Celtic are averaging 2.2 yellow cards per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 4.2 cards on average. That puts them 12th of 12 for total cards per match in their primary competition. Below you'll find player booking-rate forecasts, the matchup risk read for the upcoming fixture against St. Mirren, a profile of referee Ryan Lee, and a full match-by-match log.
Use the booking-rate table on this page to see each Celtic player's yellow cards per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), plus their hit-rate over the last six appearances and current bookmaker odds to be carded.
Matchup risk blends the defender's fouls per game (40%), the opposition attacker's fouls drawn per game (40%), and the defender's underlying card rate (20%). Scores above 0.7 are flagged high risk, 0.4–0.7 medium and below 0.4 low.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz. Player odds are taken from Bet365 player markets when priced. Pre-match lineups are predicted lineups until team news lands, then confirmed.
A player must have featured for at least 20 minutes in a fixture for that match to count toward their booking rate and form. Cameo appearances are excluded so the rates aren't diluted.
Yellow cards are inherently noisy — we surface signal (form, matchup, referee profile, market price), not certainties. Use the booking-rate table and matchup risk as inputs, not guarantees.
Yes. The referee profile module shows the assigned official's average yellows per match this season alongside their season fouls and red-card rate so you can adjust expectations for the upcoming fixture.
| Player | Position | Apps | Yellow cards | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daizen Maeda | attacker | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 75% |
| Luke McCowan | midfielder | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 67% |
| Liam Scales | defender | 7 | 3 | 0.43 | 43% |
| Alistair Johnston | defender | 6 | 2 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Arne Engels | midfielder | 6 | 2 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Kelechi Iheanacho | attacker | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Auston Trusty | defender | 10 | 2 | 0.2 | 20% |
| Colby Donovan | defender | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 20% |
| Cameron Carter-Vickers | defender | 6 | 1 | 0.17 | 17% |
| Callum McGregor | midfielder | 9 | 1 | 0.11 | 11% |
| Kieran Tierney | defender | 9 | 1 | 0.11 | 11% |
| Benjamin Nygren | attacker | 10 | 1 | 0.1 | 10% |
| Viljami Sinisalo | goalkeeper | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Hyun-jun Yang | attacker | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Sebastian Tounekti | attacker | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Camilo Durán | attacker | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mika Baur | attacker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Kasper Høgh | attacker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| James Forrest | attacker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Reo Hatate | midfielder | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Anthony Ralston | defender | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | midfielder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Haissem Hassan | attacker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Oliver Sørensen | midfielder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Callum Osmand | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team yellow cards | Opposition yellow cards | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sep 2026 | Aberdeen | Home | 3-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 29 Aug 2026 | Falkirk | Home | 2-1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 25 Aug 2026 | LASK Linz | Away | 5-1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 19 Aug 2026 | LASK Linz | Home | 3-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 9 Aug 2026 | Kilmarnock | Away | 1-5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 Aug 2026 | Dundee | Home | 1-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 16 May 2026 | Hearts | Home | 3-1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| 13 May 2026 | Motherwell | Away | 2-3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 10 May 2026 | Rangers | Home | 3-1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| 3 May 2026 | Hibernian | Away | 1-2 | 3 | 3 | 6 |