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St. Johnstone v Celtic : Premiership match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 22nd Aug, 15:00 BST, McDiarmid Park, Perth

Martin O'Neill takes his Celtic charges to the McDiarmid Park in the Premiership on Saturday afternoon, with Simo Valakari's St. Johnstone the opponent. We've analysed both teams' last 20 Premiership matches, as well as baseline data within the competition and the market, to generate our percentage predictions. All the stats, including head-to-heads, are shown below, alongside odds from leading bookmakers.


Best Tip: Celtic to win

This one only looks like going one way and, unfortunately for the home side, that way is Celtic's. We predict Saturday's visitors to McDiarmid Park will be coming away victorious, and it's a view backed up by each side's respective recent form stats, head-to-head (H2H) records and the odds from the UK's leading bookies too. They make an away win in the win / draw / win market the most likely outcome, and are offering a best price of 1.44.

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Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
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Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
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Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 66% chance of Celtic coming away with a win.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
St. Johnstone
15%
11/2-
Draw
19%
7/2-
Celtic
66%
4/9-
Celtic 2-0
10%
7/1-
Celtic 2-1
10%
15/2-
Celtic 1-0
9%
15/2-
Draw 1-1
9%
8/1-
Celtic 3-0
8%
10/1-
Celtic 3-1
7%
10/1-
Draw 2-2
5%
16/1-
Celtic 4-0
4%
18/1-
St. Johnstone 2-1
4%
18/1-
Draw 0-0
4%
16/1-
Celtic 4-1
4%
18/1-
St. Johnstone 1-0
4%
20/1-
Celtic 3-2
3%
20/1-
Celtic 4-2
2%
33/1-
Celtic 5-0
2%
33/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
62%
4/7-
Under 2.5 Goals
38%
11/8-
Home 1st Goal
40%
15/8-
Away 1st Goal
58%
2/5-
No 1st Goal
3%
16/1-
BTTS - Yes
55%
3/4-
BTTS - No
45%
1/1-
BTTS - Home Win
8%
10/1-
BTTS - Draw
15%
9/2-
BTTS - Away Win
32%
15/8-
Home/draw
34%
13/8-
Away/draw
85%
1/9-
Home/away
81%
2/11-
Over 1.5 Goals
83%
1/6-
Under 1.5 Goals
17%
4/1-
Over 3.5 Goals
39%
6/4-
Under 3.5 Goals
61%
8/15-
Over 4.5 Goals
22%
10/3-
Under 4.5 Goals
78%
2/9-
Over 5.5 Goals
10%
7/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
90%
1/12-
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1/40-
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
16/1-
Home DNB
28%
4/1-
Away DNB
79%
1/6-
St. Johnstone win to nil
7%
12/1-
Celtic win to nil
34%
13/8-
St. Johnstone / St. Johnstone
7%
10/1-
St. Johnstone / Celtic
4%
18/1-
St. Johnstone / Draw
5%
16/1-
Draw / St. Johnstone
6%
12/1-
Draw / Celtic
19%
10/3-
Draw / Draw
12%
6/1-
Celtic / St. Johnstone
2%
40/1-
Celtic / Celtic
39%
11/10-
Celtic / Draw
5%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win Premiership table
Won
Draw
Lost
St. Johnstone
Celtic
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Celtic256 
Aug 22
Dec 5
Mar 13
-
-
-
-
-
2
St. Mirren236 
Dec 2
l
 
1-0A
-
Feb 3
Nov 21
Sep 5
-
Jan 23
3
Motherwell214 
Oct 28
Jan 2
Apr 10
-
Dec 26
Oct 10
-
Feb 3
4
Hearts233 
Dec 30
Aug 29
-
Apr 3
Oct 17
Nov 28
Feb 13
-
5
Dundee213 
Nov 7
Sep 2
-
Feb 13
w
 
1-0F
Dec 2
Jan 9
-
6
St. Johnstone203 
-
-
-
-
Dec 5
Aug 22
-
Mar 13
7
Hibernian203 
Sep 6
Dec 19
Mar 20
-
Dec 12
Oct 24
-
Feb 20
8
Aberdeen2-13 
Dec 26
Oct 10
-
Feb 27
Sep 2
Dec 19
Mar 20
-
9
Rangers2-11 
Dec 12
Oct 24
-
Jan 23
Sep 20
Jan 2
Feb 27
-
10
Falkirk2-21 
Sep 19
Nov 21
Jan 9
-
Aug 29
Oct 31
Jan 30
-
11
Dundee Utd2-41 
Oct 17
Nov 28
Jan 30
-
Oct 28
Dec 30
Apr 10
-
12
Kilmarnock2-50 
w
 
4-3F
Oct 31
Feb 20
-
Nov 7
w
 
1-5F
-
Apr 3
Win / draw / win form
3
St. Johnstone have won 3 consecutive home league games
7
St. Johnstone have not lost in 7 consecutive home league games
St. Johnstone 6TH
20 league games
Home
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
41
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
12
Draw
6
L
2
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
St. Johnstone4 - 3Kilmarnock
St. Johnstone2 - 0Raith Rovers
St. Johnstone4 - 0Airdrieonians
St. Johnstone1 - 1Queen's Park
St. Johnstone1 - 0Ross County
St. Johnstone3 - 1Ayr United
St. Johnstone2 - 2Partick
St. Johnstone0 - 1Dunfermline
St. Johnstone1 - 0Arbroath
St. Johnstone5 - 0Greenock
St. Johnstone0 - 0Raith Rovers
St. Johnstone4 - 3Queen's Park
St. Johnstone3 - 0Airdrieonians
St. Johnstone0 - 0Ross County
St. Johnstone0 - 0Ayr United
St. Johnstone2 - 1Dunfermline
St. Johnstone1 - 1Greenock
St. Johnstone3 - 0Arbroath
St. Johnstone5 - 1Partick
St. Johnstone0 - 2Dundee
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
12
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
8 / 20
Clean sheets
12 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
12
Draw
6
L
2
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASt. Johnstone0 - 1St. Mirren
HSt. Johnstone4 - 3Kilmarnock
ASt. Johnstone1 - 0Ayr United
HSt. Johnstone2 - 0Raith Rovers
ASt. Johnstone2 - 0Dunfermline
HSt. Johnstone4 - 0Airdrieonians
ASt. Johnstone4 - 2Arbroath
HSt. Johnstone1 - 1Queen's Park
ASt. Johnstone0 - 0Partick
HSt. Johnstone1 - 0Ross County
ASt. Johnstone2 - 0Greenock
HSt. Johnstone3 - 1Ayr United
ASt. Johnstone1 - 1Queen's Park
ASt. Johnstone0 - 0Raith Rovers
ASt. Johnstone1 - 0Airdrieonians
HSt. Johnstone2 - 2Partick
HSt. Johnstone0 - 1Dunfermline
HSt. Johnstone1 - 0Arbroath
ASt. Johnstone0 - 0Ross County
HSt. Johnstone5 - 0Greenock
Celtic 1ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
12
D
3
Lost
5
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Kilmarnock1 - 5Celtic
Motherwell2 - 3Celtic
Hibernian1 - 2Celtic
Dundee1 - 2Celtic
Dundee Utd2 - 0Celtic
Aberdeen1 - 2Celtic
Rangers2 - 2Celtic
Kilmarnock2 - 3Celtic
Hearts2 - 2Celtic
Falkirk0 - 1Celtic
Motherwell2 - 0Celtic
Livingston2 - 4Celtic
Dundee Utd2 - 1Celtic
Hibernian1 - 2Celtic
St. Mirren0 - 1Celtic
Hearts3 - 1Celtic
Dundee2 - 0Celtic
Kilmarnock1 - 2Celtic
Rangers0 - 0Celtic
Aberdeen0 - 2Celtic
Goals: Scored
45
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
16
D
2
L
2
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ACeltic5 - 1Kilmarnock
HCeltic1 - 0Dundee
HCeltic3 - 1Hearts
ACeltic3 - 2Motherwell
HCeltic3 - 1Rangers
ACeltic2 - 1Hibernian
HCeltic3 - 1Falkirk
HCeltic1 - 0St. Mirren
ACeltic2 - 1Dundee
ACeltic0 - 2Dundee Utd
HCeltic3 - 1Motherwell
ACeltic2 - 1Aberdeen
ACeltic2 - 2Rangers
HCeltic1 - 2Hibernian
ACeltic3 - 2Kilmarnock
HCeltic2 - 1Livingston
HCeltic2 - 0Falkirk
ACeltic2 - 2Hearts
ACeltic1 - 0Falkirk
HCeltic4 - 0Dundee Utd
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at St. Johnstone since 2013
St. Johnstone
Celtic
Goals: Scored
16
59
Games: Scored
11 / 21
19 / 21
Clean sheets
2 / 21
10 / 21
STU
2
D
2
CEL
17
FIXTURE HISTORY AT St. Johnstone
St. Johnstone1 - 0
0 - 6Celtic
1 - 3Celtic
1 - 4Celtic
1 - 2Celtic
1 - 3Celtic
1 - 2Celtic
0 - 2Celtic
0 - 3Celtic
0 - 2Celtic
0 - 6Celtic
0 - 4Celtic
2 - 5Celtic
2 - 4Celtic
St. Johnstone2 - 1
0 - 3Celtic
Draw0 - 0Draw
1 - 2Celtic
0 - 3Celtic
Draw3 - 3Draw
0 - 1Celtic
League games at Celtic since 2013
Celtic
St. Johnstone
Goals: Scored
51
9
Games: Scored
16 / 19
9 / 19
Clean sheets
10 / 19
3 / 19
STU
1
D
4
CEL
14
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Celtic
Celtic4 - 0
Celtic3 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Celtic4 - 1
Celtic7 - 0
Celtic2 - 0
Celtic4 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Celtic7 - 0
Celtic2 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Celtic4 - 1
Celtic1 - 0
Celtic3 - 1
Celtic3 - 1
0 - 1St. Johnstone
Celtic3 - 0
Celtic2 - 1
Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.2 is decent for Celtic in their clash with St. Johnstone, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 33 consecutive Premiership matches.

St. Johnstone 6th Celtic 1st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.0
goals
2.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
38%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 75% probability of St. Johnstone scoring 1 goal or less
0
11%
1
24%
2
27%
3
20%
4+
19%
There is a 65% probability that Celtic will score 2 or more goals in this match
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+15
St. Johnstone have scored 15% more goals at home than predicted
-1
Celtic’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
2.1
average goals scored
1.8
average goals scored
0.8
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premiership - 2026/2027 season
St. Johnstone
PG (predicted goals)
Celtic
1
2.2
Attack rating
19%
better
STU
CEL
view stats
Games scored1
1
Failed to score1
0
Scored first1
1
Goals scored4
1
Avg. goals scored2
0.5
Avg. shots per game8
7
Avg. shots per goal4
14
Conversion rate for25
7
Avg. XG for2.7
2.6
KickOff rating
+19%
Defence rating
STU
CEL
64%
better
view stats
Games conceded2
0
Clean sheets0
1
Conceded first1
0
Goals conceded4
0
Avg. goals conceded2
0
Avg. shots/game conceded8
4
Avg. shots/goal conceded4
0
Conversion rate against25%
0%
Avg. XG against1.7
0.6
KickOff rating
+64%

St. Johnstone v Celtic Premiership lLine ups will show here when available.

St. Johnstone Premiership squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
2121
T StewardC DiabatéJ GullanC Diabaté
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Steward GLK2
-
Z Mitchell DEF2
-
M Foulds DEF2
-
C Diabaté DEF21
1
-
L Smith DEF2
1
-
S Stanton MID2
-
J Holt MID2
-
R McAlear MID2
-
J Gullan FWD22
1
-
L LLoyd FWD2
-
J. Fowler FWD211
-
K Fotheringham FWD21
-
L Chalmers FWD2
-
R Paton FWD2
-
J Baird DEF1
-
M Tait MID1
-
Celtic Premiership squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
2211
V SinisaloB NygrenK TierneyA Engels
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
V Sinisalo GLK2
-
K Tierney DEF21
-
C Carter-Vickers DEF2
-
A Johnston DEF2
-
C. Donovan DEF2
-
A Trusty DEF2
-
B Nygren MID221
-
C McGregor MID2
-
A Engels MID21
1
-
L McCowan MID21
-
Y Hyun-Jun FWD2
-
J Forrest FWD2
-
S Tounekti FWD2
-
C. Durán Marquez FWD21
-
C. Osmand FWD1
-