Hibernian vs Celtic Prediction: Visiting Celtic are playing for pride

In the Scottish Premiership, Hibernian will face Celtic at Easter Road.

After losing their previous Premiership match to Rangers by a score of 1-3, Hibernian will be looking for a better outcome this time around. During that game, Hibernian had 32% possession of the ball and 14 shots on goal, with only two of them finding the back of the net. Paul Hanlon was the lone player on the Hibernian team to score in the 93rd minute. Rangers, the team they were playing against, had 20 shots on goal, with only seven of them hitting the target. The Rangers got goals from James Tavernier in the 32nd minute, Ianis Hagi in the 55th minute, and Todd Cantwell in the 86th minute. Over the course of their last six matches, Hibernian, coached by Lee Johnson, have scored six goals. They have given up a total of seven goals in those games, which corresponds to the number of goals that they have scored themselves. Prior to this matchup, Hibernian had not been victorious against Celtic in any of their previous 14 matches played within the league.

Celtic's previous match against St. Mirren in the Premiership ended in a 2-2 draw. During that match, Celtic managed to have 77% control of the ball and 21 shots on goal, with only six of those shots being on target. Kyogo Furuhashi in the 14th minute and Callum McGregor in the 81st minute scored goals for Celtic. The Ange Postecoglou-coached Celtic team has scored 10 goals over the course of their last six games. Before this encounter, Celtic had not suffered a defeat at the hands of Hibernian in any of the previous seven league matches that took place away from Celtic Park.

Over the course of the last seasons, the two teams have competed against one another 59 times, with Celtic coming out on top 36 times and Hibernian taking home 7 victories. There were 16 games that were decided by a draw. The head-to-head matchups between the two teams resulted in Hibernian scoring 51 goals and Celtic scoring 117 goals.

We anticipate that this contest will be challenging. However, despite the fact that Celtic have already won the league and Hibernian are the ones competing for a berth in Europe, I still anticipate the away team to win because they have a stronger roster.