A cursory glance at the Premiership standings suggest an edge to Celtic when they travel to St. Mirren. Yet; let's play the game before select a winner!
- Celtic have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Premiership
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a League Cup game only three days ago. That game, against Hibernian, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Celtic.
St. Mirren form and stats
St. Mirren's results here at The SMISA Stadium in the Premiership have been very modest with 1 victory, 5 draws and 3 defeats. The home fans are hungry for more even though Mirren have been steadily collecting points here at The SMISA Stadium through three straight draws.
The spoils were shared in Mirren's previous game, also at home. Visiting Hibernian (placed 7th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Defender Shaughnessy got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.03/10. Shaughnessy scored one goal and won 8 of 12 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Aberdeen.There will be little rest for Mirren after this match as they are travelling to Rangers for a Premiership game in only four days.
St. Mirren have scored 7 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. 9 goals have been conceded. When Mirren hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Ross County, Dundee and St. Johnstone), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Celtic form and stats
Celtic have an excellent away record in the Premiership so far with 6-0-3 from 9 games. Things are running smoothly for Celtic who hasn't tasted defeat in their last twelve matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Livingston.
Celtic play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Hibernian (placed 7th).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Ross County at their stadium, the result 2-1.Celtic have another fixture away from home in just four nights, a Premiership match versus St. Johnstone. A demanding programme for the visiting team!
Celtic has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Celtic have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
St. Mirren and Celtic have met before this season: Celtic - Mirren 6-0. St. Mirren-Celtic H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: St. Mirren one win, Celtic eight wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  K. Furuhashi 8 goals |   E. Brophy 5 goals |  D. Turnbull 5 goals |
St. Mirren missing players
Celtic missing players
| St. Mirren | Celtic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 17 | 39 |
| 29 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 11 |
| 78% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 67% | 56% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 72% |
| 50% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 56% |
| 39% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 22% | 22% |
| 22% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 11% | 17% |
| 56% | 56% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 39% |
| 28% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 50% |
| 39% | 44% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 17% |
| 5.8 | 6.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10 | 8.3 | 9.3 |
| 5.1 | 3.6 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.8 | 3.1 |
| 1.9 | 2.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.2 | 12.9 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 24 | 17.9 | 20.9 |
| 4.6 | 4 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.4 | 6.1 |
| 22% | 19% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 35% | 35% |
| 13.8 | 11.6 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 8.6 | 7.3 |
| 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 2.3 |
- 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 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 (9) 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.
- Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Rangers | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 27 | 48 |
| 2 | Celtic | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 28 | 41 |
| 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 | Dundee United | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 25 |
| 6 | Aberdeen | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 24 |
| 7 | Hibernian | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 23 |
| 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 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 20 | -11 | 18 |
| 10 | Dundee | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -18 | 16 |
| 11 | Ross County | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -8 | 15 |
| 12 | St. Johnstone | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -11 | 14 |