Celtic 3-2 Motherwell — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Scotland - Premiership, 5 Oct 2025

📅05/10/2025 · 🕒17:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-1 2nd Score 3-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
79%
1.25
Draw
15%
5.71
Away
6%
8.19
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
40%
2.74
Over 2.5
60%
1.41
Both Teams to Score
Yes
51%
1.85
No
49%
1.85
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
22%
6.39
2-3 Goals
39%
2.16
4-5 Goals
26%
2.57
6+ Goals
13%
5.45
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
41%
1.38
1/2
2%
35.0
1/X
4%
23.55
X/1
23%
3.9
X/2
2%
23.1
X/X
6%
9.86
2/1 EV+ ✗
16%
20.6
2/2
2%
19.0
2/X
4%
27.0
Value flag · 2/1 at 20.6 — our 16% vs market 2.4%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
💡 For the risk lovers: Home Win ★★ — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
79%
Home Win
76%
+3.6pp
14%
Draw
15%
-0.2pp
6%
Away Win
10%
-3.5pp
40%
Under 2.5
33%
+7.0pp
60%
Over 2.5
67%
-7.0pp
51%
BTTS Yes
50%
+1.2pp
49%
BTTS No
50%
-1.2pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Celtic EU Bookmakers 80%
Head to Head
AWAY Motherwell EU Bookmakers 12%
-2% / -9% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +8% / +9%
2.68/0.60 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.89/1.85
+29% / +55% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +26% / +21%
65% Ball Possession 35%
19 Total Shots 8
8 Shots on Target 3
7 Corners 4
542 · 88% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 240 · 74%
43.2 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 14.2
28.0 Crosses 14.6
0.9 Yellow Cards 2.5
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Celtic
5W-1D-0L
AWAY Motherwell
2.67 Avg Goals (FT) 0.67
2.67 xG 0.57
77% Ball Possession 22%
20 Total Shots 6
7 Shots on Target 2
8 Corners 3
682 Passes 130
89% Pass Accuracy 58%
45 Box Touches 14
30 Crosses 10
1 Yellow Cards 3
02.02.2025 Motherwell Motherwell 1-3 HT 1-2 Celtic Celtic İKP
26.12.2024 Celtic Celtic 4-0 HT 1-0 Motherwell Motherwell İKP
27.10.2024 Motherwell Motherwell 0-3 HT 0-1 Celtic Celtic İKP
25.02.2024 Motherwell Motherwell 1-3 HT 1-0 Celtic Celtic İKP
25.11.2023 Celtic Celtic 1-1 HT 0-0 Motherwell Motherwell İKP
30.09.2023 Motherwell Motherwell 1-2 HT 0-0 Celtic Celtic İKP
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Celtic
3-2
AWAY Motherwell
2.62 xG 1.39
62% Ball Possession 38%
16 Total Shots 5
9 Shots on Target 3
10 Corners 0
512 Passes 296
87% Pass Accuracy 80%
42 Box Touches 16
29 Crosses 10
2 Yellow Cards 0
POST-MATCH Celtic vs Motherwell
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Celtic edged past Motherwell 3-2. The game was level at 1-1 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it. 5 goals made it one of the day's more open games.

Just as the model leaned, our model had Celtic as the likeliest winner at 79%, and the 3-2 landed on that lead. The goals side of the card held up too — over 2.5 goals (60%) came in.

On the day, Celtic had 62% of the ball to Motherwell's 38%, shots finished 16-5, expected goals 2.62 to 1.39 — an xG gap that size says the one-goal margin undersold Celtic's control.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Celtic had the better of it with 5 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 2.67 goals for Celtic and 0.67 for Motherwell.

What was the final score of Celtic vs Motherwell?

Celtic 3-2 Motherwell in the Scotland - Premiership on 05/10/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Celtic vs Motherwell?

Before kick-off our model rated a Celtic win the most likely single outcome at about 79%, with the full match-result split Celtic 79%, draw 14%, Motherwell 6%. The final score 3-2 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Celtic), Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Celtic) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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