We said: Celtic 3-0 St Mirren
Despite the loss to St Mirren in September, Celtic have proven that they are a vastly superior team to their opponents this weekend, and we do not foresee them having any trouble in putting their name into the hat for the next round.
As such, it is not likely to be a matter of whether Celtic win, rather how many they win by, and we expect them to cruise home to a very comfortable victory.
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 90.65%. A draw had a probability of 6.7% and a win for St Mirren had a probability of 2.67%.
The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 3-0 with a probability of 11.97%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 4-0 (10.83%) and 2-0 (9.93%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (3.13%), while for a St Mirren win it was 1-2 (0.89%). The actual scoreline of 5-1 was predicted with a 4.5% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Celtic would win this match.