Celtic's title win in numbers

Points total

This season's points total of 82 is the lowest in a league-winning season for Celtic since 2017-18, excluding the curtailed campaign of 2019-20.

It is their lowest points total since the 2020-21 season when they finished second but is still higher than their lowest tally in a title-winning season (in the era of three points for a win), which is 74 from the 1997-98 campaign.

League defeats

Eight defeats is the most in a single season for Celtic since 1999-00 when they lost nine games. It is their most defeats in a title-winning season since 1978-79 when they also lost nine games.

Goals scored

It's been no secret that Celtic have been lacking at the top end of the pitch since selling Kyogo Furuhashi in January last year, perhaps typified by the fact that midfielder Benjamin Nygren is their top scorer this season.

In fact, 73 goals in a season is the lowest total for Celtic since the 2017-18 campaign.

Days top/not top

Celtic hadn't been top of the table since 14 September, thanks to a late victory at Kilmarnock.

They slipped to third spot in January and had been jumping between second and third until the split. Since then, they remained in second until their final day victory over Hearts who had been top for 251 days (including Saturday).

xG for and against

It may not come as a surprise that Celtic have underperformed their expected goals (xG) of 80.94 this season. In fact, Celtic have missed 84 big chances this season. For context, runners-up Hearts missed 56. Hearts' expected goals of 58.13 was significantly lower than Celtic's, as was their goals scored (67).

Celtic's xG against was 37.03, slightly lower than Hearts' 40.36, but they conceded seven more (41 vs 34).

Late goals

Late goals have been Celtic's saviour in this title race. Martin O'Neill's side scored six match-winning goals after the 90th minute, with 11 strikes in total.

First, it was Kelechi Iheanacho with a 96th-minute winner against Kilmarnock back in September. Then it was Daizen Maeda's 92nd minute winner against Motherwell in October. Callum McGregor scored a 95th minute goal to beat St Mirren.

January signing Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's 91st minute goal against Livingston in February was followed up by another late victory against Kilmarnock courtesy of Julian Araujo in the 97th minute.

The most controversial, but perhaps the most important of all, a converted penalty in the 99th minute to beat Motherwell in the penultimate game of the season.

Who have been Celtic's key performers?

While it's been an underwhelming campaign for most of Celtic's squad, there have been some players who have made important contributors to the side's title win.

Most goals

Nygren was Celtic's top scorer with16, closely followed by Maeda who found the back of the net 14 times. Crucially though, seven of Maeda's goals have come post-split having failed to score in the previous 12 games.

Most assists

Left-back Kieran Tierney, who returned to the club last summer following the expiration of his Arsenal contract, has set up the most goals for Celtic this season with eight.Fourwere match-winning assists.

Maeda, six,and Nygren, five, are close behind the left-back in the assist charts.

Most tackles

Tierney also made the most tackles (58)of any Celtic player, and won the most too (38). Captain McGregor made the second highest number of tackles (55) but won fewer than winger Yang Hyun-jun who was successful with 32 of 45tackles.