Celtic prepare to entertain Motherwell at Celtic Park on Wednesday evening, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 82 wins out of 121 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Celtic Park was less than a year ago, in January 2005, with Celtic running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a Scottish Premier match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2005/2006 | Sat 30 Jul | Motherwell | 4 - 4 | Celtic | SPL |
2004/2005 | Sun 22 May | Motherwell | 2 - 1 | Celtic | SPL |
2004/2005 | Sat 22 Jan | Celtic | 2-0 | Motherwell | SPL |
2004/2005 | Sat 30 Oct | Motherwell | 2 - 3 | Celtic | SPL |
2004/2005 | Sun 08 Aug | Celtic | 2 - 0 | Motherwell | SPL |
2003/2004 | Wed 12 May | Motherwell | 1 - 1 | Celtic | SPL |
2003/2004 | Sun 14 Mar | Celtic | 1 - 1 | Motherwell | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
Celtic are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 12 goals for the The Bhoys, with 4 goals against.
Motherwell have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. While the The 'Well have hit 8 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Celtic are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 26 points from 11 games. Motherwell's 14 points from 11 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 6th position.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Celtic | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 16 |
Motherwell | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Celtic may be coming up against a decent side in Motherwell, but I do believe that its going to result in a narrow home win for the The Bhoys. Home Win
Sequence statistics: | |
Celtic | Unbeaten in the last 9 home games. Unbeaten run of 8 matches. |
Motherwell | Not won in previous 2 away matches. |