IT goes without saying that Ange Postecoglou’s main target for Celtic this season is to top the Premiership standings and retain their title, but there is every chance that his team may well also hit the landmark of 100 goals in a league campaign if they keep up their current strike rate.
The last team to break the century of goals in the Premiership was Brendan Rodgers’ all-conquering Celtic side in the 2016/17 season, when they scored 106 goals in their 38 matches, an average of 2.79 goals per game. The current Celtic team have hit a hugely impressive 69 already in 22 matches so far this term, averaging 3.14 goals per game.
That average was of course helped by a 9-0 hounding of Dundee United, but it is matches such as those that Postecoglou says exemplifies the reason why his team have managed to be so prolific; because they are able to maintain their hunger for goals even after the game is won.
