Preview

• The 2nd Phase of the 2024-2025 Premiership sees Aberdeen and Celtic clash at Pittodrie Stadium on 2025-05-14 (kick-off 20:00 GMT).
• Recent managerial H2H between B. Rodgers and J. Thelin over 4 matches, record stands at 3-0, with 1 draw.
• Aberdeen are 4th in the standings with 53 points, followed by Celtic in 1st on 88 points.
• Aberdeen and Celtic will both field their strongest squads with no absentees.
• Our forecast has Aberdeen in a 4-man backline (4-2-3-1), with Celtic set to counter in 4-3-3.
• Last time out, D. Mitov registered the best mark for Aberdeen - 7.2 - and N. Kühn did likewise for Celtic with an 8.6 score.
• Both teams are coming from different results: Aberdeen fell 0-4 against Rangers, while Celtic prevailed 3-1 over Hibernian.
• Momentum favors Celtic (4-1-0) after Aberdeen managed only 2-1-2 from 5 matches.
• Celtic hold the upper hand H2H: of 82 meetings, they've triumphed 67 times, conceded 6 times and shared 9 draws.
• Expect Celtic to edge a 1-3 win: their 12-3-3 record on the road and 3.39 goals per away match tip the balance.

Predictions

Summary

Match Info

14/05/2025 19:00

Pittodrie Stadium

S. McLean

Premiership

Team Kits

Events

2'	A. Dorrington
31'		0 - 1	M. Nawrocki L. McCowan
42'	P. Gueye K. Nisbet	1 - 1
45+8'		1 - 2	Yang Hyun-Jun
HT 1 - 2
48'		1 - 3	L. McCowan J. Forrest
54'		1 - 4	J. Kenny L. McCowan
57'	P. Gueye
57'	J. Milne M. Knoester
58'	J. MacKenzie G. Shinnie
61'			R. Hatate C. McGregor
61'			A. Johnston A. Ralston
70'	O. Dabbagh K. Nisbet
70'	J. McGrath S. Morris
70'			A. Idah J. Kenny
71'			N. Kuhn Yang Hyun-Jun
75'	J. MacKenzie
78'	A. Dorrington
80'	N. Devlin T. Keskinen
81'			S. Mcardle L. McCowan
90+4'		1 - 5	A. Idah

Stats

Lineups

AberdeenCeltic

Aberdeen 4-2-3-1 J. Thelin

7.7

Dimitar Mitov

6

Mats Knoester

6.3

Alexander Jensen

5.3

Alfie Dorrington

6.3

Jack Mackenzie

6.6

Ante Palaversa

6.9

Leighton Clarkson

6.6

Jamie McGrath

7

Pape Habib Gueye

6.2

Topi Keskinen

6.2

Oday Dabbagh

Substitute Players

4

Graeme Shinnie

20

Shayden Morris

9

Kevin Nisbet

16

Jeppe Okkels

30

Fletcher Boyd

2

Nicky Devlin

22

Jack Milne

8

Dante Polvara

31

Ross Doohan

Celtic 4-4-1-1 B. Rodgers

7.2

Viljami Sinisalo

7.3

Alistair Johnston

7.9

Maik Nawrocki

7

Auston Trusty

7.3

Jeffrey Schlupp

8.2

James Forrest

7.2

Reo Hatate

7.9

Paulo Bernardo

6.9

Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn

7.2

Sean Mcardle

7.2

Adam Idah

Substitute Players

56

Anthony Ralston

42

Callum McGregor

13

Yang Hyun-Jun

14

Luke McCowan

24

Johnny Kenny

3

Greg Taylor

5

Liam Scales

27

Arne Engels

1

Kasper Schmeichel

H2H

Standings

TotalHomeAway

Regular Season

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS	Recent Form
1	Celtic	33	26	3	4	97	22	75	81	W L W L W
2	Rangers	33	20	6	7	68	35	33	66	D L W W L
3	Hibernian	33	14	11	8	54	41	13	53	W W W D W
4	Dundee Utd	33	14	8	11	41	40	1	50	W W W L D
5	Aberdeen	33	14	8	11	45	49	-4	50	D W W D D
6	St. Mirren	33	12	5	16	45	54	-9	41	W L W D L
7	Hearts	33	11	7	15	43	44	-1	40	D L L W L
8	Motherwell	33	11	6	16	37	56	-19	39	D L L D W
9	Kilmarnock	33	9	8	16	38	58	-20	35	L W L D L
10	Ross County	33	9	8	16	33	56	-23	35	L L L L W
11	Dundee FC	33	9	7	17	50	71	-21	34	L W L W D
12	St Johnstone	33	8	5	20	33	58	-25	29	L W L D D

Championship Round

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS	Recent Form
1	Celtic	38	29	5	4	112	26	86	92	D W W D W
2	Rangers	38	22	9	7	80	41	39	75	D W W D D
3	Hibernian	38	15	13	10	62	50	12	58	D D L W L
4	Dundee Utd	38	15	8	15	45	54	-9	53	W L L L L
5	Aberdeen	38	15	8	15	48	61	-13	53	L L L L W
6	St. Mirren	38	14	8	16	53	59	-6	50	D D W W D

Relegation Round

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS	Recent Form
7	Hearts	38	15	7	16	52	47	5	52	W W W W L
8	Motherwell	38	14	7	17	46	63	-17	49	D W L W W
9	Kilmarnock	38	12	8	18	45	64	-19	44	L L W W W
10	Dundee FC	38	11	8	19	57	77	-20	41	W D L L W
11	Ross County	38	9	10	19	37	65	-28	37	D D L L L
12	St Johnstone	38	9	5	24	38	68	-30	32	L L W L L