Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 8

Sep 18, 2022 at 12pm UK

St Mirren Park

St Mirren
2 - 0
Celtic

O'Hara (43'), Ayunga (53')
Gallagher (64'), O'Hara (80'), Baccus (89')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Ralston (84'), Haksabanovic (90+4')

Celtic's 38-game unbeaten league run ended by St Mirren

Celtic suffer their first Scottish Premiership defeat in 364 days after losing 2-0 away against St Mirren on Sunday afternoon.

Sep 18, 14:38

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

St Mirren

Last Six:

Last Game: St Johnstone 3-0 St Mirren
Saturday, September 3 at 3pm in Scottish Premiership

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
7	Motherwell	6	1	10
8	St Mirren	6	-2	9
9	St Johnstone	7	-3	7

Celtic

Last Six:

Last Game: Shakhtar 1-1 Celtic
Wednesday, September 14 at 5.45pm in Champions League

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	Celtic	6	24	18
2	Rangers	7	8	16
3	Livingston	7	-3	12

The Bhoys have been formidable in Scotland's top flight so far this season, and we do not see St Mirren derailing their perfect record, instead opting for another dominant victory for Postecoglou's men. 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 70.32%. A draw had a probability of 18.9% and a win for St Mirren had a probability of 10.8%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 0-2 with a probability of 13.8%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (13.24%) and 0-3 (9.59%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (8.89%), while for a St Mirren win it was 1-0 (4.27%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 1.4% likelihood.

Result
St Mirren	Draw	Celtic
10.8% ( 0.29)	18.88% ( 0.22)	70.32% ( -0.5)

Both teams to score 42.83% (

0.3)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

52.01% (

-0.16)

47.99% (

0.16)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

29.84% (

-0.15)

70.16% (

0.15)

St Mirren Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

48.91% (

0.45)

51.09% (

-0.45)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

14.6% (

0.3)

85.4% (

-0.3)

Celtic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

87.57% (

-0.19)

12.43% (

0.19)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

61.65% (

-0.39)

38.35% (

0.39)

Score Analysis

St Mirren 10.8%

Celtic 70.32%

Draw 18.88%

St Mirren	Draw	Celtic
1-0 @ 4.27% ( 0.08) 2-1 @ 2.99% ( 0.08) 2-0 @ 1.43% ( 0.05) Other @ 2.11% Total : 10.8%	1-1 @ 8.89% ( 0.11) 0-0 @ 6.35% ( 0.04) 2-2 @ 3.11% ( 0.06) Other @ 0.53% Total : 18.88%	0-2 @ 13.8% ( -0.11) 0-1 @ 13.24% ( -0.01) 0-3 @ 9.59% ( -0.15) 1-2 @ 9.27% ( 0.05) 1-3 @ 6.44% ( -0.02) 0-4 @ 5% ( -0.11) 1-4 @ 3.36% ( -0.03) 2-3 @ 2.16% ( 0.02) 0-5 @ 2.09% ( -0.06) 1-5 @ 1.4% ( -0.02) 2-4 @ 1.13% ( 0) Other @ 2.83% Total : 70.32%