The visiting Celtic side should be favourites in this visit to St. Johnstone, as the away team holds a 15 point advantage from their eight league games this season.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
St. Johnstone form and stats
Overall Premiership stats at home this season for St. Johnstone, who have the fewest scored goals (4) in Premiership, are 1-0-3 (wins-draw-losses). Johnstone has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager C. Davidson and the players.
Stress levels are on the rise for St. Johnstone's attacking players as they have now played 288 minutes without scoring in a league game. S. May was their last goal scorer.
Johnstone are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Livingston. Ahead of that match, Johnstone lost 0-1 at home to Ross County.
The manager C. Davidson will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Kelty Hearts in only three days.
Johnstone have scored 1 goal here in 4 league matches, a depressing statistic. Johnstone have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Celtic form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (23) in Premiership, on their Premiership travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Impressively, the visitors are on a six-match winning run which they hope continue versus St. Johnstone. Celtic have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Impressive finishing from Albian Ajeti, Mohamed Elyounoussi and Callum McGregor secured the home win 3-0 against Hibernian in their previous game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Riga at their stadium, the result 1-0.
The Celtic manager N. Lennon has got the team scoring on the road, with 9 away goals in 4 league matches. Celtic are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 2 goals away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Johnstone victories, one draw and nine Celtic wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ajeti 5 goals |  O. Édouard 4 goals |  R. Christie 2 goals |
St. Johnstone missing players
Celtic missing players
| St. Johnstone | Celtic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 23 |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 44% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 67% | 75% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | 44 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 72 | 154 |
| 24 | 8 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 30 | 64 |
| 17% | 12% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 30% | 36% |
- Celtic has the most points from losing position (6) in Premiership
- Celtic has the most scored goals (23) in Premiership
- Celtic has the most scored goals in the second half (11) in Premiership
- Celtic have not yet lost a game.
- Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Celtic have scored in all their matches so far.
- Celtic have scored more than double the goals of St. Johnstone.
- Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Celtic is in the best form (6-0-0)
- St. Johnstone has the fewest scored goals (4) in Premiership
- St. Johnstone has the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- St. Johnstone haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 23 |
| 2 | Celtic | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 22 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Kilmarnock | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | Dundee United | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 11 |
| 7 | Ross County | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -7 | 11 |
| 8 | Livingston | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 9 | Motherwell | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 8 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 7 |
| 11 | St. Johnstone | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 7 |
| 12 | St. Mirren | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -8 | 7 |