Celtic’s stranglehold on Scottish football is set to continue next season. That’s according to an AI supercomputer, who have predicted Rangers to fall short for the fifth year in a row.
BetIdeas have enlisted the help of an AI supercomputer that draws on a vast stockpile of historical football data, as well as current trends and up-to-date transfer dealings.
The AI model was tasked with predicting how the Scottish Premiership season would unfold, and it is bad news for Rangers once again.
Celtic have been named 2025-26’s SPL champions by AI, albeit by a significantly finer margin of four points. It paints Rangers in a much more favourable light compared with last term, where they trailed by 17 points at the close of play.
At the opposite end of the table, St Mirren’s steep decline from a sixth-place finish in 2024-25 is one of AI’s defining storylines of the season. For the first time since the 2018-19 campaign, they are forced into a two-legged play-off for survival.
2025-26 Scottish Premiership AI Prediction
Celtic’s perpetual dominance is set to continue next season, as AI’s 2025-26 predicted table shows.
The Bhoys are expected to scoop their 13th league title in 14 years, although it won’t be as straightforward as it has been in recent seasons.
Now headed up by new manager Russel Martin — who spent a year on loan at Ibrox as a player — Rangers are predicted to push Celtic all the way, eventually falling short by four points.
With Scotland just about hanging on to their top 15 status in UEFA’s coefficient rankings, Rangers will head into the Champions League’s second round of qualifying.
Further down the table, Hearts are one of the defining success stories according to the supercomputer. They climb from a seventh-placed finish last season, to rank third and ensure their place in the Europa League qualification phase.
Hibernian, who were in that same position last season, are forced to settle for Europa Conference League qualifying.
St Mirren, who missed out on a top four finish by just three points in 2024-25, are predicted to endure a disastrous fall from grace. Staring down the barrel at relegation for the first time eight years, they narrowly survive after winning their relegation play-off.
Newly-promoted Falkirk manage to cement their top-flight status for another year after their first season back in 15 years, although the same can not be said for Livingston, who AI has predicted to finish rock-bottom by a margin of eight points.
AI Supercomputer Tips Cyriel Dessers to Scoop SPL Golden Boot
The supercomputer has also chimed in with its prediction for the SPL Golden Boot, and it’s another fruitful year for Rangers marksman Cyriel Desser.
The Nigerian international, who racked up 18 goals last season as the league’s top scorer, is predicted to go one better in 2025-26 to secure consecutive Golden Boots.
Even in the face of criticism from the Rangers faithful for the amount of spurred chances it takes for him to find the net, he is expected to continue scoring important goals in the upcoming campaign.
Elsewhere, the AI model has picked out league newcomer Callum Osmand as an intriguing player to watch.
In what will be his first season in senior football, Osmand arrives from Fulham’s youth system with plenty of promise having racked up 23 goal contributions in 28 Premier League 2 appearances.
He is expected to take the SPL by storm in a breakout debut season, scoring 15 goals in the process.