Celtic – Hibernian will play on Monday, January 11, starting at 19:45 in the 23rd round of the Scottish Premier League. The match will be played on Celtic Park and will be led from the center by Nick Walsh.
Hibernian is without victory in the last 8 direct matches and has been defeated in the last 5 visits on Celtic Park.
The home team came after a defeat suffered on the field of rival Rangers, score 1-0, the game in which N. Bitton was eliminated in the 62nd minute. Therefore, Celtic ended the series of 4 consecutive victories without a goal. Following this result, the group led by Neil Lennon remained in 2nd place with a total of 43 points, 19 lengths away from the Rangers leader. It is noteworthy that Celtic also has 3 less played matches than its rival.
On the other hand, the guest team comes after a defeat at the score of non-presentation suffered at home with Livingston. It was the 3rd game lost in a row, and the team led by Jack Ross fell on the 4th place with a total of 36 points, 7 lengths away from the opponent in this game.
Even though it comes after the defeat in Old Firm (the derby with Rangers), the group from Celtic Park still hopes for the 10th consecutive title. With 3 victories in the remaining 3, Neil Lennon’s team would approach the first position at 10 points. So, Celtic can no longer afford wrong steps and any other result besides the victory obtained by the host team in this match, would be a huge surprise.
Celtic comes after 3 consecutive victories “at home” without a goal;
Celtic has won in the last 5 direct matches played at home;
Hibernian comes after 3 defeats without a goal scored;
Celtic: Barkas; Frimpong, Ajer, Duffy, Laxalt; Soro; Christie, Turnbull, McGregor; Griffiths, Edward;
Hibernian: Macey; McGinn, Porteous, Hanlon, Doig; Gogic; Boyle, Mallan, Nisbet, Murphy; Doidge;
PREDICTION: Over 2,5 goals @ 1,66
