Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Celtic & St. Mirren face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Scottish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This looks to be an appealing match with lots of fun and energy as both participants are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!
Celtic form and stats
Last season, Celtic's Scottish Cup journey ended in the semi-finals.A strong away win for Celtic against St. Johnstone the last match, as Mooy, Turnbull and Furuhashi were on target. Midfielder Mooy was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.72 (out of ten) in that game. Mooy scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 44 successful passes (of 52 total).
Before that, Celtic had a Premiership home game versus Livingston which ended with a victory 3-0.With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Celtic friendly games in pre-season: Celtic played one friendly, won 0, drew 0 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Celtic scored {3 goals} and conceded 4 in these one game.
St. Mirren form and stats
They also participated in Scottish Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.St. Mirren might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Hibernian proved too strong as Mirren slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at The Smisa Stadium. Attacker Main got a player rating of 7.3 in the game. "Man of the match" Main dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Prior to that result St. Mirren won their away game at Aberdeen in the Premiership. The scoreline was 3-1.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the St. Mirren manager Robinson as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Motherwell.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - one - two (Celtic wins - draws - St. Mirren wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Furuhashi 19 goals |  L. Abada 8 goals |  J. Neves Filipe 7 goals |
Celtic missing players
St. Mirren missing players
| Celtic | St. Mirren | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 66 | 36 | Scored | S | 10 | 26 | ||
| 27 | 11 | Conceded | C | 24 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 64% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 55% | 40% | ||
| 7 | 8.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.8 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 1 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 17.8 | 18.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 11.4 | ||
| 6.6 | 7.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.1 | ||
| 41% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | ||
| 7.3 | 5.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 10.9 | ||
| 2.5 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.2 | ||
