St Johnstone have showcased the ability to be strong defensively at home, but Saturday is going to be a difficult test for them. Celtic is the strongest attacking squad in the division right now, and coming off the back of a defeat they will be no doubt looking to get their season back on track. Read more.

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 77.89%. A draw had a probability of 14.4% and a win for St Johnstone had a probability of 7.72%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 0-2 with a probability of 12.85%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-3 (10.94%) and 0-1 (10.07%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (6.85%), while for a St Johnstone win it was 1-0 (2.68%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with an 8.7% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Celtic would win this match.

Result
St Johnstone	Draw	Celtic
7.72% ( -0.01)	14.4% ( -0.01)	77.89% ( 0.01)

Both teams to score 45.47% (

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

62.69% (

0.02)

37.31% (

-0.02)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

40.47% (

0.02)

59.53% (

-0.02)

St Johnstone Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

49.31%

50.69%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

14.87% (

-0)

85.13%

Celtic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

92.22% (

0.01)

7.78% (

-0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

72.34% (

0.02)

27.66% (

-0.02)

Score Analysis

St Johnstone 7.72%

Celtic 77.87%

Draw 14.4%

St Johnstone	Draw	Celtic
1-0 @ 2.68% ( -0) 2-1 @ 2.33% ( -0) 2-0 @ 0.91% ( -0) Other @ 1.8% Total : 7.72%	1-1 @ 6.85% ( -0) 0-0 @ 3.95% ( -0) 2-2 @ 2.97% Other @ 0.64% Total : 14.4%	0-2 @ 12.85% ( -0.01) 0-3 @ 10.94% 0-1 @ 10.07% 1-2 @ 8.74% ( -0) 1-3 @ 7.44% ( 0) 0-4 @ 6.99% ( 0) 1-4 @ 4.75% ( 0) 0-5 @ 3.57% ( 0) 2-3 @ 2.53% ( 0) 1-5 @ 2.42% ( 0) 2-4 @ 1.61% ( 0) 0-6 @ 1.52% ( 0) 1-6 @ 1.03% ( 0) Other @ 3.43% Total : 77.87%