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Celtic

A run of consecutive matches without a draw.
20
non-draws in a row
29 Nov 2003 → 07 Mar 2004
Was this a feat, or a coincidence? how this is worked out ›
Draws the model expected 3.2 across these 20 fixtures, one chance each
A flat league rate expected 4.9 the same question, asked without knowing the fixtures
Chance of no draw at all 1 in 30 for this run alone — and that overstates it
Runs this long, expected anywhere 636.02 across every run in the database

Each match gets its own draw chance from the five-feature logistic draw model, recalibrated by its isotonic map, and the run's own probability is those chances multiplied — the Poisson-binomial reading. A binomial at the run's average chance would have called it 1.05× more likely, which is the direction that error always goes. The last tile is the figure to quote: a run picked out because it is long is not a coincidence you get to be surprised by — why that is, and what the same question says about every other record here. These matches were part of the model's own training set, so its chances were fitted already knowing the results.

Matches in this run
Date Home Score Away R Tournament
the draw before the run
25 Nov 2003 Celtic 0–0 FC Bayern München D ITL · UEFA Champions League
29 Nov 2003 Celtic 3–1 Partick Thistle H SCO · Scottish Premiership
04 Dec 2003 Partick Thistle 0–2 Celtic A SCO · Scottish League Cup
06 Dec 2003 Livingston 0–2 Celtic A SCO · Scottish Premiership
09 Dec 2003 Villarreal CF 2–0 Celtic H ITL · UEFA Europa League Quarter-final
10 Dec 2003 Olympique Lyonnais 3–2 Celtic H ITL · UEFA Champions League Group stage
13 Dec 2003 Celtic 3–2 Dundee H SCO · Scottish Premiership
18 Dec 2003 Hibernian 2–1 Celtic H SCO · Scottish League Cup Quarter-final
21 Dec 2003 Motherwell 0–2 Celtic A SCO · Scottish Premiership
27 Dec 2003 Celtic 6–0 Hibernian H SCO · Scottish Premiership
03 Jan 2004 Celtic 3–0 Rangers H SCO · Scottish Premiership
10 Jan 2004 Celtic 2–0 Ross County H SCO · Scottish Cup
18 Jan 2004 Heart of Midlothian 0–1 Celtic A SCO · Scottish Premiership
24 Jan 2004 Aberdeen 1–3 Celtic A SCO · Scottish Premiership
31 Jan 2004 Celtic 5–1 Kilmarnock H SCO · Scottish Premiership
07 Feb 2004 Heart of Midlothian 0–3 Celtic A SCO · Scottish Cup
11 Feb 2004 Dunfermline Athletic 1–4 Celtic A SCO · Scottish Premiership
14 Feb 2004 Celtic 2–1 Dundee United H SCO · Scottish Premiership
22 Feb 2004 Partick Thistle 1–4 Celtic A SCO · Scottish Premiership
29 Feb 2004 Celtic 5–1 Livingston H SCO · Scottish Premiership
07 Mar 2004 Celtic 1–0 Rangers H SCO · Scottish Cup
the draw that ended it
14 Mar 2004 Celtic 1–1 Motherwell D SCO · Scottish Premiership