Premiership prediction: Celtic should edge out St. Mirren on their own turf

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Date: Wed 30.October
Match begins: 20:45 (UTC)
Venue: Celtic Park (60411 seats)

The league table in Premiership tells a story about these teams so far, with Celtic leading St. Mirren by 17 points. Match preview to follow:

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

4 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Celtic, who have the most scored goals (32) in Premiership, have to build on here at Celtic Park in the Premiership. After failing to beat St. Johnstone here at Celtic Park, Celtic has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

Celtic are returning here after visiting Aberdeen in a Premiership game and winning with a 4-0 scoreline. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Lazio.

As mentioned above, Celtic "killed" Aberdeen in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Celtic decided the match against Aberdeen in the first half, and held firmly on to their lead (4-0) without using too much effort. The team showed great control while saving some energy.

Everyone expects Celtic to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 20 games: 17 home wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Celtic have won with at least two goals margin 12 times in similar situations.

Celtic are traveling soon after this match as the League Cup match at Hibernian awaits in three days.

Celtic always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Celtic Park with 19 goals in 4 league games. Celtic have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.

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St. Mirren form and stats

St. Mirren, who have the fewest scored goals (5) in Premiership, have been very modest guests so far, leaving with zero points in all their 5 away matches played so far in the Premiership. A depressing five defeats in a row for St. Mirren in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Dundee United.

St. Mirren play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Kilmarnock (placed 3rd). That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus St. Johnstone.

St. Mirren are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found eleven matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 1 win, 2 draws and 8 defeats. Of the defeats, 7 games were lost by at least two goals margin.

Goals are few and far between in St. Mirren's away league games. Only 2 goals from 5 travels. In the opposite end, St. Mirren have conceded 8 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Celtic 9 wins, 1 draw and St. Mirren 0 victories. As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CelticO. Édouard
O. Édouard
7 goals / 4 assists
CelticR. Christie
R. Christie
6 goals / 1 assists
CelticJ. Forrest
J. Forrest
4 goals / 6 assists

Celtic missing players

St. Mirren missing players

Celtic St. Mirren
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
10 4 2 Played P 2 5 10
8 4 2 Won W 0 0 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
1 0 0 Lost L 2 5 6
32 19 10 Scored S 0 2 5
7 2 1 Conceded C 3 8 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 80%
90% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 40%
60% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 20%
60% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
30% 50% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 20%
50% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 40%
10% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 60% 60%
 
6.4 7.8 7.5 Corners For (avg) C F 6.5 4.2 4.4
2.4 1.8 1.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 2.5 3.6 4.8
1 0.5 0.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.3
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • All of Celtic's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • 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. Mirren.
  • Celtic have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Celtic have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Celtic have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • St. Mirren have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • St. Mirren have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • St. Mirren have lost all their away matches so far.
  • St. Mirren have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • St. Mirren haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Celtic
All Champions League Premiership Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup
All Home Away Home vs low
03-10-19 EL Celtic 2 - 0 CFR Cluj
06-10-19 PR Livingston 2 - 0 Celtic
19-10-19 PR Celtic 6 - 0 Ross County
24-10-19 EL Celtic 2 - 1 Lazio
27-10-19 PR Aberdeen 0 - 4 Celtic
30-10-19 PR Celtic 20:45 St. Mirren
02-11-19 LC Hibernian 18:30 Celtic
07-11-19 EL Lazio 18:55 Celtic
10-11-19 PR Celtic 16:00 Motherwell
23-11-19 PR Celtic 16:00 Livingston
St. Mirren
All Playoffs 1/2 Premiership Championship League Cup Scottish Cup Challenge Cup
All Home Away Away vs top
21-09-19 PR St. Mirren 0 - 0 Hamilton Academical
28-09-19 PR St. Mirren 0 - 0 Hearts
05-10-19 PR Motherwell 2 - 0 St. Mirren
19-10-19 PR St. Mirren 2 - 0 St. Johnstone
26-10-19 PR Kilmarnock 1 - 0 St. Mirren
30-10-19 PR Celtic 20:45 St. Mirren
09-11-19 PR Hearts 16:00 St. Mirren
23-11-19 PR St. Mirren 16:00 Ross County
26-11-19 PR St. Mirren 20:45 Hibernian
30-11-19 PR Aberdeen 16:00 St. Mirren

  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 10 8 1 1 32 7 4 4 0 0 19 2 6 4 1 1 13 5 25 25
2 Rangers 10 8 1 1 29 7 6 5 0 1 21 5 4 3 1 0 8 2 22 25
3 Kilmarnock 10 5 2 3 9 8 6 3 2 1 6 3 4 2 0 2 3 5 1 17
4 Motherwell 10 5 1 4 16 15 5 2 0 3 8 10 5 3 1 1 8 5 1 16
5 Aberdeen 10 4 3 3 13 14 5 2 2 1 8 8 5 2 1 2 5 6 -1 15
6 Ross County 10 3 4 3 12 19 4 2 1 1 8 7 6 1 3 2 4 12 -7 13
7 Livingston 10 3 3 4 13 13 5 2 2 1 4 3 5 1 1 3 9 10 0 12
8 Hamilton Academical 10 2 3 5 10 19 5 2 1 2 6 6 5 0 2 3 4 13 -9 9
9 Hearts 10 1 5 4 10 14 5 0 3 2 5 7 5 1 2 2 5 7 -4 8
10 St. Mirren 10 2 2 6 5 9 5 2 2 1 3 1 5 0 0 5 2 8 -4 8
11 Hibernian 10 1 5 4 10 20 5 1 3 1 7 7 5 0 2 3 3 13 -10 8
12 St. Johnstone 10 1 4 5 10 24 5 1 1 3 5 10 5 0 3 2 5 14 -14 7

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