Matchday 36 of the Scottish Premiership is upon us, with some thrilling fixtures lined up for this weekend. On Thursday evening, Celtic host Rangers at Parkhead, a venue steeped in history where the Hoops have won an astonishing 63% of their league matches since 1898. Did you know that Rangers have never beaten Celtic in a league match at Parkhead without conceding a goal? Meanwhile, Hearts travel to Dens Park to face Dundee, a team with whom they share a rich rivalry dating back to the early days of Scottish football.
In the table below you will find our AI prediccions for Scottish Premiership round 36.

Date	Home Team	Away Team	Prediction
2024-05-11	Celtic	Rangers	1
2024-05-11	Hearts	Dundee	1
2024-05-11	St Mirren	Kilmarnock	1
2024-05-11	Livingston	St Johnstone	2
2024-05-11	Ross County	Motherwell	1
2024-05-12	Hibernian	Aberdeen	1

The table below shows the expected number of goals in each match based on home teams average performance (goals scored and conceded) at home, and away teams average performance away.

Date	League	Home Team	Away Team	Expected Goals
2024-05-11	Scottish Premiership	Celtic	Rangers	2.88
2024-05-11	Scottish Premiership	Hearts	Dundee	2.86
2024-05-11	Scottish Premiership	St Mirren	Kilmarnock	2.30
2024-05-11	Scottish Premiership	Livingston	St Johnstone	1.94
2024-05-11	Scottish Premiership	Ross County	Motherwell	2.47
2024-05-12	Scottish Premiership	Hibernian	Aberdeen	2.56

We also have calculated the average goals scored and conceded for the teams. See the table below.

Team	Home Goals	Home Conceded	Away Goals	Away Conceded
Celtic	2.65	0.71	2.22	0.83
Rangers	2.56	0.89	1.88	0.53
Motherwell	1.72	1.61	1.12	1.41
Hibernian	1.29	1.29	1.44	1.78
Dundee	1.28	1.50	1.35	1.88
Hearts	1.53	0.94	1.11	1.17
Kilmarnock	1.56	0.89	0.94	1.29
St Mirren	1.29	1.06	1.11	1.56
Aberdeen	1.17	1.22	0.94	1.59
Ross County	1.18	1.24	0.78	2.11
Livingston	0.65	1.35	0.78	2.22
St Johnstone	0.89	1.50	0.53	1.35