Celtic have recorded 1818 long balls across 39 Scottish Premiership games in 2025/2026, averaging 46.6 per match. K. Schmeichel leads the squad with 236 long balls - 9.08 per game. K. Tierney is next with 211.
Over their last 10 games, Celtic are averaging 54.2 long balls per match - V. Sinisalo leads that period with 137. Use the match-by-match table above to compare long balls game by game, with home and away filters ahead of Celtic vs Kilmarnock on 09.08.2026.
Celtic average 46.6 long balls per Scottish Premiership game in 2025/2026, based on 39 matches. Over their last 10 games that figure is 54.2 per match.
K. Schmeichel leads Celtic for long balls in 2025/2026 with 236 in Scottish Premiership - an average of 9.08 per game. K. Tierney is second with 211.
Use the Home / Away filter above the data table to compare Celtic's long balls totals and per-game averages split by venue across 2025/2026.
| Player | Apps | Long balls | Per game |
|---|---|---|---|
| V. Sinisalo | 9 | 109 | 12.11 |
| K. Tierney | 9 | 60 | 6.67 |
| L. Scales | 9 | 59 | 6.56 |
| A. Trusty | 7 | 37 | 5.29 |
| A. Ralston | 7 | 36 | 5.14 |
| A. Engels | 6 | 27 | 4.5 |
| A. Johnston | 5 | 25 | 5 |
| C. McGregor | 8 | 23 | 2.88 |
| B. Arthur | 2 | 19 | 9.5 |
| C. Donovan | 3 | 17 | 5.67 |
| A. Oxlade-Chamberlain | 5 | 16 | 3.2 |
| R. Hatate | 5 | 11 | 2.2 |
| S. Tounekti | 7 | 11 | 1.57 |
| H. Yang | 9 | 9 | 1 |
| M. Saracchi | 6 | 7 | 1.17 |
| B. Nygren | 9 | 7 | 0.78 |
| L. McCowan | 6 | 4 | 0.67 |
| D. Maeda | 9 | 3 | 0.33 |
| K. Iheanacho | 8 | 1 | 0.13 |
| C. Osmand | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| J. Forrest | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Bernardo | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Murray | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team long balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03.08.2026 | Dundee | Home | 1-0 | |
| 16.05.2026 | Hearts | Home | 3-1 | |
| 13.05.2026 | Motherwell | Away | 2-3 | |
| 10.05.2026 | Rangers | Home | 3-1 | |
| 03.05.2026 | Hibernian | Away | 1-2 | |
| 25.04.2026 | Falkirk | Home | 3-1 | |
| 11.04.2026 | St. Mirren | Home | 1-0 | |
| 05.04.2026 | Dundee | Away | 1-2 | |
| 22.03.2026 | Dundee United | Away | 2-0 | |
| 14.03.2026 | Motherwell | Home | 3-1 |