Celtic 2-0 Dundee United — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Scotland - Premiership, 8 Jan 2025

Celtic
2-0 HT 1-0
Dundee United
📅08/01/2025 · 🕒22:45 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 3-0 ✗ 2nd Score 4-0 ✗
Scotland - Premiership – 2025/2026

Celtic vs Dundee United Prediction — Model Probabilities

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
67%
1.16
Draw
19%
7.13
Away
14%
10.87
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
35%
2.74
Over 2.5
65%
1.41
Both Teams to Score
Yes
50%
2.16
No
50%
1.61
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
16%
6.35
2-3 Goals
37%
2.13
4-5 Goals
31%
2.57
6+ Goals
16%
5.53
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
49%
1.28
1/2
4%
34.5
1/X
9%
34.5
X/1
10%
3.47
X/2
6%
34.5
X/X
6%
11.4
2/1
8%
25.0
2/2
4%
28.5
2/X
4%
33.5
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
67%
Home Win
82%
-15.1pp
19%
Draw
11%
+8.2pp
14%
Away Win
7%
+7.0pp
35%
Under 2.5
33%
+2.3pp
65%
Over 2.5
67%
-2.3pp
50%
BTTS Yes
42%
+7.8pp
50%
BTTS No
58%
-7.8pp
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.

Celtic v Dundee United — Team-Based Signals

PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Celtic EU Bookmakers 87%
Head to Head
AWAY Dundee United EU Bookmakers 9%
-2% / +0% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +2% / +5%
2.86/0.61 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.71/2.39
+17% / +23% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +6% / +10%
63% Ball Possession 37%
17 Total Shots 7
8 Shots on Target 3
7 Corners 3
494 · 86% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 209 · 69%
44.8 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 9.7
28.3 Crosses 9.3
0.8 Yellow Cards 2.4

Celtic vs Dundee United Head-to-Head — Last 6 Meetings

H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Celtic
4W-2D-0L
AWAY Dundee United
3.17 Avg Goals (FT) 0.50
2.76 xG 0.51
72% Ball Possession 28%
19 Total Shots 5
7 Shots on Target 2
8 Corners 2
620 Passes 174
88% Pass Accuracy 64%
38 Box Touches 9
25 Crosses 12
1 Yellow Cards 2
The Meetings
22.12.2024 Dundee United Dundee United 0-0 HT 0-0 Celtic Celtic İKP
29.01.2023 Dundee United Dundee United 0-2 HT 0-0 Celtic Celtic İKP
05.11.2022 Celtic Celtic 4-2 HT 2-1 Dundee United Dundee United İKP
28.08.2022 Dundee United Dundee United 0-9 HT 0-4 Celtic Celtic İKP
11.05.2022 Dundee United Dundee United 1-1 HT 0-0 Celtic Celtic İKP
14.03.2022 Dundee United Dundee United 0-3 HT 0-1 Celtic Celtic İKK

Celtic 2-0 Dundee United — Actual Match Statistics

RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Celtic
2-0
AWAY Dundee United
1.73 xG 0.16
76% Ball Possession 24%
19 Total Shots 5
6 Shots on Target 3
12 Corners 4
726 Passes 165
90% Pass Accuracy 66%
54 Box Touches 13
35 Crosses 14
POST-MATCH Celtic vs Dundee United
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Celtic beat Dundee United 2-0. Half-time: 1-0.

As our pre-match numbers suggested, our model had Celtic as the likeliest winner at 67%, and the 2-0 landed on that lead. The goals read — over 2.5 goals (65%) — went the other way, though.

On the day, Celtic had 76% of the ball to Dundee United's 24%, shots finished 19-5, expected goals 1.73 to 0.16.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Celtic had the better of it with 4 wins, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 3.17 goals for Celtic and 0.50 for Dundee United.

What was the final score of Celtic vs Dundee United?

Celtic 2-0 Dundee United in the Scotland - Premiership on 08/01/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Celtic vs Dundee United?

Before kick-off our model rated a Celtic win the most likely single outcome at about 67%, with the full match-result split Celtic 67%, draw 19%, Dundee United 14%. The final score 2-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Celtic) — while Over 2.5 went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Celtic) ✗ Over 2.5
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