Struggling St. Mirren will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Celtic in the upcoming league round. It’s 9th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
St. Mirren form and stats
3 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what St. Mirren have to build on here in the Premiership.
St. Mirren drew their last game, 0-0 away at St. Johnstone (placed 10th). The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 3-3 versus Livingston.
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 2 from three games. 1 defeat by at least two goals.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Kilmarnock are coming to town in three days.
St. Mirren has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. On the other hand, St. Mirren have conceded 10 goals.
Celtic form and stats
The away team, who have the most scored goals (52) in Premiership, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Premiership. In general it has been a productive period now for Celtic as they haven't lost any of their last ten games. It’s been three wins in a row for Celtic on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
The supporters enjoyed Celtic's previous game versus Aberdeen (placed 4th), a Premiership 2-1 win played at home. Prior to that result Celtic won their away game at Hearts. The scoreline was 2-0.
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 10 wins (8 by two or more goals winning margin), 5 draws and 1 surprising defeat.
A new game in only three days for Celtic, the Premiership home match versus Rangers. Busy days.
Celtic have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 19 goals from 8 away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Celtic - St. Mirren 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 0 St. Mirren victories, 1 draw and 9 Celtic wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
O. Édouard
11 goals
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R. Christie
10 goals
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J. Forrest
7 goals
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St. Mirren missing players
Celtic missing players
| St. Mirren | Celtic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 19 | 52 |
| 27 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 84% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 58% | 56% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 88% | 94% |
| 42% | 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 56% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 44% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 37% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 39% |
| 32% | 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 56% |
| 47% | 44% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 4.6 | 5.3 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6.4 | 6.7 |
| 5.4 | 5.6 | 7.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 190 | 89 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 124 | 292 |
| 59 | 24 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 42 | 121 |
| 25% | 38% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 45% | 43% |
- Celtic has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5)
- Celtic has the most clean sheets (10)
- Celtic has the most scored goals (52)
- Celtic has the most scored goals in the first half (24)
- Celtic has the the best goal difference (+42)
- 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 won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Celtic is in the best form (6-0-0)
- St. Mirren has the most matches under the total-line (11)
- St. Mirren 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 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 42 | 49 |
| 2 | Rangers | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 40 | 44 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 19 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 34 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 32 |
| 5 | Kilmarnock | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 23 |
| 6 | Livingston | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| 7 | Hibernian | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -7 | 22 |
| 8 | Ross County | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | -19 | 20 |
| 9 | St. Mirren | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -12 | 16 |
| 10 | St. Johnstone | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | -19 | 16 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -14 | 15 |
| 12 | Hearts | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -15 | 12 |