Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 8

Sep 18, 2022 at 12pm UK

St Mirren Park

St Mirren
2 - 0
Celtic

O'Hara (43'), Ayunga (53')

FT(HT: 1-0)

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Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou pictured on September 6, 2022

Celtic's 38-game unbeaten league run ended by St Mirren

Celtic suffer their first Scottish Premiership defeat in 364 days after losing 2-0 away against St Mirren on Sunday afternoon.

Sep 18, 13:38

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

St Mirren

Last Six:

Last Game: St Johnstone 3-0 St Mirren
Saturday, September 3 at 3pm in Scottish Premiership

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
7	Motherwell	6	1	10
8	St Mirren	6	-2	9
9	St Johnstone	7	-3	7

Celtic

Last Six:

Last Game: Shakhtar 1-1 Celtic
Wednesday, September 14 at 5.45pm in Champions League

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	Celtic	6	24	18
2	Rangers	7	8	16
3	Livingston	7	-3	12

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 70.32%. A draw had a probability of 18.9% and a win for St Mirren had a probability of 10.8%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 0-2 with a probability of 13.8%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (13.24%) and 0-3 (9.59%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (8.89%), while for a St Mirren win it was 1-0 (4.27%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 1.4% likelihood.

Result
St Mirren	Draw	Celtic
10.8% ( 0.29)	18.88% ( 0.22)	70.32% ( -0.5)

Both teams to score 42.83% (

0.3)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

52.01% (

-0.16)

47.99% (

0.16)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

29.84% (

-0.15)

70.16% (

0.15)

St Mirren Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

48.91% (

0.45)

51.09% (

-0.45)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

14.6% (

0.3)

85.4% (

-0.3)

Celtic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

87.57% (

-0.19)

12.43% (

0.19)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

61.65% (

-0.39)

38.35% (

0.39)

Score Analysis

St Mirren 10.8%

Celtic 70.32%

Draw 18.88%

St Mirren	Draw	Celtic
1-0 @ 4.27% ( 0.08) 2-1 @ 2.99% ( 0.08) 2-0 @ 1.43% ( 0.05) Other @ 2.11% Total : 10.8%	1-1 @ 8.89% ( 0.11) 0-0 @ 6.35% ( 0.04) 2-2 @ 3.11% ( 0.06) Other @ 0.53% Total : 18.88%	0-2 @ 13.8% ( -0.11) 0-1 @ 13.24% ( -0.01) 0-3 @ 9.59% ( -0.15) 1-2 @ 9.27% ( 0.05) 1-3 @ 6.44% ( -0.02) 0-4 @ 5% ( -0.11) 1-4 @ 3.36% ( -0.03) 2-3 @ 2.16% ( 0.02) 0-5 @ 2.09% ( -0.06) 1-5 @ 1.4% ( -0.02) 2-4 @ 1.13% ( 0) Other @ 2.83% Total : 70.32%