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Celtic face a trip to Motherwell at Fir Park at lunchtime on Saturday, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 59 of the 122 previous games, with the hosts winning just 29.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in May 2005, the The 'Well carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Scottish Premier match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sun 22 May | Motherwell | 2 - 1 | Celtic | SPL |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 22 Jan | Celtic | 2 - 0 | Motherwell | SPL |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 30 Oct | Motherwell | 2 - 3 | Celtic | SPL |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 08 Aug | Celtic | 2 - 0 | Motherwell | SPL |
| 2003/2004 | Wed 12 May | Motherwell | 1 - 1 | Celtic | SPL |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 14 Mar | Celtic | 1 - 1 | Motherwell | SPL |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 21 Dec | Motherwell | 0 - 2 | Celtic | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
Motherwell are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 9 to 8.
The away form of Celtic however, is much more impressive, picking up four victories from the last six. The The Bhoys's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 12 goals for and 11 against.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Motherwell | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 |
| Celtic | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The Bhoys have been performing with great credit on their travels, and the Madmen see no reason why they should not return from Fir Park with an easy victory. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Motherwell | No sequences of note |
| Celtic | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. Last drawn game 28 outings ago. |