St. Johnstone will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 35 points behind Celtic.
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 St. Johnstone and Celtic.
St. Johnstone have had a bad season and will be relegated from Premiership. Celtic have already won the Premiership. Congratulations! It will be interesting to see if this affects performances here at the final stages.
St. Johnstone form and stats
Overall Premiership stats at home this season for St. Johnstone are 3-4-4 (wins-draw-losses).
The St. Johnstone supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Kilmarnock in Premiership and win 2-1. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Livingston (0-1).
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for St. Johnstone, as the Premiership home game vs Hearts is only three days away.
St. Johnstone are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 11 games. St. Johnstone have conceded 17 from these games.
Celtic form and stats
Celtic, who have the most scored goals (61) in Premiership, have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 25 points collected from 10 Premiership games. 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the record so far. A great winning streak in away games for Celtic as they have managed to win five matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the Livingston have they travelled home without three points.
The supporters enjoyed Celtic's previous game versus Ross County (placed 9th), a Premiership 3-0 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Kilmarnock at their stadium, the result 3-1.
The schedule is very tough for Celtic now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premiership game at Hamilton Academical is waiting in only four days.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Celtic are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Celtic - St. Johnstone 7-0 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 0 wins for St. Johnstone, 2 draws and 8 wins for Celtic. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 5 games.Top Goalscorers
 
O. Édouard
15 goals
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R. Christie
10 goals
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J. Forrest
8 goals
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St. Johnstone missing players
Celtic missing players
| St. Johnstone | Celtic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
|
Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 8 | 19 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 24 | 61 |
| 36 | 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 90% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 43% | 45% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 64% |
| 38% | 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | 41% |
| 14% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 43% | 55% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 45% |
| 24% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 43% | 36% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 10% | 5% |
| 5 | 5 | 3.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 6.9 | 7.5 |
| 4.8 | 3.9 | 5.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 203 | 113 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 55 | 162 | 354 |
| 73 | 42 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 56 | 144 |
| 25% | 26% | 8% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 43% | 42% |
- Celtic has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6)
- Celtic has the most scored goals (61)
- Celtic has the most scored goals in the first half (29)
- Celtic has the most scored goals in the second half (32)
- Celtic has the the best goal difference (+47)
- 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 won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St. Johnstone has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4)
- St. Johnstone have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Celtic | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 61 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 47 | 58 |
| 2 | Rangers | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 55 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 42 | 53 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 23 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 41 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 37 |
| 5 | Livingston | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 4 | 31 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -6 | 29 |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 20 | -10 | 23 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | -18 | 23 |
| 9 | Ross County | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 45 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 24 | -23 | 22 |
| 10 | St. Mirren | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 18 | -13 | 20 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -17 | 18 |
| 12 | Hearts | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -16 | 17 |