About Match
On paper the standings are lopsided — Celtic 1st with 18 points, Falkirk 11th with 2, 16 apart. Per game in the league, Falkirk score 0.6 and conceding 1.4, Celtic 2.33 and 0.5, against a competition average of 1.3 goals per team per game. Three points here take Falkirk to 5 and up to 9th, assuming other results stand.
A win has eluded Falkirk for 5 matches. The five-game form split reads 2/15 points for Falkirk against 12/15 for Celtic.
GioScore's database holds 11 meetings between the two: 0 for Falkirk, 9 for Celtic and 2 drawn, at 3.55 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 64% of the meetings. 64% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 55%.
The venue is Falkirk Community Stadium in Falkirk, with room for 7,937 spectators.