Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 15

Dec 3, 2023 at 12pm UK

McDiarmid Park

St Johnstone
1 - 3
Celtic

Jaiyesimi (40')
McGowan (13'), Mitov (79')

FT(HT: 1-0)

McGregor (67'), O'Riley (79'), Forrest (90+3')
Furuhashi (79')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

St Johnstone

All competitions

Last Game: Hearts 1-0 St Johnstone
Saturday, November 25 at 3pm in Scottish Premiership

Goals
for

Top scorers

Celtic

All competitions

Scottish Premiership

Last Game: Lazio 2-0 Celtic
Tuesday, November 28 at 5.45pm in Champions League

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: St Johnstone 0-3 Celtic

St Johnstone have improved their performances as of late throughout this season, but this particular fixture could be a tough test for them. Celtic will be out to immediately get back to winning ways, and their quality will likely be too much in this fixture. 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 59.98%. A draw had a probability of 22.1% and a win for St Johnstone had a probability of 17.95%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.38%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (10.72%) and 1-2 (9.89%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.49%), while for a St Johnstone win it was 1-0 (5.57%). The actual scoreline of 1-3 was predicted with a 6.2% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Celtic would win this match.

Result
St Johnstone	Draw	Celtic
17.95% ( -0.44)	22.07% ( 0.41)	59.98% ( 0.03)

Both teams to score 51.09% (

-2.16)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

53.23% (

-2.47)

46.77% (

2.47)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

30.97% (

-2.35)

69.03% (

2.35)

St Johnstone Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

60.23% (

-1.95)

39.77% (

1.95)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

23.56% (

-1.85)

76.44% (

1.85)

Celtic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

84.82% (

-0.81)

15.18% (

0.81)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

56.21% (

-1.55)

43.8% (

1.55)

Score Analysis

St Johnstone 17.95%

Celtic 59.97%

Draw 22.07%

St Johnstone	Draw	Celtic
1-0 @ 5.57% ( 0.28) 2-1 @ 4.84% ( -0.15) 2-0 @ 2.57% ( -0) 3-1 @ 1.49% ( -0.13) 3-2 @ 1.4% ( -0.17) Other @ 2.09% Total : 17.95%	1-1 @ 10.49% ( 0.24) 0-0 @ 6.04% ( 0.6) 2-2 @ 4.56% ( -0.28) Other @ 0.98% Total : 22.07%	0-1 @ 11.38% ( 0.84) 0-2 @ 10.72% ( 0.5) 1-2 @ 9.89% ( -0.05) 0-3 @ 6.74% ( 0.13) 1-3 @ 6.22% ( -0.22) 0-4 @ 3.18% ( -0.03) 1-4 @ 2.93% ( -0.19) 2-3 @ 2.87% ( -0.26) 2-4 @ 1.35% ( -0.17) 0-5 @ 1.2% ( -0.05) 1-5 @ 1.11% ( -0.11) Other @ 2.39% Total : 59.97%