Scotland - PremiershipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between St Johnstone and Celtic, taking place on Sunday, 03 December 2023, at McDiarmid Park in Perth.
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St Johnstone, Recent FormSt Johnstone will not be too disheartened with their 1-0 away defeat at the hands of Hearts who sit so many places above them in the table. Their share of possession in that meeting was 40%, while racking up 10 shots along the way, 3 of which were on target, in contrast to Hearts, who had 18 shots on goal with 4 on target.
Craig Levein will be quite satisfied with his squad's offensive prowess in recent performances. They have managed to notch up 5 goals from their last 6 outings. However, the manager will know they have work to do at the back where they have let in 8 goals and, as a result, lost some important points. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 home games but have only managed to keep 1 clean sheet in those games.
St Johnstone will take some comfort from being unbeaten in 5 of their last 6 home games, but having managed just 2 wins leaves them plenty of room for improvement.
On an individual basis, Nicky Clark will be looking to get on the scoresheet again having scored 3 goals in St Johnstone's last 6 league games.
Celtic, Recent FormCeltic manager Brendan Rodgers will be looking for a better result in this game following a disappointing 1-1 draw in his team's last league outing against Motherwell. They came away from that fixture with a 81% share of the possession and clocked up 20 attempts on goal with 4 on target, in comparison to Motherwell, who managed 6 attempts on goal, 2 of which were on target.
Rodgers will be rightly happy with his team of late, having seen them score 16 goals in their last 6 matches while only letting 3 over their own goal line. When playing away from home, they have scored in 5 of their last 6 games and are on a run of 2 consecutive clean sheets.
Their impressive run of form, both away and at home now gives them an unbeaten streak of 15 games in a row.
On an individual basis, David Turnbull has scored in each of Celtic's last league game.
The previous meeting between these two sides was not one to live long in the memory; that match finished without a goal, and both teams settling for a point apiece.
With at least 1 goal in each of their last 13 away matches against St Johnstone in the league, The Bhoys have built a decent scoring record that they will be keen to extend. In their recent meetings Celtic have had no problem breaking down The Saints' defence, having found the back of the net 17 times in their last 5 games.
Celtic have dominated this away fixture in the past, winning the last 11 times in a row that they have played St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park in the league.
Drey Wright has scored in each of St Johnstone's last 2 league games against Celtic.
St Johnstone manager Craig Levein has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Nicky Clark (Calf), Ali Crawford (Calf) and Drey Wright (Knee) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Brendan Rodgers has a number of injury concerns in his Celtic squad to contend with: Liel Abada (Thigh), Reo Hatate (Hamstring), Daizen Maeda (Knee), James McCarthy (Hamstring) and Marco Tilio (Unknown)
St Johnstone Playing at home | Celtic Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Goals scored | 2.3 |
| 1.4 | Goals conceded | 0.4 |
| 41' | Time first goal scored | 34' |
| 50' | Time first goal conceded | 61' |
| 2.7 | Yellow cards | 1.4 |
| 0.3 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 3.6 | Subs used | 4.7 |
| 2-1 | Biggest victory | 4-1 |
| 2-0 | Biggest defeat | - |
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