After a brief narrowing of the gap, Celtic restored their nine-point lead at the Premiership summit with a 3-1 win over Hibernian at Parkhead on Saturday.

In an eventful opening period the visitors' Elie Youan saw read for a second bookable offence before they took the lead through Josh Campbell's penalty.

Jota levelled proceedings with a spot kick of his own while substitute Oh Hyeon-gyu headed home what proved to be the match-winner for Celtic with a little over 10 minutes remaining. Sead Haksabanovic even had time to add the gloss with a long-range curling effort late on.

The win means Celtic go into the international break sitting pretty with not only the nine-point advantage but 27 goals better off than Rangers too.

Ange Postecoglou made two changes to his starting XI for the visit of the Hibees. Injury ruled Aaron Mooy out while Haksabanovic also dropped out but only to the bench. Matt O'Riley and Daizen Maeda, returning from injury, took their places in the line-up instead.

An early injury to Reo Hatate meant David Turnbull got an extended run-out in midfield while there were also substitute's appearances for Haksabanovic, Oh, Liel Abada and Alexandro Bernabei.

Here, The Celtic Way rounds up the best StatsBomb data from the game to give you a match report like no other...

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"It just seemed to be a little bit of a chaotic game right from the start," Postecoglou said post-match. "There were always things happening other than the football and we just couldn't really get into a rhythm or a flow and impose ourselves on the game. We had to work pretty hard and stay pretty disciplined through that. 

The xG trendline suggests both things hold true. Celtic did struggle to create in the opening 10 or 15 minutes but after that it was more than just discipline that got them through - they were a veritable creative force.

Postecoglou's men manufactured opportunities at a steady rate throughout the rest of the game by the time the full-time whistle sounded had garnered 4.02 xG.

This value marks the first time they created over 3.0 xG in the league since the win over St Johnstone on Christmas Eve last year while it is the highest xG value they have managed since the 9-0 trouncing of Dundee United earlier this season (5.52).

The bulk of Hibs' xG - 91 per cent to be exact - is made up of Campbell's penalty suggesting they were distinctly unthreatening outwith the spot kick.

While Celtic generated 15 chances in the first half, only one was of mid-to-high-quality. 

After the break they created more opportunities and higher-quality ones into the bargain with five qualifying as mid-to-high-quality chances (four excluding Jota's penalty).

Statistically, the 'best' non-penalty chance of the game was Oh's 94th-minute left-footed effort which he missed.

Hibs did not manage to create a single chance after the 51st minute, which was in iteself a direct free-kick.

Shots

The champions generated 36 shots in total, more than double their average of 17 per game domestically this term.

They scored three from 10 attempts on target, including the penalty, while they saw 11 blocked and 15 miss. David Marshall made seven saves.

Celtic managed to create 25 chances inside the Hibs penalty area, including two of their three goals. Sixteen efforts were taken from the close, central danger zone with six (again including the penalty) classified as mid-to-high-quality xG chances.

In total, 27 shots were manufactured from open play. Otherwise, they had one from the penalty spot, one from a direct free-kick and seven from corners including Oh's winning goal.

The champions' 10 shots on target carried a total xG of 1.78 but a post-shot xG value of 3.45, suggesting a clinical afternoon.

Hibs managed three shots in total - Campbell's penalty and efforts from Conrad Riley and Marijan Cabraja. The spot kick was the only one on target, with the other two missing and Joe Hart thus making no saves.

Individually, Kyogo Furuhashi's eight attempts was the most in the game even though he did not find the net. Jota was next up with seven.

While the Portuguese's shots carried the highest combined xG value, Oh's four attempts ranked higher in xG per shot. No Hibs player took more than one.

Celtic Way:

Passing, possession & positions

Celtic enjoyed 78 per cent possession - higher than their league average this term - and completed 749 of 832 pass attempts for an impressive 90 per cent success rate. The Leith side managed 152 successful passes from 237 attempts (64 per cent completion).

The pass network below gives a sense of where the game was played and who was most involved. The warmer the colour the more influential the player, while the thicker the passing lines the more passes between the players.

StatsBomb measures pass contributions in on-ball value (often referred to as OBV, a term breakdown can be read here).

Four starting players shine through with dark red nodes in this one: centre-back Cameron Carter-Vickers, left-back Greg Taylor, right-back Alistair Johnston and winger Jota (whose central position is a reflection of his switching wings during the game).

Jota was the standout in OBV with a gargantuan 0.92. For context, in the last league match against Hearts Kyogo got a goal and an assist to top every player with 0.41 OBV. Carter-Vickers and Johnston rounded off the top three in the starter's stakes.

After the break, despite his goal and all-round impactful display it was not Oh not even the other scorer Haksabanovic who stood out but Abada (0.21).

Carter-Vickers took the most touches in the match with 223 but it was Jota and Johnston who occupied the top two spots in the xGChain.

Hibs' first half and second half network comparison demonstrates both their three-man defensive setup in the opening period and a lack of cohesiveness in the second. 

As is often the case in a domestic game against Celtic, the opposition keeper was their standout performer with Marshall returning 0.17 OBV.

 

Jota and Turnbull tied for most key passes with a massive six apiece, though the latter had two direct assists it was the Portuguese's passes which carried a more threatening xG value (1.04 vs 0.88).

In total, 13 different Celts played at least one key pass during the game. Lewis Miller was the only Hibee to garner one.

Pressing and defending

Celtic made 104 pressures to Hibs' 131 but made one more pressure regain (22 vs 21). The most intense battleground was the Celtic left flank.

Hibs players populate the upper echelons of the rankings when it comes to individual pressing - Campbell tops the lot with 25 - while Turnbull was Celtic's leader with 16.

The Scot also clocked a game-high total pressing duration while his duration per pressure was matched only by Callum McGregor.

Turnbull was also the top counter-presser in the match with six, followed by Kyogo with five. No Hibs player managed more than two. Turnbull was again the game's standout in total counter-pressing duration too.

In the traditional defensive metrics Taylor's 61-minute outing contained two tackles, one interception and a flawless return in terms of never being dribbled past. Likewise, McGregor tallied two interceptions, a tackle, an aerial win and also wasn't dribbled past.

Elsewhere, Carl Starfelt logged a team-high five clearances and a match-high six aerial wins alongside two tackles.