This campaign has been demanding for St. Johnstone so far, while Celtic have enjoyed many victories. Will the travellers take another scalp at McDiarmid Park?
- St. Johnstone have the fewest scored goals (10) in Premiership
- Celtic have the fewest conceded goals (11) 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 Johnstone and Celtic.
St. Johnstone form and stats
St. Johnstone's results here at McDiarmid Park in the Premiership have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 6 defeats. It's trouble wherever Johnstone are playing these days as they have suffered six straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Johnstone's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Ross County (placed 10th). Midfield player Butterfield got a match rating of 7.81 in that game, the max score being 10. Butterfield scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 31 successful passes (of 38 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at Motherwell.St. Johnstone aren't scoring a lot here at McDiarmid Park in the league, with only 8 goals from 10 games. 14 goals have been conceded.
Celtic form and stats
6-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Celtic, who have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Premiership, in their Premiership matches away. In general it has been a productive period now for Celtic as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games.
Celtic are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at St. Mirren (placed 9th). Johnston got a match rating of 8.03 in that game, top player of the team. Johnston hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 36 successful passes (of 41 total).
Preceding that game was the away League Cup victory against Hibernian with the score of 2-1.Celtic has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 10 games. Celtic are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The latest recorded result involving both these sides is the Celtic - Johnstone 2-0 played previously this season. St. Johnstone-Celtic H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Johnstone zero wins, Celtic nine wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  K. Furuhashi 8 goals |  D. Turnbull 5 goals |  J. Neves Filipe 5 goals |
St. Johnstone missing players
Celtic missing players
| St. Johnstone | Celtic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 17 | 39 |
| 22 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 11 |
| 84% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 90% | 89% |
| 53% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 70% | 68% |
| 26% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | 53% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 21% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 10% | 16% |
| 32% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 37% |
| 26% | 10% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | 53% |
| 58% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 30% | 21% |
| 4.5 | 5.2 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 12 | 9.1 | 9.6 |
| 5.5 | 5.3 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.7 | 3.1 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 9.6 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 26.7 | 19.3 | 21.5 |
| 2.3 | 2.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 5.9 | 6.3 |
| 23% | 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | 32% |
| 14.3 | 13.9 | 13.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.7 | 8.2 | 7.2 |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 2.4 |
- Celtic have created more than twice as many corners as St. Johnstone.
- Celtic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Celtic have scored more than double the goals of St. Johnstone.
- Celtic have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Premiership
- Celtic have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Premiership
- Celtic have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Premiership
- Celtic have the most clean sheets (10) in Premiership
- Celtic have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Premiership
- Celtic have the the best goal difference (+28) in Premiership
- Celtic have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- St. Johnstone have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- St. Johnstone have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- St. Johnstone have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have the fewest points (6) at home in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have the fewest scored goals (10) in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Premiership
- St. Johnstone is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| 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 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 27 | 48 |
| 2 | Celtic | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 28 | 42 |
| 3 | Hearts | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 33 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 28 |
| 5 | Hibernian | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 26 |
| 6 | Dundee United | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 25 |
| 7 | Aberdeen | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 24 |
| 8 | Livingston | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 20 |
| 9 | St. Mirren | 19 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 20 | -11 | 19 |
| 10 | Ross County | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 18 |
| 11 | Dundee | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -18 | 16 |
| 12 | St. Johnstone | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -12 | 14 |
