Scottish Premiership 2026-2027 Knockout phase Wed, Dec 2 · 19:45 The Scot Foam Stadium at Dens Park, Dundee
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Away travel104 kmRest days121.1 · 3.2Matches / 14d0 · 3
Real contextStrength only
Dundee—%
Draw—%
Celtic—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Dundee)

Forecast from 17 Nov

Referee—Not appointed yet

Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Dundee and Celtic. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks

Not enough recorded data for this category yet.

Team strength

DundeeCeltic
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
13 Current StrengthIn forecast 52
17 AttackIn forecast 74
13 DefenceIn forecast 50
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Dundee

Attack—
Defense risk—

Celtic

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

DundeeCeltic
1.44 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 2.56
1.11 Goals concededVia Att/Def 0.56
1.36 xGVia Att/Def 3.01
1.63 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.00
+0.08 Goals minus xGContext -0.45
89% Scored inContext 89%
22% Clean sheetsContext 44%
12.44 ShotsContext 20.33
4.78 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 9.22
38% On target shareContext 45%
8.67 Shots in the boxContext 15.11
68% Box shareContext 75%
12% ConversionContext 13%
1.29 OffsidesContext 1.67
18.78 Shots allowedContext 11.78
5.22 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.89
5.89 BlocksContext 3.56
4.22 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.22
81% Save rateContext 83%
38% PossessionIn forecast 58%
338 PassesContext 604
251 Accurate passesContext 533
74% Pass accuracyContext 88%
6.90 Team ratingContext 7.29
11.33 FoulsContext 10.78
11.33 Fouls sufferedContext 9.89
1.33 Yellow cardsContext 1.44
0.11 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 9 and 9 games
1.60 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 2.00
1.20 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.60
1.40 xGVia Att/Def 2.44
1.60 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.32
+0.20 Goals minus xGContext -0.44
90% Scored inContext 90%
20% Clean sheetsContext 30%
12.30 ShotsContext 17.00
4.90 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 7.70
40% On target shareContext 45%
8.70 Shots in the boxContext 12.20
70% Box shareContext 73%
13% ConversionContext 12%
1.38 OffsidesContext 1.44
17.80 Shots allowedContext 16.50
4.90 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.70
5.60 BlocksContext 5.20
4.22 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.10
81% Save rateContext 66%
40% PossessionIn forecast 56%
342 PassesContext 587
254 Accurate passesContext 516
74% Pass accuracyContext 88%
6.86 Team ratingContext 6.92
11.60 FoulsContext 11.70
11.10 Fouls sufferedContext 11.30
1.20 Yellow cardsContext 1.30
0.10 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Dundee
Rest121.1 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel0 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
Celtic
Rest3.2 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d3all competitions
Travel104 km3,937 km in 14d
Schedule load33%Moderate
Form 32 · 0 pts vs 2.1 for an average club · -2.0 vs expected
  • L15 OctA · Benfica1–40.5 xPts
  • L17 SepH · Ferencvarosi TC1–31.5 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Dundee Celtic
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Moderate · 33
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match121.1Scottish Premiership 2026-2027, 3 Aug3.2Scottish Premiership 2026-2027, 29 Nov
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km104 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km3,937 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 0 / 02 / 3 / 5
Next matchdays after this one37.82.8

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Dundee Last XI · not confirmed
4-4-2 · vs Rangers (H) 2–2, 17 Oct
1O. Goodman(G)
12I. Samuels 5O. Bevan 4R. Astley 7D. Wright
14A. Forrest 48E. Hamilton 28C. Jones 27Joe Bevan
21B. Fink 11A. Hay
Celtic Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs Heart Of Midlothian (H) 7–1, 18 Oct
1V. Sinisalo(G)
63K. Tierney 5L. Scales 47D. Murray 51C. Donovan
22M. Baur 42C. McGregor
19C. Osmand 8E. Nygren 23H. Hassan
11Camilo Duran

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Dundee Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Celtic Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

Dundee · Home No home games yet this season.
Celtic · Away 3.00points per game · 4 away games
W-D-L
4-0-0
Scored
2.50
Conceded
0.50

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 6 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head last 10 of 10 meetings

1 Dundee wins1 draws8 Celtic wins
Goals per game0.70 – 2.80 Over 2.560% Both scored30% Clean sheets10% · 60%
  • 3 Aug 2026Celtic1–0Dundee
  • 5 Apr 2026Dundee1–2Celtic
  • 3 Dec 2025Celtic1–0Dundee
  • 19 Oct 2025Dundee2–0Celtic
  • 5 Feb 2025Celtic6–0Dundee
  • 14 Jan 2025Dundee3–3Celtic

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Goal timing

Dundee9 games · scored 13 · conceded 10
1 0-15
2 1 16-30
3 3 31-45
3 2 46-60
1 1 61-75
3 3 76-90
Celtic9 games · scored 23 · conceded 5
6 0-15
1 1 16-30
7 2 31-45
6 1 46-60
2 1 61-75
1 76-90
Dundee10 games · scored 16 · conceded 12
2 0-15
2 2 16-30
3 4 31-45
3 2 46-60
2 1 61-75
4 3 76-90
Celtic10 games · scored 20 · conceded 16
5 1 0-15
2 3 16-30
6 5 31-45
4 3 46-60
2 1 61-75
1 3 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.