Falkirk vs Celtic Prediction, 31 Oct 2026

Falkirk host Celtic in the Scottish Premiership. Celtic have been winning regularly all season, while Falkirk have had a much tougher time of things domestically.

Celtic's form away from Scottish league football has wobbled lately, mixing big domestic wins with cup defeats. That contrast gives us something to dig into before deciding how this one might go.

Analysis updated 26 Oct 2026, 15:30 UTC.

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Form Check

Celtic's wider recent sample shows 11 wins from 20 across all competitions, including a 7-1 demolition of Hearts domestically. Their last two outings have gone the other way though, losing 1-2 to Celta Vigo in Europe and then 1-2 away at Hibernian.

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Falkirk: 20 completed matches; Celtic: 20 completed matches.

Falkirk

20 matches

Win: 40% 8 / 20
Draw: 20% 4 / 20
Loss: 40% 8 / 20

Scored: 28
Conceded: 26
Difference: +2

Celtic

20 matches

Win: 55% 11 / 20
Draw: 10% 2 / 20
Loss: 35% 7 / 20

Scored: 40
Conceded: 30
Difference: +10

Falkirk
League	Home	Away	Date	Score
Premiership	Falkirk	Kilmarnock	24.10.2026	3-0
Premiership	Hibernian	Falkirk	17.10.2026	1-2
Premiership	Falkirk	Dundee	10.10.2026	1-2
Premiership	ST Johnstone	Falkirk	19.09.2026	1-1
Premiership	Falkirk	Heart Of Midlothian	15.09.2026	2-1
Premiership	Dundee Utd	Falkirk	05.09.2026	1-1
Premiership	Falkirk	Rangers	02.09.2026	1-2
Premiership	Celtic	Falkirk	29.08.2026	2-1
Premiership	Motherwell	Falkirk	09.08.2026	0-0
Premiership	Falkirk	ST Mirren	01.08.2026	0-2

Celtic
League	Home	Away	Date	Score
Premiership	Hibernian	Celtic	25.10.2026	1-2
UEFA Europa League	Celtic	Celta Vigo	22.10.2026	1-2
Premiership	Celtic	Heart Of Midlothian	18.10.2026	7-1
UEFA Europa League	Benfica	Celtic	15.10.2026	4-1
Premiership	Motherwell	Celtic	11.10.2026	0-2
Premiership	Celtic	Rangers	20.09.2026	0-1
UEFA Europa League	Celtic	Ferencvarosi TC	17.09.2026	1-3
League Cup	Rangers	Celtic	13.09.2026	3-0
Premiership	ST Johnstone	Celtic	09.09.2026	0-1
Premiership	ST Mirren	Celtic	05.09.2026	1-2

Falkirk's home form hasn't been as grim as their table position suggests. They beat Kilmarnock 3-0 last time out at home, though they also lost at home to Dundee and Rangers in recent weeks.

Falkirk can be competitive at home, but Celtic's domestic scoring form remains the sharper of the two.

Comparative Team Statistics: Falkirk vs Celtic

Head-to-Head

Celtic have won each of the last eight meetings between these two clubs, several by wide margins including 4-0 and 5-2 scorelines. The most recent trip to Falkirk, back in January 2026, still ended 1-0 to Celtic.

Head 2 Head
League	Home	Away	Date	Score
Premiership	Celtic	Falkirk	29.08.2026	2-1
Premiership	Celtic	Falkirk	25.04.2026	3-1
Premiership	Celtic	Falkirk	01.02.2026	2-0
Premiership	Falkirk	Celtic	14.01.2026	0-1
Premiership	Celtic	Falkirk	29.10.2025	4-0
League Cup	Celtic	Falkirk	15.08.2025	4-1
League Cup	Celtic	Falkirk	22.09.2024	5-2
FA Cup	Celtic	Falkirk	03.04.2021	3-0

Even away from home, this fixture hasn't been close for Falkirk lately.

Falkirk will need something different to break a long run of defeats against this opponent.

League Position

Celtic sit top of the Premiership with 24 points from nine games, having won eight and lost just once, scoring 23 and conceding only five. Falkirk are ninth with nine points from the same number of matches, having won two, drawn three and lost four, with nine scored and twelve let in.

№	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF/GA	Points
1	Celtic	9	8	0	1	23/5	24
2	Rangers	9	6	2	1	13/7	20
3	Heart Of Midlothian	9	5	1	3	20/15	16

8	ST Mirren	9	3	1	5	9/17	10
9	Falkirk	9	2	3	4	9/12	9
10	Motherwell	9	2	2	5	11/16	8

That's a fifteen point gap and a huge swing in goal difference between the two sides at this stage of the campaign.

Celtic's goal difference alone marks them out as the strongest side in the division right now.

Falkirk vs Celtic: Scottish Premiership match preview with team badges and kick-off details.

Players to Watch

Celtic's goals have been spread around. C. Durán and B. Nygren have three goals and three assists each from seven appearances, while K. Høgh has three goals in just four matches. For Falkirk, R. Strain stands out as a creative outlet with two assists from seven games.

Falkirk:

Best assist providers:

R. Strain - 2

Celtic:

Best scorers:

C. Durán - 3

B. Nygren - 3

K. Høgh - 3

Best assist providers:

C. Durán - 3

B. Nygren - 3

K. Tierney - 2

Penalty cards:

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Match odds and squad lists

MATCH RESULT (1x2)

W1: 7.5

X: 5.5

W2: 1.3

Handicap

Falkirk

Celtic

Handicap (-1.5): 1.87

Handicap (-1.5): 1.85

Handicap (1.5): 2

Handicap (1.5): 1.75

Total

Over

Under

Over (2.5): 1.4

Under (2.5): 2.75

Over (3.5): 2

Under (3.5): 1.85

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Squad and player details

Falkirk
Name	Country	Age	Position	Height	Weight
S. Bain	Scotland	34	Goalkeeper	183 cm	75 kg
R. Strain	Australia	29	Defender	181	76
E. Ross	Scotland	25	Attacker	173	68
S. Tanser	England	32	Defender	182	65
C. Sibbald	Scotland	31	Midfielder	170	n/a
C. Donaldson	Scotland	31	Defender	188	83
J. McMillan	Scotland	28	Midfielder	183	77
L. Henderson	Scotland	30	Defender	191	n/a
B. Spencer	Scotland	30	Midfielder	173	66
R. MacIver	Scotland	27	Attacker	189	77
L. McCann	Scotland	26	Defender	171	n/a
N. Hogarth	Scotland	25	Goalkeeper	182	n/a
L. Neilson	Scotland	23	Defender	184 cm	67 kg
D. Meļņiks	Latvia	24	Defender	n/a	n/a
C. Fodrey	USA	22	Attacker	188	84
F. Yeats	Scotland	22	Midfielder	178	74
Joseph Charles Gardner	England	21	Midfielder	n/a	n/a
Ben Parkinson	England	21	Attacker	n/a	n/a
C. Allan	Scotland	22	Defender	n/a	n/a
B. Krauhaus	England	22	Midfielder	n/a	n/a
A. Doherty	Northern Ireland	20	Attacker	n/a	n/a
Owen Eames	England	19	Midfielder	n/a	n/a
P. McGovern	Northern Ireland	18	Attacker	n/a	n/a
Finley Frank Barbrook	England	21	Midfielder	n/a	n/a
J. Murrell	USA	22	Attacker	188	n/a
E. Laidlaw	n/a	n/a	Midfielder	n/a	n/a
C. McLeod	n/a	n/a	Midfielder	n/a	n/a
K. Bennet	n/a	n/a	Midfielder	n/a	n/a
C. McLeod	n/a	n/a	Midfielder	n/a	n/a

Celtic
Name	Country	Age	Position	Height	Weight
A. Oxlade-Chamberlain	England	33	Midfielder	180	70
Jota	Portugal	27	Attacker	175	60
J. Lotomba	Switzerland	28	Defender	177	71
A. Ralston	Scotland	27	Defender	178	70
K. Tierney	Scotland	29	Defender	178	70
J. Forrest	Scotland	35	Midfielder	170	67
C. McGregor	Scotland	33	Midfielder	180	73
K. Høgh	Denmark	25	Attacker	186	61
S. Johnstone	England	33	Goalkeeper	193	85
C. Carter-Vickers	USA	28	Defender	183	92
H. Hassan	France	24	Attacker	178	71
R. Doohan	Scotland	28	Goalkeeper	186	73
L. McCowan	Scotland	28	Midfielder	177	n/a
B. Nygren	Sweden	25	Midfielder	186	76
A. Trusty	USA	28	Defender	191	84
S. Tounekti	Tunisia	24	Attacker	183	68
L. Scales	Republic of Ireland	28	Defender	187	85
A. Johnston	Canada	28	Defender	180	77
O. Sørensen	Denmark	24	Midfielder	184	78
A. Engels	Belgium	23	Midfielder	185	78
V. Sinisalo	Finland	25	Goalkeeper	196	76
R. Hatate	Japan	28	Midfielder	171	70
M. Balikwisha	Belgium	25	Attacker	178	69
Yang Hyun-Jun	Korea Republic	24	Attacker	179	73
J. Kenny	Republic of Ireland	23	Attacker	177	n/a
D. Murray	Scotland	23	Defender	193	n/a
M. Baur	Germany	22	Midfielder	172	62
C. Osmand	Wales	20	Attacker	n/a	n/a
Shumaira Mheuka	England	19	Attacker	182	75
J. van den Berg	Netherlands	19	Midfielder	n/a	n/a
S. McArdle	Scotland	19	Midfielder	n/a	n/a
Colby Donovan	Scotland	20	Defender	n/a	n/a
L. Emenalo	England	18	Defender	177	n/a
C. Durán	Colombia	24	Attacker	178	n/a
J. Haney	n/a	n/a	Midfielder	n/a	n/a
L. Clearie	n/a	n/a	Midfielder	n/a	n/a
L. Kennedy	n/a	n/a	Midfielder	n/a	n/a

Put the league table, the head-to-head record and Celtic's domestic scoring form together and it points clearly towards the visitors doing more than just winning.

Falkirk's home form offers a bit of resistance, but Celtic covering a goal and a half looks like a fair reflection of the gap between these two sides right now.