It's advantage Celtic so far with their 1st position in the Premiership table, welcoming St. Johnstone who are placed 7th.
Celtic and St. Johnstone should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Celtic form and stats
Celtic, who have the most scored goals (89) in Premiership, have been outstanding at home so far in the Premiership with 14 wins, 0 draws and only 1 loss. Celtic haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Rangers, 83 days ago. Celtic has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Celtic Park. We remember; it was Rangers.
A nice win for Celtic last time playing, versus St. Mirren. That was also a home game and the match ended 5-0 with Callum McGregor, Odsonne Édouard and Leigh Griffiths (3) scoring for the victors. 2-2 away at Livingston before that.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Celtic played a great game against St. Mirren and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Leigh Griffiths was absolutely essential when Celtic beat St. Mirren 5-0, scoring three goals.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Celtic is on fire here. A stunning 50 from 15 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Celtic have only let in 7 goals at home.
St. Johnstone form and stats
3-6-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for St. Johnstone in their Premiership matches away. St. Johnstone has drawn their two previous away games.
St. Johnstone have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Zander Clark. It's been 199 minutes since they last conceded in Premiership.
Callum Hendry scored in St. Johnstone's previous match, the home game against Livingston that ended 1-0. Before that, St. Johnstone travelled to St. Mirren and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. St. Johnstone struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 20 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was St. Johnstone - Celtic 0-3, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Celtic nine wins, one draw and St. Johnstone zero victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Édouard 21 goals | R. Christie 11 goals |  J. Forrest 10 goals |
Celtic missing players
St. Johnstone missing players
| Celtic | St. Johnstone | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 29 |
| 26 | 14 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 89 | 50 | 12 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 28 |
| 19 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 46 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 90% |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 54% | 62% |
| 73% | 80% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 31% | 45% |
| 50% | 53% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 31% | 34% |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 14% |
| 47% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 31% | 45% |
| 50% | 60% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 38% | 28% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 46% | 38% |
| 7.4 | 8.1 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
| 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 6.1 | 5.2 |
| 1.1 | 0.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 492 | 253 | 79 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 108 | 266 |
| 207 | 123 | 38 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 35 | 100 |
| 43% | 41% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 26% | 28% |
- All of Celtic's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Celtic has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9)
- Celtic has the most points (42) at home
- Celtic has the most points from losing position (14)
- Celtic has the most scored goals (50) at home
- Celtic has the most scored goals (89)
- Celtic has the most scored goals in the first half (41)
- Celtic has the most scored goals in the second half (48)
- Celtic has the the best goal difference (+43) at home
- Celtic has the the best goal difference (+70)
- 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 in all their home matches so far.
- Celtic have scored more than double the goals of St. Johnstone.
- Celtic have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Celtic is in the best form (5-1-0)
- St. Johnstone has the fewest scored goals (9) away
- St. Johnstone have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 | Celtic | 30 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 89 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 70 | 80 |
| 2 | Rangers | 29 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 64 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 45 | 67 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 46 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 45 |
| 5 | Livingston | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 2 | 39 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 27 | -7 | 37 |
| 7 | St. Johnstone | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 20 | -18 | 36 |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 26 | -10 | 33 |
| 9 | St. Mirren | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 28 | -17 | 29 |
| 10 | Ross County | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 60 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 37 | -31 | 29 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 50 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 24 | -20 | 27 |
| 12 | Hearts | 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 52 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -21 | 23 |