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Celtic are ready to welcome St. Mirren to Celtic Park on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having taken all the points from 82 of the 114 contests.
The previous match played between the two at Celtic Park was more than three years back, in January 2003, with Celtic running out comfortable 3-0 winners in a Scottish F.A. Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sat 25 Jan | Celtic | 3-0 | St. Mirren | SFAC |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 07 Apr | Celtic | 1 - 0 | St. Mirren | SPL |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 23 Dec | St. Mirren | 0 - 2 | Celtic | SPL |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 14 Oct | Celtic | 2 - 0 | St. Mirren | SPL |
| 1985/1986 | Sat 03 May | St. Mirren | 0 - 5 | Celtic | SPL |
| 1985/1986 | Sat 05 Apr | St. Mirren | 1 - 2 | Celtic | SPL |
| 1985/1986 | Sat 08 Feb | Celtic | 1 - 1 | St. Mirren | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
Celtic are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, The The Bhoys have scored 10 and conceded 3 during this period.
St. Mirren's away form is equally impressive, with a marvellous return of five wins and one defeat from the last six. The Buddies have managed to tuck away 9 goals in this period, and concede just the 2.
Celtic's 3 points from 2 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 5th position. St. Mirren are leading the way in the Bank of Scotland Scottish Premier, with their 2 games giving them a return of 6 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Celtic | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| St. Mirren | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 15 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Celtic are performing very well at home, but your FootyMad panel reckons that the overall quality of St. Mirren will prove too much for the homesters. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Celtic | Unbeaten in the last 12 home games. |
| St. Mirren | 5 successive away victories. 7 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 15 outings ago. |