{"id":462476,"date":"2025-09-30T07:19:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T07:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/462476\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T07:19:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T07:19:30","slug":"celtic-are-paying-the-price-for-unforgivable-window-as-alarming-stats-emerge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/462476\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtic are paying the price for ‘unforgivable’ window as alarming stats emerge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Celtic<\/p>\n

(Credit: Imago)<\/p>\n

\"Ciaran <\/p>\n

Mon 29 September 2025 20:00, UK <\/p>\n

Celtic\u2019s lack of transfer business during the summer is continuing to hurt the Scottish Champions on the pitch.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hearts<\/a> jumped to the top of the Scottish Premiership after Celtic<\/a>\u2018s 0-0 draw with Hibs meant they dropped points for a second time this season. <\/p>\n

Daizen Maeda\u2019s admission he wanted to leave Celtic<\/a> and poor form, alongside the late arrival of Kelechi Iheanacho to the club has not helped the Hoops as an attacking force. <\/p>\n

Celtic fans are protesting against the club owners<\/a> and stats back up the sense that Brendan Rodgers\u2019 side are weaker than they were last season.<\/p>\n

\"CelticPhoto Credit: ImagoCeltic stats show slump in three areas after Hibernian defeat<\/p>\n

Celtic have already been knocked out the Champions League<\/a>, and they\u2019ve already drawn blanks in two league games.<\/p>\n

The Hoops\u2019 key attacking stats per 90 minutes are all down currently on last season, and Rodgers has little to change games from the bench.<\/p>\n\nStat\/Season<\/td>\n2024-25<\/td>\n2025-26 Season<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGoals per 90<\/td>\n2.89<\/td>\n1.33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nShots per 90<\/td>\n18.76<\/td>\n16.33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nShots on Target per 90<\/td>\n7.24<\/td>\n5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Celtic stats per 90 mins in the 2024-25 season and 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n

34-year-old James Forrest was substituted onto the pitch before summer arrival Michel-Ange Balikwisha when Celtic were searching for a breakthrough against Hibs.<\/p>\n

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In that match alone Celtic had 77% possession, 26 shots and eight big chances, but they were wasteful in-front of goal and failed to come away with three points.<\/p>\n

Celtic had an \u2018unforgivable\u2019 transfer window<\/p>\n

Chris Sutton called Celtic\u2019s transfer window \u201cunforgivable,\u201d as per the Daily Record<\/a> [September 2nd], and right now the Hoops are paying the price.<\/p>\n

Maeda only has one goal this season after netting 16 last campaign, and the 27-year-old is currently a major worry.<\/p>\n

Much of Celtic\u2019s activity happened after their Champions League exit, and despite a positive 1-1 draw at Red Star Belgrade to kick-off their Europa League campaign, Rodgers\u2019 side do not look equipped for a deep run in the competition.<\/p>\n

Celtic are currently in a title race with Hearts, who they meet at Tynecastle in under a months time.<\/p>\n

The January transfer window could be key for Celtic to move clear of their closest challengers, as they need more firepower and squad depth to get them over the line.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit: Imago) Mon 29 September 2025 20:00, UK Celtic\u2019s lack of transfer business during the summer is continuing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462477,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,2353,1102,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-462476","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-celtic","10":"tag-edinburgh","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-scotland","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115292036568781025","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}