We shall see on this, but this is a betting piece so let’s look at the odds and stats.

 

SPL

 

Match Home Draw Away
Celtic v Aberdeen 1/4 9/2 11/1
Hamilton v Dundee Utd 2/1 12/5 13/10
Inverness CT v Motherwell 8/5 23/10 13/8
St Johnstone v Kilmarnock 11/10 23/10 12/5
Hibernian v Hearts 8/5 23/10 13/8
St Mirren v Rangers 8/1 4/1 1/3

 

Scottish Div One

 

Match Home Draw Away
Cowdenbeath v Stirling 6/5 12/5 7/4
Dundee v Partick Evs 5/2 2/1
Falkirk v Ross Co 4/6 5/2 10/3
Morton v Dunfermline 3/1 5/2 8/11
Raith v Queen of South 10/11 5/2 9/4
 
Last 6 matches
Head 2 Head : Celtic v Aberdeen

 

 

Aberdeen

4

4

Celtic

13/02/2010

Celtic

3

0

Aberdeen

05/12/2009

Aberdeen

1

3

Celtic

15/08/2009

Aberdeen

1

3

Celtic

02/05/2009

Celtic

2

0

Aberdeen

18/04/2009

Aberdeen

4

2

Celtic

18/01/2009

 

The least numbers of goals we’ve scored against the Dandy Dons in the past 6 games is two goals with only two occasions when we haven’t conceded and in 44 SPL games Aberdeen have kept just one clean sheet– but then again they’ve lost Ricky Foster.

 

Average Statistics 2010 – 2011

Celtic

Aberdeen

Home

Away

Goals scored

2.6

0.8

Goals conceded

1

1.6

Time first goal scored

22 mins

56 mins

Time first goal conceded

37 mins

21 mins

Yellow cards

1.2

2.6

Red cards

0

0

Subs used

2.6

2.6

Biggest victory

4-0

1-0

Biggest defeat

3-1

3-1

It will be interesting to see whether we get a pen this weekend.

Total Number of Matches:

60

 
Number of Home Wins:

 

23

(38.3%)
Number of Away Wins:

 

27

(45.0%)
Number of Scoring Draws:

 

10

(16.6%)
Number of No-Score Draws:

 

0

(0.0%)

So there have been more away wins this season than home wins AND 13.3% of all results have been 2-1 to the away team.  So here goes.

 

Match Odds
Celtic 3 – 1  Aberdeen 9/1
Hamilton 1 – 2  Dundee Utd 17/2
Inverness CT 2 – 2  Motherwell 12/1
St Johnstone 1 – 0 Kilmarnock 6/1
Hibernian 1 – 3 Hearts 19/1
St Mirren 0 – 2  Rangers 11/2

 

 

 

The EPL

After a shaky start to their league campaign, Roy Hodgson’s team have managed to achieve back-to-back wins in the Premier League for the 1st time this season. Last week’s impressive away win at Bolton has managed to leap frog them into 13th place in the league table.

While Chelsea’s away form has been subject to some criticism in the past, they managed to dig out a hard fought win against the stubborn Blackburn side last week.   However, with Fernando Torres showing glimpses of what he has been capable of in the past, it should prove to be quite a spectacle!

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PADDY POWER WEEKEND SPECIALS

 

FA Cup Specials – Phoenix From The Flames

200/1   FC United to meet Man Utd in 3rd round

66/1     AFC Wimbledon to meet MK Dons in FA Cup

 

Fireworks Specials

 

Prem Fireworks – How many red cards in the Premier League this weekend

7/1       None

9/4       Exactly 1

2/1       Exactly 2

3/1       Exactly 3

11/2      4 or more

 

 

PREMIER LEAGUE

 

TV Matches Home Draw Away
Bolton v Spurs 21/10 23/10 13/10
Arsenal v Newcastle 2/7 4/1 11/1
Liverpool v Chelsea 11/4 23/10 21/20

 

Match Home Draw Away
Man Utd v Wolves 1/5 5/1 15/1
Blackburn v Wigan 5/6 12/5 7/2
Fulham v Aston Villa 7/5 11/5 2/1
Blackpool v Everton 10/3 5/2 5/6
Birmingham v West Ham 21/20 23/10 11/4
Sunderland v Stoke 11/10 9/4 13/5
West Brom v Man City 11/4 23/10 21/20

 

 

Hopefully we can continue with some of the sparkling football we’ve seen this season with the exception of the Rangers game and I’m sure those like John Kelly who disagree with the culture of enforced poppy wearing will allow those of us who do wear the poppy to show our respects.  We shall see.