 and taking a punt on a victory for Hibernian will get you 9. They are the best bets being offered as of now.
Lucas Pereira,
03:06 06/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Celtic
Formed: 1888
Stadium: Celtic Park (60,411)
Captain: Callum McGregor
Chairman: Peter Lawwell
Manager: Brendan Rodgers
Competitions: Premiership position 1, League Cup (Final), Scottish Cup (Final)
🔑 Star Man: Adam Idah
Normally taking up the Striker position, Adam Idah was born in Cork, Rep. Ireland. After having played his first senior match for Norwich City in the 2019 - 2020 season, the accomplished Forward has scored a sum of 11 league goals in the Premiership 2024 - 2025 season so far coming from a total of 32 appearances.