Hibernian host Celtic at Easter Road Stadium in Edinburgh on October 25, 2026, with kick-off scheduled for 12:00 local time. The Scottish Premiership fixture brings together the teams at opposite ends of the standings after nine league games: Hibernian are 12th, while Celtic are first. The hosts are searching for a change in results after a difficult run, but the visitors also arrive following a midweek defeat in Europe. Celtic have had the better of recent meetings, although Hibernian’s scoring record in this fixture gives the home side reason to believe they can trouble the league leaders.

Hibernian’s Recent Form and Key Stats

Hibernian have recorded two wins, one draw and six defeats in their first nine Premiership matches. Their most recent outing ended in a 2-1 loss to Falkirk on October 17, extending their winless run to four games, three of which they have lost. Looking across their last seven outings, they have won only once. Their most recent five matches comprise one win, one draw and three defeats.

Goals have not disappeared entirely from Hibernian’s game: they have averaged 1.0 goal scored per match both across their recent five-game sequence and in the Premiership season as a whole. Defensively, though, their league average stands at 1.6 goals conceded per game. They have let in at least one goal in each of their last 15 Premiership matches, a concerning sequence ahead of a meeting with the division’s highest-scoring team.

The home side’s difficulties have also been visible before the interval. Hibernian have trailed at half-time in each of their last six home Premiership matches and in each of their last six league games overall. At least one first-half goal has been scored in each of their last 16 Premiership fixtures. Their home league matches have produced more than 8.5 corners in 13 consecutive games, while 29 of their last 31 Premiership matches have featured more than 7.5 corners. Those figures describe matches with plenty happening, but Hibernian’s immediate priority is to turn a competitive performance into a result.

Celtic’s Recent Form and Key Stats

Celtic lead the Premiership with eight wins and one defeat from nine matches. They have averaged 2.6 goals scored and 0.6 conceded per league game, giving them both the competition’s strongest scoring record and its best defensive record in the supplied figures. That league form makes a clear contrast with their latest result: a 2-1 home defeat to Celta de Vigo in the Europa League on October 22. It was their third successive European loss.

Across their last five matches in all competitions, Celtic have won twice and lost three times, scoring an average of 2.2 goals and conceding 1.6 per game. They have responded to European defeats with comfortable wins on the previous two occasions described in the match information, including a 7-1 victory over Hearts after the most recent of those setbacks. Whether they can produce a similar response at Easter Road is one of the central questions of this preview.

Celtic’s results have seldom been settled by a draw: they have gone 22 matches without one across all competitions and 19 without one in the Premiership. Their away league games have also consistently featured second-half scoring, with at least one goal after the break in each of their last 12 Premiership away matches. The same has been true of 21 of their last 23 games overall. Despite their strong league defensive average, recent meetings with Hibernian suggest that keeping the hosts out may not be straightforward.

Hibernian vs Celtic Match Analysis

The league records point firmly towards Celtic: they have six more Premiership wins than Hibernian after nine games, score more than twice as many goals per match on average, and concede substantially fewer. Hibernian’s run of 15 league games without a clean sheet adds to the challenge of facing the division’s leading scorers. At the same time, Celtic’s midweek European defeat and their three losses in the last five matches offer a reminder that their broader recent form has been less consistent than their Premiership record.

Recent head-to-head results add a different perspective to the scoring outlook. From Hibernian’s point of view, the last five meetings have brought one win, one draw and three defeats, with the hosts averaging 1.0 goal scored per match. Hibernian scored in four of those five encounters, leaving Celtic with just one clean sheet in that sequence. The latest meeting, on May 3, 2026, finished 2-1. Celtic have generally taken the better results, but these meetings have also shown that Hibernian can contribute a goal.

For Hibernian, the task is to make that scoring record count while addressing a lengthy run of goals conceded. For Celtic, their league attacking output gives them a strong platform, though their recent head-to-head clean-sheet record argues against assuming a one-sided scoring pattern. With the visitors’ Premiership strength set against the hosts’ record of finding the net in this fixture, goals for both sides are a credible focus for the match.

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