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Dundee United vs Celtic: Scottish Premier League Prediction
In the 18th round of the Scottish Premiership, Dundee United will host the main favourite of the championship race, Celtic. The visitors have already pulled away from their competitors and are the sole leaders of the tournament table. The hosts are in fifth place and hope to get into the European Cup zone. Will the outsider be able to take points from the Champions League participant on December 22? The answer is in our forecast.
Command Analysis
Dundee United
ScotlandCurrent form
Dundee United finished last season top of the Scottish Championship and are back in the Premier League, where they are not going to fight for survival. The team currently sits fifth in the league table, just two points behind fourth-placed Motherwell, who have played one match more. The hosts lost to Motherwell 3-4 in the last round. This was the team first defeat in seven rounds.
Disqualifications and injuries
Craig Sibbald will miss the match against the leader due to injury.
Interesting trends for betting
- At home, the team has suffered only one defeat in its last five matches
- The hosts have had red cards in two of their last six matches
Tentative line-up: Walton - Adegboyega, Gallagher, Holt - Strain, Stephenson, Sevel, Babunski, Middleton - Dalby, Moult
Celtic
ScotlandCurrent form
Celtic continues to be the most successful club in Scotland at the moment. In 12 years, the team has only missed out on the Scottish Premier League title once. Apparently, no one will stop the Celts from taking first place this time either, because after 15 matches, the club is nine points ahead of its closest pursuer and eternal competitor, Rangers. The championship leader has already scored 44 goals, and conceded only... four.
Brendan Rodgers' men are also performing well in the Champions League, where they have lost only once in six matches - Celtic failed to do so in the match with Borussia Dortmund (1:7). The Catholics have drawn their last two matches - they failed to identify the strongest in the confrontations with Brugge (1:1) and Dinamo Zagreb (0:0).
Disqualifications and injuries
The visitors have no problems with their line-up before the 18th round.
Interesting trends for betting
- Four of the last five matches have gone clean for Celtic
- The visitors have not experienced the bitterness of defeat for 16 matches in a row
Probable lineup: Schmeichel - Taylor, Trusty, Carter-Vickers, Ralston - Engels, Bernardo, Makkovan - Palma, Furuhashi, Jan
Trends
Bet Exact score 0:2
The last face-to-face meeting ended with this score
7.00Bet At least one team will not score
This bet has played in four of the last five away matches
1.80Bet Number 2 in the final score
This pattern has worked in the last two head-to-head matches
2.62Tip and bets
The hosts are having a great season and are in the top five of the Scottish Premier League, but they are still not a competitor for Celtic. The Glasgow club does not notice rivals in the domestic championship and has hardly lost points this season. At the moment, the visitors are far superior to their opponents and are unlikely to experience any problems in a face-to-face match.
Our prediction is Asian handicap (-1.5) on Celtic for 1.70
Bet on total
The teams play well in attack, but the bar of 3.5 goals seems a bit too high to us. The opponents do not concede many goals this season and try to avoid failures in defense. We believe that the opponents will stop at three goals.
Our prediction is total under 3.5 goals for 1.70
Bet on corners
We expect a cautious game from our opponents, which does not contribute to breaking the corner total. It is unlikely that we will see a double-digit number of earned corners in this match.
Our prediction is under 11.5 corners for 1.75
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