Scottish Premiership 2026/27

As at 2026-08-16 · 10,000 simulations · poisson P1-1.0.0

Club PldWDL GFGAPts xPtsΔ Proj90% range TitleTop 6Releg
Celtic 22 00 61 6 4.99 +1.01 88.4 73–102 79.8% 100.0% 0.0%
St Mirren 22 00 30 6 2.46 +3.54 43.2 29–57 0.0% 23.9% 13.3%
Motherwell 21 10 21 4 2.71 +1.29 47.9 32–63 0.1% 46.0% 6.9%
Heart of Midlothian 21 01 52 3 3.08 -0.08 54.5 40–70 0.2% 71.5% 1.4%
Dundee 21 01 21 3 1.43 +1.57 42.0 27–56 0.0% 22.4% 17.7%
Hibernian 21 01 33 3 2.24 +0.76 53.4 38–69 0.2% 66.5% 2.2%
St Johnstone 21 01 44 3 2.78 +0.22 44.3 29–59 0.0% 27.5% 11.4%
Aberdeen 21 01 23 3 3.00 +0.00 51.6 37–67 0.1% 62.7% 2.6%
Rangers 20 11 23 1 4.45 -3.45 76.5 61–91 19.5% 99.5% 0.0%
Falkirk 20 11 02 1 2.73 -1.73 41.5 26–55 0.0% 20.4% 18.7%
Dundee United 20 11 15 1 1.58 -0.58 45.5 30–61 0.0% 32.8% 10.5%
Kilmarnock 20 02 49 0 1.75 -1.75 42.9 28–58 0.0% 26.8% 15.4%

xPts is the expected points poisson gives each club over the matches already played, so Δ compares like with like — it is over- or under-performance against the model, not a projection. Proj is the mean final points across 10,000 simulations.

The 90% range is a 5th–95th percentile interval, but its measured coverage is 88%, not 90%. Each club is given a season-long strength offset drawn afresh in every simulation, so a good run compounds rather than averaging out — which is most of why the intervals now cover close to what they claim. They remain slightly narrow: read them as indicative.

Finishing position probabilities

Rows are clubs by projected points; columns are finishing positions. The heavy rule after position 6 is the split. Blank cells are below 0.5% — not seen in the simulation, which is not the same as impossible.

Club 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Celtic 80 18 1
Rangers 20 67 9 3 1
Heart of Midlothian 5 24 19 14 10 9 7 5 4 2 1
Hibernian 4 21 17 14 11 11 7 6 4 3 2
Aberdeen 2 15 16 15 14 10 8 7 5 4 3
Motherwell 1 9 11 12 13 10 10 10 9 8 7
Dundee United 1 6 8 9 10 12 12 12 11 11 11
St Johnstone 0 4 7 8 8 11 12 12 12 13 11
St Mirren 3 5 7 8 10 12 13 14 14 13
Kilmarnock 3 5 7 10 9 11 12 12 15 15
Dundee 3 5 7 8 8 11 12 14 15 18
Falkirk 2 4 6 8 9 10 12 14 16 19