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Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 3
Aug 26, 2023 at 3pm UK
Celtic Park
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Celtic
0 - 0
St Johnstone


O'Riley (51')
FT

McClelland (44'), Brown (88'), MacPherson (90+4')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Scottish Premiership clash between Celtic and St Johnstone, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: Kilmarnock 1-0 Celtic
Sunday, August 20 at 3pm in Scottish League Cup
Last Game: Ross County 2-0 St Johnstone
Saturday, August 12 at 3pm in Scottish Premiership

We said: Celtic 3-0 St Johnstone

Rodgers will be keen to see a response from his Celtic side, who will fancy their chances of returning to winning ways in a favourable home fixture against St Johnstone. The Saints head to Parkhead bang out of form and as huge underdogs versus a Hoops outfit who we expect to win comfortably on home soil. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Celtic win with a probability of 75.82%. A draw had a probability of 14.6% and a win for St Johnstone had a probability of 9.54%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 2-0 with a probability of 10.51%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 3-0 (9.35%) and 2-1 (8.98%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (6.73%), while for a St Johnstone win it was 1-2 (2.88%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 3% likelihood.

Result
CelticDrawSt Johnstone
75.82% (0.0049999999999955 0) 14.65%9.54%
Both teams to score 53.46% (0.0010000000000048 0)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
68.32% (0.0030000000000001 0)31.68%
Over 3.5Under 3.5
46.81% (0.0030000000000001 0)53.19%
Celtic Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
93.06% (0.0040000000000049 0)6.94%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
74.54% (0.0040000000000049 0)25.46%
St Johnstone Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
57.45% (0.00099999999999767 0)42.56% (0.0030000000000001 0)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
21.09%78.92% (0.0039999999999907 0)
Score Analysis
    Celtic 75.81%
    St Johnstone 9.54%
    Draw 14.65%
CelticDrawSt Johnstone
2-0 @ 10.51%
3-0 @ 9.35% (0.00099999999999945 0)
2-1 @ 8.98%
3-1 @ 7.99%
1-0 @ 7.88%
4-0 @ 6.23%
4-1 @ 5.33%
3-2 @ 3.41%
5-0 @ 3.33% (0.00099999999999989 0)
5-1 @ 2.84%
4-2 @ 2.28%
6-0 @ 1.48% (0.0010000000000001 0)
6-1 @ 1.26%
5-2 @ 1.21%
Other @ 3.74%
Total : 75.81%
1-1 @ 6.73%
2-2 @ 3.84%
0-0 @ 2.95%
3-3 @ 0.97%
Other @ 0.15%
Total : 14.65%
1-2 @ 2.88%
0-1 @ 2.52%
2-3 @ 1.09%
0-2 @ 1.08%
Other @ 1.97%
Total : 9.54%

How you voted: Celtic vs St Johnstone

Celtic
83.3%
Draw
16.7%
St Johnstone
0.0%
12
Head to Head
Feb 5, 2023 12pm
Gameweek 25
St Johnstone
1-4
Celtic
Wright (25')
Considine (13' og.), Furuhashi (22'), Mooy (38'), Turnbull (90+3')
Dec 24, 2022 12.30pm
Gameweek 18
Celtic
4-1
St Johnstone
Hatate (14', 52'), Furuhashi (17', 40')
Wright (67')
Oct 8, 2022 12.30pm
Gameweek 10
St Johnstone
1-2
Celtic
Mitchell (90+3')
Considine (42' og.), Giakoumakis (90+5')
Apr 9, 2022 3pm
Gameweek 33
Celtic
7-0
St Johnstone
Hatate (8'), Giakoumakis (22'), Maeda (36'), Juranovic (51' pen.), O'Riley (70', 73'), Abada (78')
Dec 26, 2021 12.30pm
Gameweek 20
St Johnstone
1-3
Celtic
Kane (69')
Butterfield (59'), Dendoncker (85')
Abada (9', 22'), Bitton (82')
Bitton (86')
rhs 2.0
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Celtic1614204444044
2RangersRangers1611232891935
3Aberdeen17104331211034
4Motherwell178272327-426
5Dundee UnitedDundee Utd176742519625
6St Mirren187382429-524
7Dundee175482730-319
8Hibernian184682430-618
9Kilmarnock184681935-1618
10Hearts1844102027-716
11Ross County183691435-2115
12St Johnstone1842122134-1314


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