📏 Form Guide

Aberdeen

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Aberdeen will be looking to improve on their last outing here following the 3-0 Premiership loss in their previous game against Kilmarnock.

In that game, Aberdeen managed 45% possession and 8 shots at goal with 4 on target. At the other end, Kilmarnock got 20 attempts on goal with 9 on target. Brad Lyons (12'), Bruce Anderson (14') and Tyreece John-Jules (59') scored for Kilmarnock.

An interesting aspect of recent Aberdeen games is seeing a zero in the scoreline.

From their previous 6 matches leading up to this one, in 5 of them a bet on BTTS would have been a loser.

Coming into this contest, Aberdeen have left without a victory over Celtic in their last 27 league games. They'll surely be desperate to put an end to that run.

Celtic

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Celtic will come into the encounter following a 2-0 Premiership win in the defeat of Falkirk in their previous outing.

In that game, Celtic had 58% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 5 on target. For Celtic, goals were scored by Tomáš Čvančara (39') and Benjamin Nygren (62'). Falkirk had 14 attempts at goal with 4 on target.

In their last half-dozen outings, Celtic have helped themselves to a total of 13 goals. Celtic have also scored in every single one of those games. During that period, their defenders have had 6 goals scored by their opponents. Previous results aside, we must now wait to see if that trend might continue on in this game or not.

Taking a look at their past results, Celtic:

• remain unbeaten by Aberdeen when they've played them away from home in the last 18 matches in the league. A simply stunning run of away results.
• are unbeaten in their previous 2 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A quick look at past results between these clubs stretching back to 04/12/2024 shows that these encounters have not been fruitful for Aberdeen. They’ve not managed to get any victories whatsoever whereas Celtic have just been stronger than them, getting wins in 83 per cent of those games played.

A combined total of 21 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 4 of them for The Dons and 17 belonging to The Bhoys. That is an average goals per game value of 3.5.

The last league contest featuring these clubs was Premiership match day 18 on 21/12/2025 and the score finished Celtic 3-1 Aberdeen.

On that day, Celtic managed 73% possession and 31 shots on goal with 10 on target. Goals were scored by Benjamin Nygren (39'), Kieran Tierney (88') and James Forrest (92').

Aberdeen had 10 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Kenan Bilalović (74') was the scorer.

The referee was David Dickinson.

ℹ️ Team News: Aberdeen

It’s our opinion that The Dons will probably go for a 4-2-3-1 formation in the match featuring Dimitar Mitov, Alexander Jensen, Nicky Devlin, Liam Morrison, Mitchel Frame, Stuart Armstrong, Sivert Nilsen, Toyosi Olusanya, Lyall Cameron, Topi Keskinen and Kevin Nisbet.

ℹ️ Team News: Celtic

Celtic boss Martin O'Neill has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Cameron Carter-Vickers (Achilles tendon problems), Alistair Johnston (Hamstring muscle injury), Callum Osmand (Hamstring muscle injury), Adam Montgomery (Calf injury) and Jota (Cruciate ligament surgery) will not be playing here.

There’s a good chance that The Bhoys seem most likely to play in a 4-3-3 lineup, starting the game with Kasper Schmeichel, Julian Araujo, Auston Trusty, Liam Scales, Kieran Tierney, Benjamin Nygren, Arne Engels, Callum McGregor, Hyun-jun Yang, Tomas Cvancara and Daizen Maeda.

🧠 Prediction

Our feeling is that Aberdeen are capable enough to put one past this Celtic outfit, but one goal may not quite be enough to avoid defeat.

Therefore, we think that it’s going to be a very close game with a 1-2 advantage for Celtic when the full-time whistle blows. Let’s see what happens here.

Victor Martins, 14:03 04/02/2026