This match is an important one for both teams, as each club is desperate to pick up points for their own distinct reasons.
While St Johnstone will no doubt put plenty of fight into this one, Celtic are likely going to take all three points with their quality set to be the difference.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Celtic win with a probability of 87.58%. A draw had a probability of 9.5% and a win for St Johnstone had a probability of 2.97%.
The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 2-0 with a probability of 15.76%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 3-0 (15.13%) and 1-0 (10.95%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (4.28%), while for a St Johnstone win it was 0-1 (1.49%). The actual scoreline of 7-0 was predicted with a 1.2% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Celtic would win this match.
