St. Mirren will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 23 points behind Celtic.
- St. Mirren has the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Premiership
- Celtic has the most scored goals in the second half (34) in Premiership
It's no vacation for neither Mirren 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. Mirren form and stats
3 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what St. Mirren have to build on here at The Paisley 2021 Stadium in the Premiership.
A nice win for St. Mirren last time playing, versus Kilmarnock. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Kyle McAllister and Jonathan Obika scoring for the victors. Ahead of that match, St. Mirren lost 1-2 at home to Hibernian.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for St. Mirren as they are travelling to their away game against Aberdeen in the Premiership. That match is three days after this one.
Mirren aren't scoring a lot here at The Paisley 2021 Stadium in the league, with only 11 goals from 12 games. Mirren have conceded 15 in these home matches.
Celtic form and stats
Celtic have an excellent away record in the Premiership so far with 7-4-1 from 12 games.
Celtic go into this game after a win, the home game against Motherwell that ended 2-1. Prior to that result Celtic won their away game at Kilmarnock. The scoreline was 4-0.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Premiership trip to St. Johnstone.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Celtic are regular goalscorers on their travels. Celtic are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Celtic - Mirren 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. St. Mirren-Celtic H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: St. Mirren one win, Celtic eight wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  O. Édouard 12 goals |  M. Elyounoussi 7 goals |  A. Ajeti 6 goals |
St. Mirren missing players
Celtic missing players
| St. Mirren | Celtic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 26 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 26 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 29 | 57 |
| 28 | 15 | 8 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 64% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 83% | 88% |
| 36% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 67% | 58% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 50% | 31% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 19% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 46% |
| 28% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 42% | 46% |
| 32% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 10.9 | 11.5 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 20 | 17.4 | 17.5 |
| 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.4 |
| 30% | 27% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 37% | 34% |
- Celtic has the most scored goals in the second half (34) in Premiership
- 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. Mirren.
- Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- St. Mirren has the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Premiership
| 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 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 60 | 76 |
| 2 | Celtic | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 57 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 36 | 55 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 49 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 44 |
| 5 | Livingston | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 39 |
| 6 | St. Mirren | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 13 | -2 | 32 |
| 7 | Dundee United | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -15 | 31 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 26 | -10 | 30 |
| 9 | Motherwell | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -15 | 25 |
| 10 | Kilmarnock | 27 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 26 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 20 | -13 | 24 |
| 11 | Ross County | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 53 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 26 | -32 | 23 |
| 12 | Hamilton Academical | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 52 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 29 | -29 | 20 |