Premiership prediction: Home win expected when Celtic takes on St. Johnstone

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Date: Sat 03.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Celtic Park (60832 seats)

New season, new opportunities: Here's what you need to know before the Celtic - St. Johnstone match!

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Celtic form and stats

Celtic have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Celtic scored 0 goals and let in 0 goals during these two games.

Celtic could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the Premiership. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Celtic Park they witnessed 2 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. In total the trophy was secured after W27 - D6 - L5 from 38 games.

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St. Johnstone form and stats

With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any point(s) for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with St. Johnstone as the away team, we found two results. Statistics from these were 0 away wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. The outsiders lost 1 of these games by at least two goals.

Just as the home team, St. Johnstone have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 2 St. Johnstone wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.

Last season was a triumph for St. Johnstone in the national league as they took home the Premiership trophy. The championship was secured after 15 wins, 7 draws and only 16 defeats. As this is an away game, it's natural to look at the stats for away matches last season: Won 0, drew 1 and lost 1.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Celtic won 8 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and St. Johnstone has 0 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 5 / 5

Top Goalscorers

Celtic missing players

St. Johnstone missing players

Celtic St. Johnstone
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Celtic Last season St. Johnstone
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
38 19   Played   19 38
27 17   Won   7 15
6 2   Drew   2 7
5 0   Lost   10 16
77 46   Scored   15 38
20 7   Conceded   27 48
87% 89%   Over 0.5   95% 95%
66% 68%   Over 1.5   74% 76%
47% 58%   Over 2.5   32% 32%
24% 32%   Over 3.5   11% 13%
18% 21%   Over 4.5   5% 5%
26% 32%   BTTS   32% 34%
63% 68%   Clean Sheets   37% 42%
24% 11%   Failed To Score   37% 29%
 
7.2 8   Corners For (avg)   3.8 4.8
3.3 3.1   Corners Against (avg)   5.7 5.2
1.2 1.1   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.6 1.5
3 0   Red Cards   1 2
Key stats last season:
  • Celtic have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Celtic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Celtic have scored more than double the goals of St. Johnstone.
  • Celtic have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • St. Johnstone have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Celtic
All Champions League Premiership Europa League League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup
All Home Away
02-07-19 CF St. Gallen 0 - 0 Celtic
09-07-19 CL Sarajevo 1 - 3 Celtic
13-07-19 CF Celtic 0 - 0 Rennes
17-07-19 CL Celtic 2 - 1 Sarajevo
24-07-19 CL Celtic 5 - 0 Nomme Kalju
30-07-19 CL Nomme Kalju 17:00 Celtic
03-08-19 PR Celtic 14:00 St. Johnstone
10-08-19 PR Motherwell 11:00 Celtic
24-08-19 PR Celtic 14:00 Hearts
01-09-19 PR Rangers 11:00 Celtic
St. Johnstone
All Premiership League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup
All Home Away
09-07-19 CF Greenock Morton 2 - 3 St. Johnstone
12-07-19 CF Inverness CT 3 - 1 St. Johnstone
16-07-19 LC Montrose 1 - 0 St. Johnstone
21-07-19 LC St. Johnstone 1 - 2 Ross County
24-07-19 LC St. Johnstone 4 - 0 Brechin City
27-07-19 LC Forfar Athletic 14:00 St. Johnstone
03-08-19 PR Celtic 14:00 St. Johnstone
10-08-19 PR St. Johnstone 13:00 Livingston
24-08-19 PR Hibernian 14:00 St. Johnstone
31-08-19 PR St. Johnstone 14:00 Kilmarnock

Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Celtic 38 27 6 5 77 20 2 2 0 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 3 2 57 87
2 Rangers 38 23 9 6 82 27 3 3 0 0 5 0 2 1 0 1 4 3 55 78
3 Kilmarnock 38 19 10 9 50 31 3 2 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 19 67
4 Aberdeen 38 20 7 11 57 44 2 1 0 1 2 4 3 2 0 1 3 3 13 67
5 Hibernian 38 14 12 12 51 39 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 12 54
6 Hearts 38 15 6 17 42 50 2 0 0 2 1 4 3 0 1 2 3 5 -8 51

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