Dundee United FC vs Celtic FC, Premier League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Premier League · 2025-26

Dundee United FC

2 – 1

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Celtic FC

Wed 17 Dec 2025 · 20:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Dundee United FC vs Celtic FC — Premier League .

Dundee United FC 12 games · 17 pts (2026/27)
Celtic FC 13 games · 31 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee John Beaton

7 games this season 🟨 5.1/game ⚽ 9.0 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Celtic FC	13	31
2	Rangers FC	12	27
3	Falkirk FC	13	21
4	Heart of Midlothian FC	12	20
5	Dundee FC	12	17
6	Dundee United FC	12	17
7	St. Johnstone FC	13	17
8	St. Mirren FC	13	14
9	Motherwell FC	13	13
10	Hibernian FC	12	11
11	Aberdeen FC	12	11
12	Kilmarnock FC	13	9

Head-to-Head

Dundee United FC 17 games · Avg 2.9 goals Celtic FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-12-17 Dundee United FC 2–1 Celtic FC 2025-04-26 Dundee United FC 0–5 Celtic FC 2025-02-15 Celtic FC 3–0 Dundee United FC 2025-01-08 Celtic FC 2–0 Dundee United FC 2024-12-22 Dundee United FC 0–0 Celtic FC

Recent Form

Dundee United FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Dec	Celtic FC	H	2–1	W
13 Dec	Motherwell FC	H	0–0	D
06 Dec	St. Mirren FC	A	0–2	L
03 Dec	Rangers FC	H	2–2	D
29 Nov	Kilmarnock FC	A	1–1	D
22 Nov	Falkirk FC	H	0–3	L

Celtic FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Dec	Dundee United FC	A	1–2	L
11 Dec	AS Roma	H	0–3	L
07 Dec	Heart of Midlothian FC	H	1–2	L
03 Dec	Dundee FC	H	1–0	W
30 Nov	Hibernian FC	A	2–1	W
27 Nov	Feyenoord Rotterdam	A	3–1	W

Season Stats

Dundee United FC		Celtic FC
#6	Position	#1
17	Points	31
12	Played	13
4 / 5 / 3	W / D / L	10 / 1 / 2
17	Scored	28
17	Conceded	10
+0	GD	+18
1.42	PPG	2.38
33%	Win %	77%

Key Stats

29% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

47% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

27% Clean Sheets
Dundee United FC this season

38% Clean Sheets
Celtic FC this season

Dundee United FC are 6th (17 pts). Celtic FC are 1st (31 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Dundee United FC

0-15

4/4

16-30

2/4

31-45

7/1

46-60

–/4

61-75

1/4

76+

3/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Celtic FC

0-15

6/2

16-30

3/2

31-45

7/4

46-60

6/1

61-75

3/1

76+

1/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Dundee United FC

Jesse Randall	3 G	3 A
Zac Sapsford	3 G
Lyall Cameron	2 G	3 A
Will Ferry	1 G	1 A
Lachlan Rose	1 G

Celtic FC

Camilo Duran	7 G	6 A
Benjamin Nygren	6 G	3 A
Kasper Hogh	3 G	3 A
Liam Scales	3 G	1 A
Hyun-jun Yang	2 G

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Dundee United FC and Celtic FC get this one started.
Celtic FC will have plenty to reflect on. Dundee United FC were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Dundee United FC Lineups

Celtic FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Liel Abada	6
Kyogo Furuhashi	5
Sead Haksabanovic	3
Adam Idah	3
Josip Juranovic	3
Jota	3
Odsonne Edouard	2
Dylan Levitt	2

Head to Head

Dundee United FC Form

2025-12-17 Dundee United FC 2–1 Celtic FC W 2025-12-13 Dundee United FC 0–0 Motherwell FC D 2025-12-06 St. Mirren FC 2–0 Dundee United FC L 2025-12-03 Dundee United FC 2–2 Rangers FC D 2025-11-29 Kilmarnock FC 1–1 Dundee United FC D 2025-11-22 Dundee United FC 0–3 Falkirk FC L

Celtic FC Form

2025-12-17 Dundee United FC 2–1 Celtic FC L 2025-12-11 Celtic FC 0–3 AS Roma L 2025-12-07 Celtic FC 1–2 Heart of Midlothian FC L 2025-12-03 Celtic FC 1–0 Dundee FC W 2025-11-30 Hibernian FC 1–2 Celtic FC W 2025-11-27 Feyenoord Rotterdam 1–3 Celtic FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

0.94 Dundee United FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.94 Celtic FC xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Dundee United FC25% Draw25% Celtic FC50%

Actual: Dundee United FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes52% 0% No48%

Avg goals/match: 2.88

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	54%	46%
± 3.5	33%	67%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

Dundee United FC or Draw

50%

Draw or Celtic FC

75%

Dundee United FC or Celtic FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Dundee United FC14% Draw43% Celtic FC43%

Actual: Celtic FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11%

0 – 2

10.4%

0 – 1

10.2%

1 – 2

9.6%

0 – 0

7.4%

0 – 3

6.6%

1 – 3

6.2%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 2

4.5%

1 – 0

4.4%

0 – 4

3.2%

1 – 4

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Dundee United FC

Handicap	Dundee United FC covers	Push	Celtic FC covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	4%	94%
-1.5	6%	—	94%
-1	6%	11%	83%
-0.5	17%	—	83%
+0.5	41%	—	59%
+1	41%	23%	36%
+1.5	64%	—	36%
+2	64%	18%	18%
+2.5	82%	—	18%

Clean Sheet

Dundee United FC keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

Celtic FC keeps clean sheet

40% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.