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History of the St. Johnstone v Celtic fixture
Celtic face a quick return trip to Perth and McDiarmid Park at lunchtime on Saturday, looking to further improve upon a decent past record agaisnt St Johnstone. So far, The Bhoys have won 54.0% of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between the sides was on Wednesday, with Celtic inflicting a narrow 2 - 3 defeat upon the Saints in a Scottish League Cup game.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2010/2011 | Wed 27 Oct | St. Johnstone | 2 - 3 | Celtic | SLGC |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 20 Mar | Celtic | 3 - 0 | St. Johnstone | SPL |
| 2009/2010 | Sun 24 Jan | St. Johnstone | 1 - 4 | Celtic | SPL |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 22 Aug | Celtic | 5 - 2 | St. Johnstone | SPL |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 14 Apr | St. Johnstone | 1 - 2 | Celtic | SFAC |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 23 Feb | Celtic | 3 - 0 | St. Johnstone | SFAC |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 19 Jan | Celtic | 2 - 1 | St. Johnstone | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
St. Johnstone are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the Saints in those games, with 6 conceded.
Celtic's away form is equally impressive, with a marvellous return of five wins and one defeat from the last six. The Bhoys's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 8 against.
St. Johnstone lie just outside the playoff positions in the , picking up 11 points from their 9 games so far. Celtic's total of 24 points from their 9 games sees them sitting in the second place in the league.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| St. Johnstone | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 |
| Celtic | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 15 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Celtic are in smashing form away from home at present, and Footymad sees this carrying them to a narrow victory at St. Johnstone. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| St. Johnstone | 9 games since last home draw. |
| Celtic | 4 successive away victories. 15 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 31 outings ago. |