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Scottish Premiership
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Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 6
Sep 28, 2024 at 5.45pm UK
McDiarmid Park
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St Johnstone
0 - 6
Celtic


Smith (30')
FT(HT: 0-3)
Furuhashi (35', 45'), Bernardo (43'), McGregor (54'), Maeda (72'), Idah (83')
Maeda (39')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

St Johnstone

All competitions
Scottish Premiership
Last Game: Ross County 3-3 St Johnstone
Saturday, September 21 at 3pm in Scottish Premiership

Celtic

All competitions
Scottish Premiership
Last Game: Celtic 5-2 Falkirk
Sunday, September 22 at 3pm in Scottish League Cup

We said: St Johnstone 1-4 Celtic

 These two teams have experienced sharply contrasting starts to their 2024-25 seasons, with St Johnstone struggling while Celtic have been dominant in every game they've played. We anticipate that this trend will continue on Saturday, resulting in a significant victory for the visitors. 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 71.19%. A draw had a probability of 16.7% and a win for St Johnstone had a probability of 12.11%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 0-2 with a probability of 10.28%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.47%) and 0-3 (8.45%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (7.69%), while for a St Johnstone win it was 2-1 (3.54%). The actual scoreline of 0-6 was predicted with a 1.1% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Celtic would win this match.

Result
St JohnstoneDrawCeltic
12.11% (-0.17 -0.17) 16.7% (-0.181 -0.18) 71.19% (0.348 0.35)
Both teams to score 55.06% (0.132 0.13)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
65.74% (0.431 0.43)34.26% (-0.434 -0.43)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
43.84% (0.485 0.48)56.16% (-0.48800000000001 -0.49)
St Johnstone Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
60.18% (0.022999999999996 0.02)39.82% (-0.025999999999996 -0.03)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
23.51% (0.018999999999998 0.02)76.49% (-0.021999999999991 -0.02)
Celtic Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
91.49% (0.182 0.18)8.51% (-0.185 -0.19)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
70.53% (0.45399999999999 0.45)29.47% (-0.458 -0.46)
Score Analysis
    St Johnstone 12.11%
    Celtic 71.18%
    Draw 16.7%
St JohnstoneDrawCeltic
2-1 @ 3.54% (-0.043 -0.04)
1-0 @ 3.12% (-0.068 -0.07)
2-0 @ 1.44% (-0.03 -0.03)
3-2 @ 1.34% (-0.004 -0)
3-1 @ 1.09% (-0.013 -0.01)
Other @ 1.59%
Total : 12.11%
1-1 @ 7.69% (-0.099 -0.1)
2-2 @ 4.36% (-0.015 -0.01)
0-0 @ 3.39% (-0.076 -0.08)
3-3 @ 1.1% (0.006 0.01)
Other @ 0.17%
Total : 16.7%
0-2 @ 10.28% (-0.050000000000001 -0.05)
1-2 @ 9.47% (-0.036999999999999 -0.04)
0-3 @ 8.45% (0.035 0.04)
0-1 @ 8.35% (-0.113 -0.11)
1-3 @ 7.78% (0.038 0.04)
0-4 @ 5.21% (0.067 0.07)
1-4 @ 4.79% (0.065 0.07)
2-3 @ 3.58% (0.02 0.02)
0-5 @ 2.57% (0.056 0.06)
1-5 @ 2.36% (0.053 0.05)
2-4 @ 2.21% (0.032 0.03)
2-5 @ 1.09% (0.025 0.03)
0-6 @ 1.05% (0.032 0.03)
1-6 @ 0.97% (0.03 0.03)
Other @ 3.03%
Total : 71.18%

How you voted: St Johnstone vs Celtic

St Johnstone
4.5%
Draw
4.5%
Celtic
90.9%
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Celtic1110103132831
2Aberdeen11101024101431
3RangersRangers11713168822
4Dundee UnitedDundee Utd125431813519
5Motherwell116141514119
6St Mirren134361722-515
7Dundee123361824-612
8Kilmarnock123361525-1012
9Ross County132651021-1112
10St Johnstone133191627-1110
11Hearts132381420-69
12Hibernian121561118-78
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