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Sunday, 11/10/2026 at 13:00

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Match preview · Scottish Premiership

Motherwell – Celtic

Motherwell tied 8th in Scottish Premiership Home 1.10 projected goals by the model
Celtic 1st in Scottish Premiership Away 1.70 projected goals by the model

Model updated 4 October, 00:30 Best odds updated 10 October, 12:00

What the model expects

expected goals
1.10 1.70
Motherwell Celtic
Motherwell
22%
Draw
28%
Celtic
50%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Motherwell Draw Celtic
Fair odds 4.61 3.56 1.99
Total goals
2.80
Over 2.5 goals
55%
Both teams to score
60%
Data coverage · full

Both teams have the full 20-match model window available.

Model vs market

The model sees an edge in 6 outcomes.

  • Motherwell

    Model
    21.7%
    Market, margin removed
    18.5%
    Probability gap
    +3.2 pp
    Edge
    +8.5%
    Fair odds
    4.61
    Market odds
    5.00 Bet365
    Price at which a 5% edge begins
    4.84
    Bookmaker margin
    8.3%
  • Draw

    Model
    28.1%
    Market, margin removed
    22.0%
    Probability gap
    +6.1 pp
    Edge
    +18.1%
    Fair odds
    3.56
    Market odds
    4.20 Bet365
    Price at which a 5% edge begins
    3.73
    Bookmaker margin
    8.3%
  • Celtic

    Model
    50.2%
    Market, margin removed
    59.6%
    Probability gap
    −9.4 pp
    Edge
    −22.2%
    Fair odds
    1.99
    Market odds
    1.55 Bet365
    Price at which a 5% edge begins
    2.09
    Bookmaker margin
    8.3%

Best opportunity

Celtic not to score

odds · Bet365 8.00 value +26.6%

Model 15.8% vs. bookmaker 11.9%, margin removed.

Markets 6 / 17

Match result

Draw model 28.1% · book 22.0% (no margin) +18.1% 4.20 fair 3.56
Great value

No measured model skill on this market (-1.04%).

Motherwell to win model 21.7% · book 18.5% (no margin) +8.5% 5.00 fair 4.61
Worth playing

Measured model skill on this market: +7.19%.

Goals

Under 2.5 goals model 45.4% · book 34.4% (no margin) +24.8% 2.75 fair 2.20
Great value

No measured model skill on this market (-0.89%).

Under 1.5 goals model 19.0% · book 17.2% (no margin) +4.4% 5.50 fair 5.27
Marginal

No measured model skill on this market (-0.01%).

Goals by team

Celtic not to score model 15.8% · book 11.9% (no margin) +26.6% 8.00 fair 6.32
Great value

Measured model skill on this market: +2.56%.

Celtic at most 1 goal model 47.6% · book 35.5% (no margin) +24.9% 2.63 fair 2.10
Great value

Measured model skill on this market: +2.61%.

Show every rated outcome

Skill is what a backtest measured each market at, over 7 competitions to 17/08/2026. Across every market at once it is +2.50%. Markets measured at nothing are ranked last and never recommended. How that is measured →

The model's case

Why the model leans Celtic

50% Celtic to win

Attack
1st vs 4th
Celtic attack v Motherwell defence
Defence
2nd vs 5th
Celtic defence v Motherwell attack
Recent xG form
+1.84 vs -0.27
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
1.10 – 1.70
Motherwell v Celtic
How the model arrived here →

Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: Motherwell and Celtic compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Motherwell Celtic
xG / match 1.36 · 7th (better) 2.77 · 1st
xGA / match 1.58 · 10th (better) 0.89 · 1st
xGD / match -0.22 · 7th (better) +1.88 · 1st
xPts / match 1.37 · 6th (better) 2.35 · 1st
Last 6 xGD / match -0.27 (better) +1.84

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 34% of the model's distribution.

Celtic clean sheet
30%
Celtic 2+ goals
52%
Under 2.5 goals
45%
Both teams to score: no
40%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
14.2%
1:2
11.4%
0:2
8.8%
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Model details

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Fit window
the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
Motherwell sample
20 matches
Celtic sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · Motherwell
3 matches
Away xG sample · Celtic
3 matches
Computed
Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 00:30
Odds updated
1 minute ago

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.