📊 Form Guide

Aberdeen

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Aberdeen will be hoping for a better result following a 3-0 Premiership defeat in their last game at the hands of Kilmarnock.

In that game, Aberdeen had 45% possession and 8 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. At the other end, Kilmarnock had 20 attempts on goal with 9 of them on target. Brad Lyons (12'), Bruce Anderson (14') and Tyreece John-Jules (59') scored for Kilmarnock.

An interesting aspect of recent Aberdeen games is seeing a zero in the scoreline.

From their previous 6 matches leading up to this one, in 5 of them a bet on BTTS would have been a loser.

Coming into this contest, Aberdeen have left without a victory over Celtic in their last 27 league games. They'll surely be desperate to put an end to that run.

Celtic

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Celtic head into the clash following on from a 2-0 Premiership win with the eclipse of Falkirk in their most recent outing.

In that match, Celtic managed 58% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. For Celtic, the goalscorers were Tomáš Čvančara (39') and Benjamin Nygren (62'). Falkirk got 14 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.

In their last half-dozen outings, Celtic have helped themselves to a total of 13 goals. Celtic have also scored in every single one of those games. During that period, their defenders have had 6 goals scored by their opponents. Previous results aside, we must now wait to see if that trend might continue on in this game or not.

Taking a look at their past results, Celtic:

• remain unbeaten by Aberdeen when they've played them away from home in the last 18 matches in the league. A simply stunning run of away results.
• are unbeaten in their previous 2 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

A study of their past head to head results stretching back to 04/12/2024 shows that these fixtures have not been happy ones for Aberdeen. They’ve not been able to get any wins at all while Celtic have been superior, beating them in 83 per cent of those matches.

A total of 21 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 4 of them from The Dons and 17 for The Bhoys. That’s an average goals per game of 3.5.

The last league clash between these sides was Premiership match day 18 on 21/12/2025 when it ended Celtic 3-1 Aberdeen.

That time, Celtic managed 73% possession and 31 attempts at goal with 10 on target. Goals were scored by Benjamin Nygren (39'), Kieran Tierney (88') and James Forrest (92').

On the other side, Aberdeen had 10 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Kenan Bilalović (74') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by David Dickinson.

🗞️ Team News: Aberdeen

In all likelihood, The Dons will probably kick off with a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game with Dimitar Mitov, Alexander Jensen, Nicky Devlin, Liam Morrison, Mitchel Frame, Stuart Armstrong, Sivert Nilsen, Toyosi Olusanya, Lyall Cameron, Topi Keskinen and Kevin Nisbet.

📰 Team News: Celtic

Celtic boss Martin O'Neill has multiple availability issues to deal with. Cameron Carter-Vickers (Achilles tendon problems), Alistair Johnston (Hamstring muscle injury), Callum Osmand (Hamstring muscle injury), Adam Montgomery (Calf injury) and Jota (Cruciate ligament surgery) are not ready for selection.

We are inclined to think that The Bhoys seem likely to utilise a 4-3-3 formation, starting the game with Kasper Schmeichel, Julian Araujo, Auston Trusty, Liam Scales, Kieran Tierney, Benjamin Nygren, Arne Engels, Callum McGregor, Hyun-jun Yang, Tomas Cvancara and Daizen Maeda.

💭 Prediction

Our feeling is that Aberdeen are capable enough to put one past this Celtic outfit, but one goal may not quite be enough to avoid defeat.

Therefore, we think that it’s going to be a very close game with a 1-2 advantage for Celtic when the full-time whistle blows. Let’s see what happens here.

Victor Martins, 01:02 04/02/2026