I read with great amusement today about how the so-called Opta supercomputer predicted Celtic’s Champions League fate. I love stories like this—they’re utterly ridiculous. It’s like me trying to simulate it on Football Manager, even if we had an updated database, which we don’t. (Thanks, SI, for so completely screwing up the launch of FM2025—now
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Celtic | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 7 | 45 | 50 |
| 2 | Rangers | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 13 | 21 | 39 |
| 3 | Dundee United | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 34 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 28 | 4 | 34 |
| 5 | St Mirren | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 34 | -7 | 27 |
| 6 | Motherwell | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 34 | -9 | 27 |
| 7 | Hibernian | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 32 | -4 | 25 |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 36 | -11 | 24 |
| 9 | Dundee | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 36 | -6 | 22 |
| 10 | Ross County | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 38 | -17 | 22 |
| 11 | Hearts | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 31 | -7 | 20 |
| 12 | St Johnstone | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 23 | 41 | -18 | 15 |
