Dundee United v Celtic (Premiership)
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Wednesday 11th May – 7:30PM KO
Celtic are just a point away from securing the Premiership title, and it would take a huge upset on Wednesday at Tannadice if they were to fail to secure this. Ange Postecoglou’s side have won their last eight domestically when matches against Rangers are excluded, while they have already picked up two 3-0 wins away to the Tangerines this season.
This Hoops team is one that enjoys playing with a flourish and the prospect of rounding out the league season in a classy manner is one that will appeal to their mindset. Saturday’s fine 4-1 win over Hearts was a case in point.
Dundee United, after all, are not a side in good form. They have won only two of their last 11 matches in all competitions, and though draws have proliferated during this sequence, they have only tied three times at home in the league all season.
They were defeated 2-0 away against Rangers on Sunday, and were at least competitive for a long period of that encounter, but they are winless in 15 against Celtic, losing 12 of those. Six of their last home encounters against the Bhoys have ended in multi-goal defeats, and the way this match is set up suggests there will be another difficult evening in store for Tam Courts’ side. Look for the visitors to win this one comfortably to secure the title in style.
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Prediction: Celtic -1 Handicap, 1.53 on Betfair (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)
Motherwell v Hearts (Premiership)
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Wednesday 11th May – 7:45PM KO
Motivation could play a big part in Motherwell’s home encounter against Hearts on Wednesday. The hosts, after all, virtually need to win this game to keep alive their hopes of European football. They came up with a big 1-0 victory away to Ross County at the weekend, with Kevin van Veen ending a lengthy goal drought with a penalty.
With Celtic away to come on Saturday, they cannot realistically expect to gain much from that trip.
The Well’s strength this season, meanwhile, has been primarily in their home performances. They have picked up eight of their 11 victories at Fir Park. Conversely, Hearts have only won six times away from home in 18 matches.
The visiting side, meanwhile, have little to play for aside from places in the cup final team a week on Saturday. With that match in mind, some rotation in the team is possible ahead of a dress rehearsal for that fixture at home against Rangers at the weekend.
Historically, this has been a fixture that has favoured whichever side has been playing at home. Each of the three previous meetings this term has finished 2-0 to the hosts, while Motherwell have won four of their last five league matches at home against their Edinburgh rivals.
If they cannot extend that run, their hopes of playing European football next season will effectively be over, so expect that fact to give them an extra spur ahead of what promises to be a tight-fought match.
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Prediction: Motherwell Draw no Bet, 2.10 on Betfair (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)
Queen’s Park v Airdrie (League One)
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Thursday 12th May – 7:30PM KO
The first leg of the Championship playoff final is contested on Thursday at Firhill, with Queen’s Park up against Airdrie.
QP have rather stumbled their way to this point. A full-time team in a primarily part-time league, they struggled to finish fourth, drawing a high number of games in the regular season. Against Championship side Dunfermline, they managed to find the resources to produce a tight victory. Simon Murray got the only goal of the two matches late in Saturday’s return leg after the Pars had been reduced to 10 men for a long period.
Queen’s Park are not a team that is typically involved in high-scoring affairs, as evidenced by that semi-final, and this meeting with Airdrie is likely to be along the same lines. Indeed, none of the four regular season matches between the clubs produced more than two goals, with both matches at Firhill ending drawn. They also played in the League and Challenge Cups, with both those matches ending all square after 90 minutes, too.
Airdrie may be coming off the back of a 6-4 victory over Montrose after extra-time at the weekend, but their opponents were decimated defensively and folded due to mental and physical fatigue at the end of that time. Having come back from 4-1 down on aggregate in the closing stages to progress, the Diamonds are likely to be high on confidence and should not be too fatigued after a five-day break.
With the stakes high in this encounter, it will suit both teams to keep things tight, so expect the type of cagey match that has typified their previous meetings this season.
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Prediction: Under 2.5 Goals, 1.73 on Betfair (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)
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