Celtic vs Zenit: result 1-0 and analysis
UEFA Europa League16th FinalsKick-off on February 15, 2018 at 08:05 PM (UTC)Celtic Park, Glasgow
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What was the result of Celtic vs Zenit?
Celtic won 1-0 on February 15, 2018.
Goalscorers
- 78′C. McGregorCeltic
Official lineup for Celtic vs Zenit
The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.
Celtic
- 10M. Dembélé
- 49J. Forrest
- 8Scott Brown
- 21O. Ntcham
- 42C. McGregor
- 88E. Kouassi
- 5Jozo Šimunović
- 23M. Lustig
- 35K. Ajer
- 63K. Tierney
- 24Dorus de Vries
Zenit
- 9A. Kokorin
- 29A. Zabolotny
- 5L. Paredes
- 10E. Rigoni
- 14D. Kuzyaev
- 21A. Erokhin
- 23M. Mevlja
- 4D. Criscito
- 19I. Smolnikov
- 30E. Mammana
- 99A. Lunev
What is the recent form of both teams?
Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, Celtic have 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats; Zenit have 7, 5 and 3.
The competition is shown for every match: in pre-season, several of these games are friendlies.
| Date | Opponent | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 2018 | Kilmarnock(away) | 0-1 | Premiership |
| Jan 30, 2018 | Heart Of Midlothian(home) | 3-1 | Premiership |
| Jan 27, 2018 | Hibernian(home) | 1-0 | Premiership |
| Jan 23, 2018 | Partick(away) | 2-1 | Premiership |
| Dec 30, 2017 | Rangers(home) | 0-0 | Premiership |
| Date | Opponent | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 2017 | Akhmat(away) | 0-0 | Premier League |
| Dec 7, 2017 | Real Sociedad(away) | 3-1 | UEFA Europa League |
| Dec 2, 2017 | Ural(home) | 2-1 | Premier League |
| Nov 27, 2017 | Spartak Moscow(away) | 1-3 | Premier League |
| Nov 23, 2017 | Vardar Skopje(home) | 2-1 | UEFA Europa League |
How many goals should we expect?
Celtic score 1.7 and concede 0.9 goals per match over their last 15; Zenit score 1.6 and concede 1.0.
| Club | Goals scored / match | Goals conceded / match | Clean sheets | Both teams scored | Over 2.5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celtic | 1.7 | 0.9 | 6 | 6/15 | 7/15 |
| Zenit | 1.6 | 1.0 | 5 | 8/15 | 9/15 |
Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.
Where do both teams sit in the table?
| # | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | Celtic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
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How does Footlab AI compute this prediction?
The model combines both teams' Elo ratings (anchored by competition pool), their recent form weighted by opponent strength, home advantage and a Poisson matrix for scorelines. When bookmakers publish odds for the match, their consensus is built into the calculation: that is what proved most accurate on past matches. Its accuracy is measured continuously on the predictions actually published. Methodology and measured accuracy