Struggling St. Mirren will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Celtic in the upcoming league round. It’s 11th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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. Mirren and Celtic. Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
St. Mirren form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories so far this season. St. Mirren have only managed 4 wins, 1 draw and 11 losses so far from their games here at The Simple Digital Arena.St. Mirren's last game was hosting Dundee and winning 2-1. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at St. Johnstone.
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 points are very slim. When St. Mirren have been in this position before, they have won 0, drawn 1 and lost 1 from two games. 1 defeat by at least two goals. There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for St. Mirren as they are travelling to their away game against Hamilton Academical in the Premiership. That match is two days after this one.
St. Mirren have scored 12 goals here in 16 matches, not a lot. St. Mirren's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 23 times.
Celtic form and stats
As the visiting team Celtic, who have the most wins (23) in Premiership, have produced an overall stat of 8-3-4 so far. Celtic have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.Celtic won their last game, 2-1 versus Rangers played at home. Prior to that result Celtic won their away game at Dundee. The scoreline was 1-0.
As mentioned earlier, Celtic will not be satisfied unless they get maximum points from this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 13 wins (7 by two or more goals winning margin), 4 draws and 8 surprising defeats. A new game in only two days for Celtic, the Premiership home match versus Livingston. Busy days.
Celtic has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches this season, 26 goals from 15 games. It's not easy to score on Celtic as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
St. Mirren and Celtic have met before this season: Celtic - St. Mirren 4-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 0 - 2 - 8 (St. Mirren wins - draws - Celtic wins).Top Goalscorers
 
O. Édouard
14 goals / 5 assists
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J. Forrest
11 goals / 9 assists
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S. Sinclair
9 goals / 2 assists
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St. Mirren missing players
Celtic missing players
| St. Mirren | Celtic | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 31 | 16 | Played | 15 | 30 |
| 23 | 12 | Scored | 26 | 66 |
| 58 | 23 | Conceded | 11 | 16 |
| 97% | 94% | Over 0.5 | 87% | 90% |
| 77% | 69% | Over 1.5 | 60% | 67% |
| 52% | 44% | Over 2.5 | 40% | 50% |
| 29% | 12% | Over 3.5 | 20% | 27% |
| 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 20% | 23% |
| 48% | 44% | Both teams to score | 27% | 27% |
| 13% | 19% | Clean Sheet | 53% | 63% |
| 42% | 44% | Failed To Score | 33% | 20% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Celtic | 31 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 69 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 11 | 52 | 73 |
| 2 | Rangers | 31 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 67 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 43 | 60 |
| 3 | Kilmarnock | 31 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 44 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 54 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 47 | 36 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 52 |
| 5 | Hearts | 31 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 37 | 36 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 1 | 50 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 31 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 47 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 48 |
| 7 | Motherwell | 31 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 36 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 30 | -5 | 43 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 31 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 30 | 42 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -12 | 41 |
| 9 | Livingston | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 33 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 38 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 31 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 66 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 37 | -46 | 24 |
| 11 | St. Mirren | 31 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 58 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 35 | -35 | 20 |
| 12 | Dundee | 31 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 64 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 34 | -39 | 18 |
