Scotland - PremiershipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Celtic and St Johnstone, taking place on Saturday, 16 March 2024, at Celtic Park in Glasgow.
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Celtic, Recent FormThe Celtic squad will be suffering from a feeling of disappointment after falling to a 2-0 away defeat against Hearts, which saw them drop all three points and come away from the game empty-handed. They achieved 51% possession in that match and had 17 strikes at goal, with 6 hitting the target, up against Hearts' tally of 14 efforts at goal, 6 of which were on target.
While they have been strong in attack with 14 goals scored in their last 6 games, their defence has let them down slightly, by conceeding 7 at the other end which has led to points being dropped. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 home games but have only managed to keep 2 clean sheets in those games.
They have had a strong run of form at Celtic Park recently, being undefeated in 5 of their last 6 home games and picking up 4 wins along the way.
Adam Idah will be keen to add his name to the scoresheet and build on his current scoring record of 5 goals in the last 6 league games for Celtic.
St Johnstone, Recent FormSt Johnstone were forced to settle for a share of the points in their last league match, which wound up a 1-1 draw against Livingston. In that game they had 60% possession and managed 10 attempts on goal, with 3 on target, compared to Livingston who had 8 attempts and 4 on target.
When it comes to attacking power Craig Levein will be justly satisfied with his squad's performances of late, which has seen them chalk up 4 goals in their last 6 matches. However, it hasn't all been going well, and questions remain about their defence with 9 goals lost in those 6 matches resulting in some crucial points dropped. They have scored in 4 of their last 6 away games, but they have failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games overall.
They will be looking to try and improve on a largely bad set of recent results that have seen them defeated in 4 of their last 6 league matches, with just a single victory recorded. It's fair to say they'll need a serious change of form if they want to start moving up the table.
Nicky Clark will be hoping to create problems for Celtic in this one, having scored 2 goals in his last 6 outings on the road for St Johnstone.
There was no upset on the cards last time these two sides met; on that occasion, Celtic produced a comfortable 1-3 victory.
In their last 3 away league games against The Bhoys, St Johnstone have conceded a total of 11 goals and that's an average of 3.67 per game.
St Johnstone will be wondering what they have to do to get all 3 points in this fixure, having failed to win any of their last 24 league meetings with Celtic.
Celtic player Matt O'Riley will be feeling confident about recording goals against St Johnstone ahead of this encounter, with a scoring record of 3 goals from their last 5 meetings.
The injury list is starting to mount up for Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers with Reo Hatate (Calf), James McCarthy (Hamstring) and Maik Nawrocki (Hamstring) all unavailable for selection, and Adam Montgomery (Hamstring) out for the rest of the season.
Craig Levein has a number of injury concerns in his St Johnstone squad to contend with: Ali Crawford (Calf), Cammy MacPherson (Thigh), Ross Sinclair (Arm) and Drey Wright (Knee)
Celtic Playing at home | St Johnstone Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.6 | Goals scored | 0.4 |
| 0.8 | Goals conceded | 1.3 |
| 27' | Time first goal scored | 40' |
| 64' | Time first goal conceded | 45' |
| 1.4 | Yellow cards | 1.9 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 4.7 | Subs used | 3.8 |
| 7-1 | Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| 2-0 | Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
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