Celtic perform at a high level so far being 2nd in the table. St. Mirren can look both up and down from their 7th position.
- Celtic has the most points from losing position (10) in Premiership
- St. Mirren has the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Premiership
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Celtic and St. Mirren.
Celtic form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Celtic Park as Celtic have scored 25 goals to get 27 points from 12 games. The overall stats in the Premiership are 8-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Celtic's last game was hosting Hamilton Academical (placed 12th) and winning 2-0. Preceding that game was the away draw at Livingston that finished 2-2.
Celtic are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found nine matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won five, drew one and lost three.
The manager N. Lennon will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Kilmarnock in only three days.
The Celtic manager N. Lennon has got the team scoring with 25 from 12 home games in the league. From these home matches, Celtic have conceded only 7 goals.
St. Mirren form and stats
Playing away, St. Mirren have won 5 games, drawn 1 and suffered 6 defeats in the Premiership this season.
Two travels in a row for St. Mirren, whose manager J. Goodwin could celebrate last time after the Premiership win against Dundee United. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Livingston's place.
As mentioned above, Mirren was the only team on the pitch versus Dundee United in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.
The visiting Mirren have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 12 games. St. Mirren have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result St. Mirren - Celtic 1-2 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: nine wins for Celtic, one draw and zero wins for St. Mirren. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  O. Édouard 8 goals |  M. Elyounoussi 7 goals |  L. Griffiths 5 goals |
Celtic missing players
St. Mirren missing players
| Celtic | St. Mirren | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 22 |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 50 | 25 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 21 |
| 18 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 12 | 25 |
| 96% | 92% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 87% | 92% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 59% |
| 52% | 42% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 33% | 32% |
| 30% | 17% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 9% |
| 22% | 17% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 9% |
| 43% | 33% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 41% |
| 48% | 58% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 27% |
| 13% | 17% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 33% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 17.5 | 17.2 | 18.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 10.7 | 11.3 |
| 6.4 | 6.3 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 34% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 31% | 27% |
- Celtic has the most points from losing position (10) in Premiership
- Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Celtic have scored more than double the goals of St. Mirren.
- St. Mirren has the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Premiership
- St. Mirren have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- St. Mirren 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 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 66 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 59 | 72 |
| 2 | Celtic | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 50 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 32 | 49 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 43 |
| 4 | Hibernian | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 40 |
| 5 | Livingston | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 35 |
| 6 | Dundee United | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -14 | 28 |
| 7 | St. Mirren | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 12 | -4 | 26 |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 24 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 18 | -6 | 24 |
| 9 | St. Johnstone | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 22 | -11 | 24 |
| 10 | Motherwell | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -15 | 22 |
| 11 | Ross County | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 50 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 25 | -31 | 20 |
| 12 | Hamilton Academical | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 49 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 29 | -28 | 19 |