Celtic looking for adventure and three points trip to St. Johnstone

It's no vacation for neither St. Johnstone nor Celtic 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.

St. Johnstone form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premiership this season. St. Johnstone have only managed 3 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses from their games here at McDiarmid Park. With Johnstone having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager Davidson.

A strong away win for St. Johnstone against Motherwell the last match, as Hallberg and Wright were on target. A huge relief, as that was the first league win after going winless in six consecutive games. The forward May outdid all the other footballers in that game and got a match rating of 7.82 out of 10. May served one assist and hit two key passes.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Rangers.

Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When St. Johnstone have been in this position before, they have won 1, drawn 0 and lost 5 from 6 games. 1 defeat by at least two goals.

St. Johnstone are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 11 games. On the other hand, Johnstone have conceded 14 goals. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

Celtic form and stats

The strength of Celtic on their travels this season is incredible with 31 points collected from 12 Premiership away games. Celtic has 10-1-1 on the road, with 37 goals scored and 10 conceded. In general it has been a productive period now for Celtic as they haven't lost any of their last 17 games.

The Celtic goalkeeper Joe Hart is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 397 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Celtic won their last game, 3-0 versus Livingston played at home. It was a convincing performance from Celtic when Livingston were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 3-0 and the second half was comfortable. Maeda, Taylor and Furuhashi scored their goals. Defender Taylor was the best team player with a rating of 8.44. Taylor scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 2 of 4 duels.

Prior to that result Celtic won their away game at Dundee United. The scoreline was 2-0.

Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Celtic given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 14 matches with 11 wins as expected, 2 draws and 1 surprise home win. The favourites won 9 of these games by at least two goals.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 14 of this side's 17 most recent league matches have ended with three or more goals.

Celtic are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (37 goals from 12 away games). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).

Head 2 Head

Celtic have won all of the 8 most recent games versus this opponent. Will the streak continue?

This happened when the squads met earlier this campaign; Celtic - Johnstone 4-1. The ref had use for red card when these clubs last faced each other, and the recipient was Turnbull (Celtic).

Top Goalscorers

K. Furuhashi 18 goals

L. Abada 8 goals

J. Neves Filipe 7 goals

St. Johnstone missing players

Celtic missing players