Celtic vs St. Mirren Prediction: Celtic will run riot here

The match for the Championship Group between Celtic and St. Mirren will take place at Celtic Park. The Hoops were defeated by Rangers over the weekend, while St. Mirren broke their winless skid by playing to a draw with Hearts.

Celtic - will bounce back from defeat

After suffering a 3-0 loss against Rangers in their most recent Premiership match, Celtic will be hoping for a better outcome this time around. During that game, Celtic controlled possession for 68% of the time and had eight shots on goal, with only one of them finding the back of the net. The Rangers had 16 attempts at the goal, with eight of those attempts being on target. Rangers were successful in scoring thanks to goals from Todd Cantwell in the 5th minute, John Souttar in the 34th minute, and Fashion Sakala in the 70th minute. Celtic, coached by Ange Postecoglou, have scored 11 goals throughout the course of their last six matches. Seven goals have been scored against them throughout that same period of time, making the total number of goals scored against them seven. Their previous performance demonstrates that Celtic are currently undefeated in the league after playing against St. Mirren in their past two matches. Also, they have a perfect record of 42 home league matches in which they have never lost.

St. Mirren - Mirren are no match for the home side

St. Mirren's most recent Premiership match, which was against Hearts, ended in a tie with a score of 2-2. During that match, St. Mirren had 37% possession of the ball and 12 shots on goal, with 7 of them landing in the correct scoring area. Joe Shaughnessy at the 36-minute mark and Ryan Strain at the 45 minute mark were the ones to score for St. Mirren. At the other end of the field, Hearts had 11 shots on goal, with six of them landing on the target. Hearts got goals from Josh Ginnelly in the 73rd minute and Lawrence Shankland in the 96th minute. The fact shows that matches by St. Mirren have produced 21 goals in the previous six. This results in an average of 3.5 goals scored in each contest. Their opponents were able to score 11 of these goals. In the run-up to this confrontation, St. Mirren have not been successful against Celtic in any of the three league matches that took place away from their stadium. Also, the visiting team are winless in their league's last two away matches.

Head-Head Statistics

Celtic and St. Mirren have met 46 times in previous seasons, with Celtic winning 38 games and St. Mirren winning 4 games. There were a total of four draws in the games. In the head-to-head matchups between the two teams, Celtic scored 124 goals, while St. Mirren only managed to score 26.

Expert Betting Tips

The away team will likely have a difficult time in this clash, especially considering how they've been performing as of late. Despite the fact that it was not a very significant game, the home team certainly would have liked to have gotten a better result from their match against the Rangers the weekend before. As a result of the excellent play expected from both the offense and the defense here, this should be an easy matchup for Celtic. Therefore, I predict victory for the home team, which will likely rack up a number of goals while maintaining a strong defensive showing.