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Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 16
Dec 6, 2020 at 3pm UK
Celtic Park
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Celtic
1 - 1
St Johnstone

Elyounoussi (83')
McGregor (78')
FT(HT: 0-0)
Kane (80')
Bryson (55'), Wotherspoon (65'), Kane (68'), Craig (90+2'), McNamara (90+3')

The Match

Match Report

The Hoops are now 13 points behind rivals Rangers in the title race.

Team News

Saints will have defenders Danny McNamara and Jason Kerr back after injury.

Preview

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

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 70.66%. A draw had a probability of 16.9% and a win for St Johnstone had a probability of 12.43%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 2-0 with a probability of 10.2%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.51%) and 1-0 (8.34%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (7.77%), while for a St Johnstone win it was 1-2 (3.62%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with a 7.8% likelihood.

Result
CelticDrawSt Johnstone
70.66%16.91%12.43%
Both teams to score 55.37%
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
65.62%34.38%
Over 3.5Under 3.5
43.7%56.3%
Celtic Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
91.35%8.65%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
70.18%29.82%
St Johnstone Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
60.61%39.39%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
23.91%76.09%
Score Analysis
    Celtic 70.66%
    St Johnstone 12.43%
    Draw 16.91%
CelticDrawSt Johnstone
2-0 @ 10.2%
2-1 @ 9.51%
1-0 @ 8.34%
3-0 @ 8.33%
3-1 @ 7.76%
4-0 @ 5.1%
4-1 @ 4.75%
3-2 @ 3.62%
5-0 @ 2.5%
5-1 @ 2.33%
4-2 @ 2.21%
5-2 @ 1.08%
6-0 @ 1.02%
6-1 @ 0.95%
Other @ 2.97%
Total : 70.66%
1-1 @ 7.77%
2-2 @ 4.43%
0-0 @ 3.41%
3-3 @ 1.12%
Other @ 0.18%
Total : 16.91%
1-2 @ 3.62%
0-1 @ 3.17%
0-2 @ 1.48%
2-3 @ 1.38%
1-3 @ 1.12%
Other @ 1.66%
Total : 12.43%

How you voted: Celtic vs St Johnstone

Celtic
69.8%
Draw
18.7%
St Johnstone
11.5%
139
Head to Head
Oct 4, 2020 12pm
Gameweek 10
St Johnstone
0-2
Celtic

Wotherspoon (19'), Davidson (68'), Gordon (90+4')
Griffiths (90+1'), Klimala (90+3')
Ntcham (13'), Turnbull (49')
Mar 21, 2020 3pm
Mar 1, 2020 3pm
Quarter-Finals
St Johnstone
0-1
Celtic

Butcher (19'), Hendry (53'), McCart (79'), Gordon (89')
Christie (81')
Bitton (45'), Forster (89')
Jan 29, 2020 7.45pm
Gameweek 17
St Johnstone
0-3
Celtic

McCann (54'), Duffy (55')
Ntcham (6'), Forrest (20'), Griffiths (26')
Aug 3, 2019 3pm
Gameweek 1
Celtic
7-0
St Johnstone
Johnston (9'), Christie (26', 30', 67'), Ntcham (72'), Edouard (80'), Griffiths (86')

Kennedy (27'), Foster (74'), Davidson (78')
rhs 2.0
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Celtic1514104444043
2Aberdeen16104230181234
3RangersRangers1510232791832
4Motherwell168172226-425
5Dundee UnitedDundee Utd166642519624
6St Mirren176382228-621
7Dundee165472729-219
8Hibernian173682129-815
9Ross County173681333-2015
10St Johnstone1742112032-1214
11Kilmarnock163581734-1714
12Hearts163491825-713


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