Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 33

Apr 9, 2022 at 3pm UK

Celtic Park

Celtic
7 - 0
St Johnstone

Hatate (8'), Giakoumakis (22'), Maeda (36'), Juranovic (51' pen.), O'Riley (70', 73'), Abada (78')

FT(HT: 3-0)

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

Celtic

Last Six:

Last Game: Celtic 6-0 Motherwell
Saturday, May 14 at 12.15pm in Scottish Premiership

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	Celtic	38	70	93
2	Rangers	38	49	89
3	Hearts	38	10	61

St Johnstone

Last Six:

Last Game: St Johnstone 4-0 Inverness
Monday, May 23 at 7.45pm in Scottish Premiership Playoffs

Next Game: St Johnstone vs. Annan
Tuesday, July 12 at 7.45pm in Scottish League Cup

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
10	Ross County	38	-14	41
11	St Johnstone	38	-27	35
12	Dundee	38	-30	29

We said: Celtic 3-1 St Johnstone

This match is an important one for both teams, as each club is desperate to pick up points for their own distinct reasons. While St Johnstone will no doubt put plenty of fight into this one, Celtic are likely going to take all three points with their quality set to be the difference. 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 87.58%. A draw had a probability of 9.5% and a win for St Johnstone had a probability of 2.97%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 2-0 with a probability of 15.76%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 3-0 (15.13%) and 1-0 (10.95%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (4.28%), while for a St Johnstone win it was 0-1 (1.49%). The actual scoreline of 7-0 was predicted with a 1.2% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Celtic would win this match.

Result
Celtic	Draw	St Johnstone
87.58%	9.45%	2.97%

Both teams to score 30.53%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

63.42%

36.58%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

41.25%

58.75%

Celtic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

94.38%

5.62%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

78.18%

21.82%

St Johnstone Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

32.35%

67.65%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

5.91%

94.09%

Score Analysis

Celtic 87.56%

St Johnstone 2.97%

Draw 9.45%

Celtic	Draw	St Johnstone
2-0 @ 15.76% 3-0 @ 15.13% 1-0 @ 10.95% 4-0 @ 10.88% 5-0 @ 6.27% 2-1 @ 6.16% 3-1 @ 5.91% 4-1 @ 4.26% 6-0 @ 3.01% 5-1 @ 2.45% 7-0 @ 1.24% 6-1 @ 1.18% 3-2 @ 1.16% Other @ 3.21% Total : 87.56%	1-1 @ 4.28% 0-0 @ 3.81% 2-2 @ 1.2% Other @ 0.16% Total : 9.45%	0-1 @ 1.49% Other @ 1.48% Total : 2.97%