St Mirren vs Celtic Prediction: Celtic to extend their league’s win

At the The SMISA Stadium on Sunday, St Mirren will play host to Celtic. Match analysis and expected outcomes are given in the following paragraphs. 

St Mirren will be hoping for a better result following a 3-0 Premiership loss in their previous game against St Johnstone. In that game, St Mirren had 55% possession and 10 shots at goal with 2 on target. On the other side, St Johnstone had 10 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Nicky Clark 26 minutes, Drey Wright 66 minutes and Graham Carey 86 minutes scored for St Johnstone. A recurring characteristic of more recent St Mirren games is the high number of scores with a nil in them. We hope the host will bounce back from their loss and get a win. 

Celtic enters this match having won 3 matches of their last five against Dundee United, Ross County, and Rangers. They lost to Real Madrid, while 1 fixture ended in a draw against Shakhtar Donetsk. The team scored 17 goals while conceding 6 goals. In away games, Celtic scored an average of 4.17 goals per match and conceded 0.17. The team received 8 yellow cards and 0 red cards, while the total number of fouls committed is 54. Celtic's average team rating is 7.2 per match. Ball possession is very good for Celtic, with an average of 68.17% overall in this season.

St. Mirren and Celtic have a pretty solid H2H history, as they met 42 times in the last seasons, with St. Mirren winning 3 games, while Celtic won 35 games. A number of 4 games ended in a draw. St. Mirren scored 22 goals in the head to head meetings, while Celtic managed to score 110 goals. The overall leader in the H2H games is Celtic with 35 wins, while St. Mirren won only 3 times.