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

Wed 9th Sep, 20:00 BST, McDiarmid Park, Perth

St. Johnstone and Celtic meet at the McDiarmid Park on Wednesday night, with both Simo Valakari and Martin O'Neill aiming for victory in the Premiership. Ahead of the game, it's our goal to help you find the perfect bet for you. To this end, stats for seventeen major betting market have been published below, with head-to-head records and statistically significant form streaks highlighted. Odds from leading bookmakers are also given.


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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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
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 68% chance of Celtic coming away with a win.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
St. Johnstone
14%
11/2-
Draw
18%
15/4-
Celtic
68%
2/5-
Celtic 2-0
10%
7/1-
Celtic 2-1
10%
15/2-
Celtic 1-0
9%
15/2-
Draw 1-1
9%
17/2-
Celtic 3-0
8%
9/1-
Celtic 3-1
7%
10/1-
Draw 2-2
5%
16/1-
Celtic 4-0
5%
16/1-
Celtic 4-1
4%
18/1-
St. Johnstone 2-1
4%
18/1-
Draw 0-0
4%
16/1-
St. Johnstone 1-0
4%
20/1-
Celtic 3-2
3%
20/1-
Celtic 5-0
2%
33/1-
Celtic 4-2
2%
33/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
62%
8/15-
Under 2.5 Goals
38%
6/4-
Home 1st Goal
39%
15/8-
Away 1st Goal
59%
2/5-
No 1st Goal
2%
16/1-
BTTS - Yes
55%
3/4-
BTTS - No
45%
1/1-
BTTS - Home Win
8%
10/1-
BTTS - Draw
14%
5/1-
BTTS - Away Win
32%
7/4-
Home/draw
32%
7/4-
Away/draw
86%
1/9-
Home/away
82%
2/11-
Over 1.5 Goals
83%
1/6-
Under 1.5 Goals
17%
4/1-
Over 3.5 Goals
40%
11/8-
Under 3.5 Goals
60%
4/7-
Over 4.5 Goals
22%
3/1-
Under 4.5 Goals
78%
1/4-
Over 5.5 Goals
11%
7/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
89%
1/12-
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1/40-
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
16/1-
Home DNB
27%
9/2-
Away DNB
80%
1/7-
St. Johnstone win to nil
6%
12/1-
Celtic win to nil
35%
13/8-
St. Johnstone / St. Johnstone
7%
11/1-
St. Johnstone / Celtic
4%
18/1-
St. Johnstone / Draw
4%
18/1-
Draw / St. Johnstone
6%
14/1-
Draw / Celtic
19%
10/3-
Draw / Draw
11%
13/2-
Celtic / St. Johnstone
2%
40/1-
Celtic / Celtic
41%
21/20-
Celtic / Draw
6%
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
Celtic51015 
Sep 9
Dec 5
Mar 13
-
-
-
-
-
2
Hearts5712 
Dec 30
l
 
2-1A
-
Apr 3
Oct 18
Nov 29
Feb 13
-
3
St. Mirren5310 
Dec 2
l
 
1-0A
-
Feb 3
Nov 21
w
 
1-2A
-
Jan 24
4
Rangers5210 
Dec 12
Oct 24
-
Jan 23
Sep 20
Jan 3
Feb 27
-
5
Motherwell538 
Oct 28
Jan 2
Apr 10
-
Dec 26
Oct 11
-
Feb 3
6
Dundee617 
Nov 7
d
 
1-1A
-
Feb 13
w
 
1-0F
Dec 2
Jan 9
-
7
St. Johnstone507 
-
-
-
-
Dec 5
Sep 9
-
Mar 13
8
Hibernian5-26 
w
 
2-1F
Dec 19
Mar 20
-
Dec 13
Oct 25
-
Feb 20
9
Dundee Utd6-55 
Oct 17
Nov 28
Jan 30
-
Oct 28
Dec 30
Apr 10
-
10
Aberdeen5-54 
Dec 26
Oct 11
-
Feb 27
w
 
3-0F
Dec 19
Mar 20
-
11
Falkirk5-42 
Sep 19
Nov 21
Jan 9
-
w
 
2-1F
Oct 31
Jan 31
-
12
Kilmarnock5-101 
w
 
4-3F
Oct 31
Feb 20
-
Nov 8
w
 
1-5F
-
Apr 3
Win / draw / win form
12
Celtic have won 12 consecutive league games
St. Johnstone 7TH
20 league games
Home
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
31
Conceded
15
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
11
Draw
6
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASt. Johnstone1 - 1Dundee
ASt. Johnstone1 - 2Hearts
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
Celtic 1ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
12
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
12
D
3
Lost
5
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
St. Mirren1 - 2Celtic
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
Goals: Scored
45
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
17
D
1
L
2
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ACeltic2 - 1St. Mirren
HCeltic3 - 0Aberdeen
HCeltic2 - 1Falkirk
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
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

Celtic's forwards have been excellent of late, finding the net twice or more in 4 consecutive Premiership matches. A PG of 2.3 suggests that run should continue on Wednesday night.

St. Johnstone 7th Celtic 1st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
0.9
goals
2.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
39%
1
37%
2
17%
3
4+
There is a 76% probability of St. Johnstone scoring 1 goal or less
0
10%
1
23%
2
27%
3
20%
4+
20%
There is a 67% 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
0.9
2.3
Attack rating
STU
CEL
37%
better
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Games scored3
4
Failed to score1
0
Scored first1
4
Goals scored6
11
Avg. goals scored1.5
2.2
Avg. shots per game8
15
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for18
14
Avg. XG for1.5
3
KickOff rating
+37%
Defence rating
STU
CEL
69%
better
view stats
Games conceded4
2
Clean sheets0
2
Conceded first3
0
Goals conceded7
2
Avg. goals conceded1.8
0.4
Avg. shots/game conceded10
5
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
13
Conversion rate against18%
8%
Avg. XG against1.6
0.8
KickOff rating
+69%

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
4221
T StewardJ. FowlerJ GullanZ Mitchell
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Steward GLK4
-
Z Mitchell DEF4
1
-
C Diabaté DEF41
1
-
S Stanton MID41
1
-
J Holt MID4
-
R McAlear MID4
-
L Chalmers FWD4
-
R Paton FWD41
-
J Gullan FWD42
1
-
J. Fowler FWD421
-
K Fotheringham FWD41
-
L Smith DEF3
1
-
M Tait MID31
-
E Alic DEF2
-
M Foulds DEF2
-
T. Steven FWD2
-
L LLoyd FWD2
-
M Todd MID1
-
Celtic Premiership squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
5332
V SinisaloB NygrenB NygrenC. Donovan
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
V Sinisalo GLK5
-
C Carter-Vickers DEF5
1
-
C. Donovan DEF5
2
-
A Trusty DEF5
-
B Nygren MID533
-
J Forrest FWD5
-
S Tounekti FWD5
-
C. Durán Marquez FWD533
-
Y Hyun-Jun FWD52
-
C McGregor MID4
-
K Tierney DEF32
-
L Scales DEF31
-
M. Baur MID3
-
L McCowan MID31
-
H Hassan FWD3
-
A Johnston DEF2
-
O Sørensen MID2
-
A Oxlade-Chamberlain MID2
-
C. Osmand FWD2
-
S. Mheuka FWD2
-
K Högh FWD23
-
D Murray DEF1
-