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Match predictionOur tip: 0-2
St. Johnstone vs Celtic Prediction: O'Neill's Celtic Seek Sixth Straight Win at McDiarmid Park
Celtic arrive at McDiarmid Park on 22 August 2026 having won all six of their opening matches, whereas St. Johnstone, back in the top flight after promotion, sit sixth with three points from two games. Six points separates the two…
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- St. Johnstone vs. Celtic in week 3 of the 2026-2027 Premiership kicks off at 15:00 GMT on 2026-08-22.
- With the data available to us, Simo Valakari and Martin O'Neill have not met as managers before.
- In the table St. Johnstone are 6th (3 pts) and Celtic sit 1st with 6 pts.
- There are no injury or suspension concerns for either St. Johnstone or Celtic.
- We're predicting St. Johnstone to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-2-3-1, and Celtic are expected to line up in 4-2-3-1.
- Last time out, C. Diabate registered the best mark for St. Johnstone - 7.5 - and B. Nygren did likewise for Celtic with an 7.6 score.
- Both teams are coming from different results: St. Johnstone fell 0-1 against St. Mirren, while Celtic prevailed 3-0 over LASK.
- Momentum favors Celtic (4-1-0) after St. Johnstone managed only 2-1-2 from 5 matches.
- Celtic hold the upper hand H2H: of 60 meetings, they've triumphed 47 times, conceded 5 times and shared 8 draws.
- Our algorithm actually favours an away win: Celtic to win 2-0, despite St. Johnstone's 1-0-0 home form - Celtic's strong 1-0-0 record away with 1.00 goals/game does the trick.
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HT 0 - 0 | |||
| 52' | 0 - 1 | ||
| 55' | J. Campbell | ||
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| 69' | R. McAlear | ||
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| 82' | L. Scales | ||
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| 90+4' | M. Baur | ||
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St Johnstone is going head to head with Celtic on 9/9/2026 19:00 GMT for the Scotland Premiership. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and St Johnstone v Celtic H2H statistics!