Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 3

Aug 26, 2023 at 3pm UK

Celtic Park

Celtic
0 - 0
St Johnstone

O'Riley (51')

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

Celtic

All competitions

Scottish Premiership

Last Game: Kilmarnock 1-0 Celtic
Sunday, August 20 at 3pm in Scottish League Cup

Goals
for

Top scorers

St Johnstone

All competitions

Scottish Premiership

Last Game: Ross County 2-0 St Johnstone
Saturday, August 12 at 3pm in Scottish Premiership

Goals
for

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
Celtic	Draw	St Johnstone
75.82% ( 0)	14.65%	9.54%

Both teams to score 53.46% (

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

68.32% (

31.68%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

46.81% (

53.19%

Celtic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

93.06% (

6.94%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

74.54% (

25.46%

St Johnstone Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

57.45% (

42.56% (

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

21.09%

78.92% (

Score Analysis

Celtic 75.81%

St Johnstone 9.54%

Draw 14.65%

Celtic	Draw	St Johnstone
2-0 @ 10.51% 3-0 @ 9.35% ( 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) 5-1 @ 2.84% 4-2 @ 2.28% 6-0 @ 1.48% ( 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%