Celtic Key Passes Stats 2026/2027

Celtic Key Passes Stats 2026/2027 - season overview

Celtic are averaging 14.3 key passes per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 25.4 total key passes on average. That puts them 2nd of 12 for chances created per match in their primary competition. Below you'll find every Celtic player's key-pass rate and create-shots hit percentage, the upcoming fixture against Rangers, and a full match-by-match log.

Frequently Asked Questions

What counts as a created shot in the Player to Create Shots market?

A key pass or an assist. A key pass is the final pass to a teammate who attempts a shot without scoring; if that teammate scores, the pass is recorded as an assist instead. Bookmakers settle create-shots lines on Opta data as the sum of both, so every chance created counts once.

Does this table include assists in the key pass numbers?

No - the table shows key passes only. Because a create-shots line settles on key passes plus assists, a Celtic player's true market number is equal to or higher than what you see here. The hit rates are a conservative floor for the create-shots market.

Which bookmakers offer the create shots market?

Bet365 lists it as Player To Create Shots in its bet builder, and Sky Bet and Paddy Power carry the same market family in theirs. Lines and player coverage vary by fixture - creative midfielders and attacking full-backs are priced most often.

How does Super Sub affect create shots settlement?

At Sky Bet and Paddy Power, if the player you backed is substituted off, the player who replaces him continues the line and the substitute's chances created count towards your bet. Bet365 instead runs Sub On Play On - a player who enters as a substitute has his own bet stand, with his output counting from the moment he comes on.

Which Celtic players create the most shots?

Benjamin Nygren leads with 26 key passes across 10 qualifying appearances (2.6/g, 80% hit rate). The table ranks every Celtic player by key passes per qualifying appearance (20+ minutes) with hit rates at the 1+, 2+ and 3+ lines and six-game form.

Where do these key passes stats come from?

All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz - 10 Celtic fixtures in the active window for 2026/2027. Bookmakers settle the create-shots market on Opta's count, which can differ by the odd marginal touch, so always treat the bookmaker's feed as final for settlement.

What is the create shots market?

Player to Create Shots is a bet builder market where you back a player to set up a number of shots for his teammates - typically 1+, 2+ or 3+ across the 90 minutes. Bookmakers settle it on Opta data as the cumulative total of a player's key passes plus his assists. A key pass is the final pass to a teammate who then attempts a shot without scoring; if the teammate scores, that pass upgrades from a key pass to an assist. Both count towards a create-shots line, so the market is effectively a bet on chances created. One honest note on this table: it shows key passes only. A player's create-shots number at the bookmaker is his key passes PLUS his assists, so for Celtic players who register assists the table slightly understates the market line. Treat the hit rates here as a conservative floor - a player hitting 2+ key passes regularly clears a 2+ create-shots line at least as often.

Bet365 player to create shots

Bet365 lists the market as Player To Create Shots inside its bet builder, usually at 1+, 2+ and 3+ lines for the creative midfielders and full-backs in each side. Bet365's player markets run Sub On Play On rules: if your player comes on as a substitute, his bet stands and his output from the moment he enters counts in full. Use the Lineup only toggle above the table to focus the Celtic numbers on players expected to start.

Sky Bet create shots

Sky Bet carries create shots selections in its bet builder and applies its Super Sub rule to player markets: if the player you backed is substituted off, the player who replaces him continues the line, and the substitute's key passes and assists count towards your bet. That makes team-level creativity - how many chances Celtic generate as a side - matter as much as the individual you pick, because the line survives a substitution.

Paddy Power create shots

Paddy Power offers the same create-shots market family in its bet builder, also with Super Sub settlement - a replaced starter's line is continued by the player who comes on for him. As with any player market, settlement follows the bookmaker's official data feed (Opta), so a marginal touch that our data logs as a key pass will almost always match, but the bookmaker's count is the one that settles the bet.

How to use this table for create shots bets

Start with the hit percentage at your line: step the table between 1+, 2+ and 3+ key passes and read how often each Celtic player has cleared that number per qualifying appearance (20+ minutes). The Match grid view shows the raw counts game by game - green cells mark matches where the player hit the active line - and the form dots track his last six. The Super Sub toggle folds substitutes' key passes into each starter's fixture cells, mirroring how Sky Bet and Paddy Power settle. It also points at a structural edge: books price a starter's line on his per-90 output, while Super Sub rules quietly add his replacement's output on top - so at those books, lines on players in high-rotation positions are slightly better than they look. Pair the hit rates with the chances created per game number and the over/under dials below before building the leg.

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Celtic player key passes rates

Player	Position	Apps	Key passes	Per game	1+ hit rate
Mika Baur	attacker	7	12	1.71	100%
Haissem Hassan	attacker	5	7	1.4	100%
Arne Engels	midfielder	3	9	3	100%
James Forrest	attacker	3	3	1	100%
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	midfielder	2	2	1	100%
Daizen Maeda	attacker	1	1	1	100%
Benjamin Nygren	attacker	10	26	2.6	80%
Hyun-jun Yang	attacker	8	11	1.38	75%
Kieran Tierney	defender	7	12	1.71	71%
Alistair Johnston	defender	3	2	0.67	67%
Oliver Sørensen	midfielder	3	2	0.67	67%
Camilo Durán	attacker	8	8	1	63%
Liam Scales	defender	7	7	1	57%
Callum McGregor	midfielder	9	7	0.78	56%
Kasper Høgh	attacker	6	7	1.17	50%
Luke McCowan	midfielder	2	2	1	50%
Reo Hatate	midfielder	2	1	0.5	50%
Sebastian Tounekti	attacker	5	3	0.6	40%
Colby Donovan	defender	8	5	0.63	38%
Cameron Carter-Vickers	defender	8	2	0.25	25%
Auston Trusty	defender	9	1	0.11	11%
Viljami Sinisalo	goalkeeper	9	0	0	0%
Dane Murray	defender	2	0	0	0%
Kelechi Iheanacho	attacker	1	0	0	0%
Callum Osmand	attacker	1	0	0	0%

Celtic key passes match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team key passes	Opposition key passes	Match total	Top player
17 Sep 2026	Europa League	Ferencvárosi	Home	1-3	12	12	24	Benjamin Nygren (2)
9 Sep 2026	Scottish Premiership	St. Johnstone	Away	0-1	12	9	21	Benjamin Nygren (4)
5 Sep 2026	Scottish Premiership	St. Mirren	Away	1-2	16	13	29	Mika Baur (4)
2 Sep 2026	Scottish Premiership	Aberdeen	Home	3-0	21	4	25	Benjamin Nygren (6)
29 Aug 2026	Scottish Premiership	Falkirk	Home	2-1	13	5	18	Liam Scales (3)
25 Aug 2026	Champions League	LASK Linz	Away	5-1	7	27	34	Hyun-jun Yang (2)
19 Aug 2026	Champions League	LASK Linz	Home	3-0	11	13	24	Benjamin Nygren (3)
9 Aug 2026	Scottish Premiership	Kilmarnock	Away	1-5	25	10	35	Arne Engels (5)
3 Aug 2026	Scottish Premiership	Dundee	Home	1-0	14	9	23	Benjamin Nygren (4)
16 May 2026	Scottish Premiership	Hearts	Home	3-1	12	9	21	Callum Osmand (2)

Celtic key passes 2026/2027: last 10 games

Key passes for per game: 14.3
Key passes against per game: 11.1
Match total key passes per game: 25.4
Games: 10
League rank for match key passes: 1 of 12

Celtic Key passes for 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 6.5 %	Over 8.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 12.5 %	Over 14.5 %
Home	6	13.83	100%	100%	100%	50%	17%
Away	4	15	100%	75%	75%	50%	50%
Overall	10	14.3	100%	90%	90%	50%	30%

Celtic Key passes against 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 6.5 %	Over 8.5 %	Over 10.5 %	Over 12.5 %	Over 14.5 %
Home	6	8.67	67%	67%	33%	17%	0%
Away	4	14.75	100%	100%	50%	50%	25%
Overall	10	11.1	80%	80%	40%	30%	10%

Celtic Match total 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 14.5 %	Over 16.5 %	Over 18.5 %	Over 20.5 %	Over 22.5 %
Home	6	22.5	100%	100%	83%	83%	67%
Away	4	29.75	100%	100%	100%	100%	75%
Overall	10	25.4	100%	100%	90%	90%	70%

Celtic Team key passes 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Team key passes	Overall	Home	Away
Key passes / match	14.3	13.83	15
Key passes over 6.5	100%	100%	100%
Key passes over 8.5	90%	100%	75%
Key passes over 10.5	90%	100%	75%
Key passes over 12.5	50%	50%	50%
Key passes over 14.5	30%	17%	50%

Celtic Key passes against 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Key passes against	Overall	Home	Away
Key passes against / match	11.1	8.67	14.75
Key passes against over 6.5	80%	67%	100%
Key passes against over 8.5	80%	67%	100%
Key passes against over 10.5	40%	33%	50%
Key passes against over 12.5	30%	17%	50%
Key passes against over 14.5	10%	0%	25%

Celtic Match key passes 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Match key passes	Overall	Home	Away
Match key passes / match	25.4	22.5	29.75
Match key passes over 14.5	100%	100%	100%
Match key passes over 16.5	100%	100%	100%
Match key passes over 18.5	90%	83%	100%
Match key passes over 20.5	90%	83%	100%
Match key passes over 22.5	70%	67%	75%

Celtic key passes match by match 2026/2027

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Key passes for	Key passes against	Match total	1st-half total
17 Sep	Europa League	Ferencvárosi (H)	1-3	12	12	24	-
9 Sep	Scottish Premiership	St. Johnstone (A)	0-1	12	9	21	-
5 Sep	Scottish Premiership	St. Mirren (A)	1-2	16	13	29	-
2 Sep	Scottish Premiership	Aberdeen (H)	3-0	21	4	25	-
29 Aug	Scottish Premiership	Falkirk (H)	2-1	13	5	18	-
25 Aug	Champions League	LASK Linz (A)	5-1	7	27	34	-
19 Aug	Champions League	LASK Linz (H)	3-0	11	13	24	-
9 Aug	Scottish Premiership	Kilmarnock (A)	1-5	25	10	35	-
3 Aug	Scottish Premiership	Dundee (H)	1-0	14	9	23	-
16 May	Scottish Premiership	Hearts (H)	3-1	12	9	21	-

Scottish Premiership key passes table 2026/2027: every team's key passes per game

#	Team	MP	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 18.5 %
1	Celtic	6	16.83	8.33	25.17	83%
2	Kilmarnock	6	8.67	15.33	24	67%
3	Dundee United	6	12.5	11.33	23.83	83%
4	Rangers	6	14.5	7.5	22	83%
5	Motherwell	6	11	11	22	50%
6	Hibernian	6	12.17	9.33	21.5	67%
7	Dundee	6	7	14.5	21.5	67%
8	St. Mirren	6	10.83	10	20.83	50%
9	Falkirk	6	7.67	13	20.67	50%
10	Hearts	6	11.83	8.33	20.17	50%
11	Aberdeen	6	7	11.5	18.5	17%
12	St. Johnstone	6	8.33	8.17	16.5	33%

Celtic key passes against top-half and bottom-half teams 2026/2027

Opponents	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 18.5 %
Vs top six	22	10.36	7	17.36	45%
Vs top half	22	10.36	7	17.36	45%
Vs bottom half	22	15.32	6.18	21.5	73%
Vs bottom six	22	15.32	6.18	21.5	73%

Celtic key passes per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 18.5 %
Scottish Premiership	2026/2027	6	16.83	8.33	25.17	83%
Champions League	2026/2027	2	9	20	29	100%
Europa League	2026/2027	1	12	12	24	100%
Scottish Premiership	2025/2026	38	12.21	6.32	18.53	55%
Europa League	2025/2026	10	6.8	12.7	19.5	40%
Champions League	2025/2026	2	7	6.5	13.5	0%
Scottish Premiership	2024/2025	38	14.39	5.42	19.82	61%
Champions League	2024/2025	10	7.5	10.3	17.8	40%

Celtic next three opponents: key passes per game this season

Kick-off	Opponent	Their match total	Their key passes for	Their key passes against	Match total at that venue	For at that venue	Against at that venue
Sun 20 Sep 11:00	Rangers (home)	22	14.5	7.5	20.67	12.67	8
Sun 11 Oct 11:00	Motherwell (away)	22	11	11	18.33	12.33	6
Thu 15 Oct 19:00	Benfica (away)	23.14	15.43	7.71	26	19.67	6.33

Celtic players with the most games of 1+ key passes 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Benjamin Nygren	attacker	8	9	89%
2	Mika Baur	attacker	7	7	100%
3	Haissem Hassan	attacker	5	6	83%
4	Hyun-jun Yang	attacker	5	7	71%
5	Kieran Tierney	defender	5	7	71%

Celtic players with the most games of 2+ key passes 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Benjamin Nygren	attacker	7	9	78%
2	Kasper Høgh	attacker	3	6	50%
3	Hyun-jun Yang	attacker	3	7	43%
4	Kieran Tierney	defender	3	7	43%
5	Mika Baur	attacker	3	7	43%

Celtic players with the most games of 3+ key passes 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Benjamin Nygren	attacker	6	9	67%
2	Kieran Tierney	defender	2	7	29%
3	Arne Engels	midfielder	1	2	50%
4	Kasper Høgh	attacker	1	6	17%
5	Hyun-jun Yang	attacker	1	7	14%

Rangers key passes match by match, last 10 games (next opponent)

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Key passes for	Key passes against	Match total	1st-half total
9 Sep	Scottish Premiership	St. Mirren (H)	1-0	12	7	19	-
5 Sep	Scottish Premiership	Motherwell (H)	1-0	17	8	25	-
2 Sep	Scottish Premiership	Falkirk (A)	1-2	13	10	23	-
30 Aug	Scottish Premiership	Aberdeen (A)	0-1	9	8	17	-
27 Aug	Europa Conference League	Jablonec (A)	1-0	7	14	21	-
20 Aug	Europa Conference League	Jablonec (H)	1-0	12	5	17	-
9 Aug	Scottish Premiership	Hibernian (H)	1-2	20	6	26	-
31 Jul	Scottish Premiership	Dundee Utd (A)	1-1	16	6	22	-