Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 20

Dec 29, 2024 at 3pm UK

Celtic Park

Celtic
4 - 0
St Johnstone

Kuhn (30'), Furuhashi (59', 64'), Maeda (73')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Essel (26')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Scottish Premiership clash between Celtic and St Johnstone, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Celtic

All competitions

Scottish Premiership

Last Game: Celtic 4-0 Motherwell
Thursday, December 26 at 3pm in Scottish Premiership

Goals
for

St Johnstone

All competitions

Last Game: St Johnstone 1-2 Dundee Utd
Thursday, December 26 at 3pm in Scottish Premiership

Goals
for

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 87.57%. A draw had a probability of 8.5% and a win for St Johnstone had a probability of 3.95%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 3-0 with a probability of 11.31%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.02%) and 4-0 (9.58%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (3.91%), while for a St Johnstone win it was 1-2 (1.29%). The actual scoreline of 4-0 was predicted with a 9.6% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Celtic would win this match.

Result
Celtic	Draw	St Johnstone
87.57% ( -0)	8.47% ( 0)	3.95% ( 0)

Both teams to score 46.69% (

0.01)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

76.85%

23.15% (

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

57.54% (

-0)

42.46% (

Celtic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

96.61%

3.39% (

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

85.15% (

-0)

14.85% (

St Johnstone Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

48.33% (

0.01)

51.67% (

-0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

14.21% (

0.01)

85.78% (

-0)

Score Analysis

Celtic 87.56%

St Johnstone 3.95%

Draw 8.47%

Celtic	Draw	St Johnstone
3-0 @ 11.31% 2-0 @ 10.02% 4-0 @ 9.58% ( -0) 3-1 @ 7.47% ( 0) 2-1 @ 6.62% ( 0) 5-0 @ 6.48% ( -0) 4-1 @ 6.32% ( 0) 1-0 @ 5.92% 5-1 @ 4.28% 6-0 @ 3.66% ( -0) 3-2 @ 2.47% ( 0) 6-1 @ 2.42% 4-2 @ 2.09% ( 0) 7-0 @ 1.77% ( -0) 5-2 @ 1.41% ( 0) 7-1 @ 1.17% ( -0) Other @ 4.57% Total : 87.56%	1-1 @ 3.91% ( 0) 2-2 @ 2.19% ( 0) 0-0 @ 1.75% ( 0) Other @ 0.63% Total : 8.47%	1-2 @ 1.29% ( 0) 0-1 @ 1.16% Other @ 1.51% Total : 3.95%