The Martin O’Neill effect: how Celtic can now storm their way past Hearts to reclaim the Premiership title this season

Celtic manager
  • Newbettingsites.uk predict a Celtic title rout as Martin O'Neill returns for third spell at the club.
  • After falling behind Hearts, Celtic can now go on to retain their Premiership title by 21 points.
  • O’Neill expected to galvanize Celtic for a virtually unbeatable title run in 2026.

Martin O’Neill can lead Celtic to the Premiership title this season in a dramatic shake up of the title race in Scotland, according to Newbettingsites.uk.

The Northern Irishman had a transformative impact on the club earlier in the season after returning for a second spell as manager to take on an interim role before giving way for Wilfried Nancy’s doomed tenure in charge.

Having made yet another return to Parkhead, O’Neill has been backed to spoil the fairytale story of Hears breaking through the Old Firm to keep the Premiership trophy dressed in green ribbons for another year.

After modelling the remainder of the season, based on the impact that O’Neill made earlier in the campaign, Newbettingsites.uk believe that he can take them all the way to win the title by an impressive 21 points.

Scottish Premiership Supercomputer Table Pre-Split

Pos Team MP W D L GF GA GD Pts
1Celtic33242764323274
2Hearts33179764402460
3Rangers331611655342159
4Motherwell331411847351253
5Falkirk33157114344-152
6Hibernian331311956421450
7Aberdeen33135154142-144
8Dundee33127144154-1343
9Dundee Utd33910143851-1337
10St Mirren3389163450-1633
11Kilmarnock33412173659-2324
12Livingston33110222965-3613


Scottish Premiership Supercomputer Table FINAL

Pos Team MP W D L GF GA GD Pts
1Celtic38292779364389
2Rangers381911865422368
3Hearts381991072472566
4Motherwell3816121056441260
5Hibernian3815121162511157
6Falkirk38157164961-1252
7Aberdeen38166164846254
8Dundee38149154860-1251
9Dundee Utd381111164459-1544
10St Mirren381110174154-1343
11Kilmarnock38413214068-2825
12Livingston38310253470-3619


Celtic, who are currently six points behind Hearts, who themselves are seeking their first title since 1959/60, have struggled on numerous occasions this season.

However, Newbettingsites.uk’s predictive model for how the remainder of the season will play out sees O’Neill turning Celtic into a nearly unstoppable force that will be too much for any other team in the league.

The forecast has Celtic 14 points ahead prior to the end of season split, suffering only a single loss for the remainder of the campaign, before extending their lead to 21 points by the end of the season.

Rangers would finish second for the fifth consecutive year, while Hearts would finish third as a repeat of their 2021/22 and 2023/24 seasons.

Methodology

To forecast how Martin O’Neill’s return could shake up the Premiership, Newbettingsites.uk modelled the remaining fixtures in the competition by simulating the rest of the season 10,000 times using a variety of factors.

These include team form, player quality, manager impact, odds trends, fixture difficulty and more.

Finally, these simulations were compiled into a final, definitive prediction as displayed above.

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