Celtic have performed better than St. Johnstone so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:
- Celtic has the most points from losing position (8) in Premiership
- Celtic have scored more than double the goals of St. Johnstone.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa League. That game was an away game at Milan, so at least Celtic are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Celtic form and stats
The story so far in the Premiership for Celtic at their home stadium (Celtic Park) is 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
No payout for Celtic in their previous match, an away game at Milan that ended in defeat 2-4. Preceding that match was a League Cup defeat to Ross County (0-2).
A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Milan) as a comfortable lead 2-0 was completely ruined into a loss 2-4. A goal frenzy last time out for Celtic, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Milan. Fun stuff to watch!
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Celtic home games with this odds we find ten games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in six wins, one draw and three defeats. Looking at the victories, four matches were won by at least two goals.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Lille are coming to town in four days.
Celtic are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (14 goals in 5 games). On the other hand, Celtic have conceded 5 goals.
St. Johnstone form and stats
2-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for St. Johnstone in their Premiership matches away.
It's the second away game in a row for Johnstone, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Motherwell (placed 8th) in the League Cup last time out. Before that, St. Johnstone travelled to Hibernian and returned home with a draw after the Premiership game finished 2-2.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where St. Johnstone played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, one were draw and the home team won as expected zero times.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far St. Johnstone have scored 10 goals in 7 league games away. Johnstone's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 13 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: St. Johnstone - Celtic 0-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Celtic won nine, St. Johnstone won zero and one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Édouard 5 goals |  A. Ajeti 5 goals |  M. Elyounoussi 4 goals |
Celtic missing players
St. Johnstone missing players
| Celtic | St. Johnstone | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 34 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 13 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 53% |
| 69% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 27% |
| 46% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 13% |
| 38% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 54% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 33% |
| 38% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 8% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | 53% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17.8 | 17.8 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 12.3 | 11.8 |
| 6.9 | 7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.9 | 2.9 |
| 38% | 40% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 37% | 30% |
- All of Celtic's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Celtic has the most points from losing position (8) in Premiership
- Celtic has the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Premiership
- 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St. Johnstone have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- St. Johnstone have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- St. Johnstone haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rangers | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 38 | 41 |
| 2 | Celtic | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 21 | 30 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 27 |
| 4 | Hibernian | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 26 |
| 5 | Dundee United | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 20 |
| 6 | Kilmarnock | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| 7 | St. Johnstone | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -6 | 16 |
| 8 | Motherwell | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 15 |
| 9 | Ross County | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -16 | 13 |
| 10 | Livingston | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -10 | 12 |
| 11 | St. Mirren | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -8 | 11 |
| 12 | Hamilton Academical | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 25 | -21 | 8 |