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Scottish Cup | Quarter-Finals
Mar 9, 2025 at 3pm UK
Celtic Park
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Celtic
2 - 0
Hibernian

Maeda (39'), Idah (90+2')
Schlupp (86')
FT(HT: 1-0)

Iredale (23'), Campbell (28'), Triantis (48')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Scottish Cup clash between Celtic and Hibernian, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: St Mirren 2-5 Celtic
Saturday, March 1 at 5.30pm in Scottish Premiership
Last Game: Hibernian 2-1 Hearts
Sunday, March 2 at 12.30pm in Scottish Premiership

We said: Celtic 3-1 Hibernian

While Hibernian will be confident due to their recent form and victory over Celtic late last month, the Bhoys are certainly the favourites given their dominance in domestic competitions this season, leading us to expect a home win. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Celtic win with a probability of 73.28%. A draw had a probability of 15.9% and a win for Hibernian had a probability of 10.79%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 2-0 with a probability of 10.72%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.31%) and 3-0 (9.01%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (7.38%), while for a Hibernian win it was 1-2 (3.2%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 10.7% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 2-0 win for Celtic in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Celtic.

Result
CelticDrawHibernian
73.28% (-0.0090000000000003 -0.01) 15.92% (0.0030000000000001 0) 10.79% (0.00099999999999945 0)
Both teams to score 53.35% (-0.015000000000001 -0.02)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
65.81% (-0.019999999999996 -0.02)34.18% (0.015000000000001 0.02)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
43.92% (-0.021000000000001 -0.02)56.07% (0.018000000000001 0.02)
Celtic Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
91.96% (-0.0090000000000003 -0.01)8.04% (0.0050000000000008 0.01)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
71.7% (-0.016999999999996 -0.02)28.3% (0.014000000000003 0.01)
Hibernian Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
58.01% (-0.011000000000003 -0.01)41.99% (0.0080000000000027 0.01)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
21.57% (-0.009999999999998 -0.01)78.42% (0.0040000000000049 0)
Score Analysis
    Celtic 73.28%
    Hibernian 10.79%
    Draw 15.92%
CelticDrawHibernian
2-0 @ 10.72%
2-1 @ 9.31% (0.00099999999999945 0)
3-0 @ 9.01%
1-0 @ 8.51% (0.0050000000000008 0.01)
3-1 @ 7.82% (-0.0020000000000007 -0)
4-0 @ 5.68% (-0.0010000000000003 -0)
4-1 @ 4.93% (-0.0020000000000007 -0)
3-2 @ 3.39% (-0.00099999999999989 -0)
5-0 @ 2.87% (-0.00099999999999989 -0)
5-1 @ 2.49% (-0.0019999999999998 -0)
4-2 @ 2.14% (-0.0020000000000002 -0)
6-0 @ 1.2% (-0.0010000000000001 -0)
5-2 @ 1.08% (-0.0010000000000001 -0)
6-1 @ 1.05% (-0.0010000000000001 -0)
Other @ 3.09%
Total : 73.28%
1-1 @ 7.38% (0.0030000000000001 0)
2-2 @ 4.04% (-0.00099999999999945 -0)
0-0 @ 3.37% (0.0020000000000002 0)
3-3 @ 0.98%
Other @ 0.15%
Total : 15.92%
1-2 @ 3.2%
0-1 @ 2.93% (0.0019999999999998 0)
0-2 @ 1.27%
2-3 @ 1.17% (-0.0010000000000001 -0)
1-3 @ 0.93%
Other @ 1.29%
Total : 10.79%

How you voted: Celtic vs Hibernian

Celtic
78.1%
Draw
6.3%
Hibernian
15.6%
32
Head to Head
Feb 22, 2025 12.30pm
Gameweek 27
Hibernian
2-1
Celtic
Campbell (2', 45+4')
Bushiri (77'), Obita (90+5'), Campbell (90+2')
Maeda (68')
Taylor (24'), Johnston (49')
Dec 7, 2024 3pm
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Celtic
3-0
Hibernian
Engels (6'), Newell (54' og.), Furuhashi (84')
Engels (41')

Campbell (81'), O'Hora (84')
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Celtic
3-1
Hibernian
Maeda (4', 15'), Kuhn (56')
Carter-Vickers (33')
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Hibernian
0-2
Celtic

Campbell (6'), Newell (8')
Kuhn (3'), McGregor (19')
Scales (13')
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1-2
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Levitt (60')
Moriah-Welsh (45+6'), Fish (51'), Boyle (62'), Newell (90+1')
Idah (10' pen., 90+2')
Welsh (59'), Bernabei (78')
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