Only three points good enough for Celtic in St. Mirren game

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Wed 02.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Celtic Park (60411 seats)

Celtic have delivered good football this season, sitting at 1st spot in the table. St. Mirren can look both up and down from their 8th place.

Insights:
  • Celtic have the most scored goals (60) in Premiership
  • Celtic have scored more than double the goals of St. Mirren.

It's no vacation for neither Celtic nor St. Mirren as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Celtic form and stats

This stadium, Celtic Park, has been a fortress for Celtic in the Premiership so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 11-2-0. Celtic has a nice streak going on as they have played 22 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Livingston defeat 164 days ago.

Celtic drew their last game, 0-0 away at Hibernian (placed 4th). Jota, a natural forward, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 7.82 (out of 10). Jota hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

Celtic are traveling soon after this match as the Premiership match at Livingston awaits in four days.

The Celtic manager Postecoglou has got the team scoring with 31 from 13 home games in the league. Defensively Celtic have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 13 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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St. Mirren form and stats

Playing away, St. Mirren have won 4 games, drawn 5 and suffered 4 defeats in the Premiership this season.

This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Hearts with 0-2 on the scoreboard.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Livingston that ended 1-1.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Premiership trip to Ross County.

The visiting St. Mirren have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 13 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as St. Mirren have conceded 24 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The fixture lists shows this result when the teams played each other previously this campaign; St. Mirren - Celtic 0-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - one - one (Celtic wins - draws - St. Mirren wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CelticL. Abada
L. Abada
9 goals
CelticK. Furuhashi
K. Furuhashi
8 goals
CelticJ. Neves Filipe
J. Neves Filipe
7 goals

Celtic missing players

St. Mirren missing players

Celtic St. Mirren
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 13 4 Played P 4 13 27
21 11 2 Won W 1 4 7
4 2 2 Drew D 1 5 12
3 0 0 Lost L 2 4 8
60 31 3 Scored S 3 15 26
17 4 1 Conceded C 6 24 37
89% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 81%
71% 69% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 77% 67%
57% 46% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 54% 41%
29% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 46% 26%
18% 23% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 23% 15%
39% 23% 25% BTTS BTTS 25% 54% 52%
54% 77% 75% Clean Sheets C S 25% 23% 30%
18% 8% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 31% 37%
 
9.5 10.4 9.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.7 5.3
2.9 2.2 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.8 5.7
1.3 0.9 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.7
2 1 1 Red cards R C 1 3 6
 
20.1 21.8 21.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 11.3 10.9
6.4 6.6 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.1 3.7
34% 36% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 28% 26%
 
6.8 6.1 8 Shots against (avg) S A 16.8 16.6 15
2 1.2 1.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 5.5 5.4
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Celtic have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Celtic have scored more than double the goals of St. Mirren.
  • Celtic have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Premiership
  • Celtic have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Premiership
  • Celtic have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Premiership
  • Celtic have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Premiership
  • Celtic have the most clean sheets (10) at home in Premiership
  • Celtic have the most clean sheets (15) in Premiership
  • Celtic have the most scored goals (60) in Premiership
  • Celtic have the most scored goals in the first half (37) in Premiership
  • Celtic have the the best goal difference (+27) at home in Premiership
  • Celtic have the the best goal difference (+43) in Premiership
  • Celtic have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Celtic is in the best form (5-1-0) in Premiership
  • St. Mirren have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 28 21 4 3 60 17 13 11 2 0 31 4 15 10 2 3 29 13 43 67
2 Rangers 28 19 7 2 58 24 15 11 4 0 32 9 13 8 3 2 26 15 34 64
3 Hearts 28 13 7 8 38 29 14 8 3 3 24 12 14 5 4 5 14 17 9 46
4 Hibernian 28 9 8 11 28 30 15 6 4 5 16 14 13 3 4 6 12 16 -2 35
5 Dundee United 28 9 8 11 23 29 14 7 1 6 13 15 14 2 7 5 10 14 -6 35
6 Motherwell 28 9 8 11 30 42 14 7 3 4 18 20 14 2 5 7 12 22 -12 35
7 Livingston 28 9 7 12 30 34 13 4 3 6 13 15 15 5 4 6 17 19 -4 34
8 St. Mirren 27 7 12 8 26 37 14 3 7 4 11 13 13 4 5 4 15 24 -11 33
9 Aberdeen 28 8 8 12 33 35 14 6 4 4 20 15 14 2 4 8 13 20 -2 32
10 Ross County 28 7 9 12 41 47 14 4 6 4 25 24 14 3 3 8 16 23 -6 30
11 St. Johnstone 28 5 8 15 18 35 14 2 5 7 11 18 14 3 3 8 7 17 -17 23
12 Dundee 27 5 6 16 23 49 13 3 4 6 13 22 14 2 2 10 10 27 -26 21

Read more about Premiership

The Scottish Premiership is the top division of football in Scotland, the Scottish Professional Football League. Twelve teams play 38 fixtures to top the league table in a season running from August to May. The teams first meet each other three times. Then the league splits in two for five more games.