St Johnstone vs Celtic Prediction: Celtic to overcome struggling Johnstone

At McDiarmid Park, St Johnstone will play Celtic in round 6 of the Scottish Premiership. In the last matches these two teams faced, Celtic secured consecutive victories. Can St Johnstone hold their opponent to a draw this time?

St Johnstone

St Johnstone's last league encounter came against Ross County, and they settled for a 3-3 draw. In that game, St Johnstone found themselves behind just 19 minutes into the game through Ronan Hale’s strike for Ross County. However, St Johnstone responded well to level the score through Drey Wright’s 44-minute goal before Nicholas Clark’s brace to extend their lead to 1-3. However, poor defensive play saw this team concede twice in the final ten minutes of the game and settle for a draw. Heading into this game, St Johnstone have failed to win any of their last five matches. 

Celtic

Celtic's last encounter was with Falkirk in the quarterfinal of the League Cup. In that game, Celtic secured a 5-2 win, as they came from behind to book their semifinal spot. In that encounter, Paulo Bernardo scored for Celtic, while Adam Idah and Nicolas-Gerrit Kuhn both scored a brace for this side. However, Celtic last league encounter came against Hearts, and they won 2-0. In the league this season, Celtic have not dropped a single point, scoring 14 goals in the process while failing to concede a single one. 

Expert Betting Tips

Celtic have been very good offensively this season, while their defense line is the best in the league this season. With St Johnstone struggling to hold in defense, being one of the sides with the most goals conceded, I am confident Celtic will run riot in this game and score many goals while also winning with a huge margin.