FootyMAD's St. Mirren match preview

History of the Celtic v St. Mirren fixture

Celtic prepare to entertain St. Mirren at Celtic Park on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having taken all the points from 87 of the 120 contests.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Celtic Park was less than a year ago, in February 2009, with Celtic annihilating their visitors 7-0 in a Scottish Premier match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2009/2010	Sat 26 Sep	St. Mirren	0 - 2	Celtic	SPL
2008/2009	Sat 07 Mar	St. Mirren	1 - 0	Celtic	SFAC
2008/2009	Sat 28 Feb	Celtic	7-0	St. Mirren	SPL
2008/2009	Sat 22 Nov	St. Mirren	1 - 3	Celtic	SPL
2008/2009	Sun 10 Aug	Celtic	1 - 0	St. Mirren	SPL
2007/2008	Sun 24 Feb	St. Mirren	0 - 1	Celtic	SPL
2007/2008	Sat 08 Dec	Celtic	1 - 1	St. Mirren	SPL

Recent respective form guides

Celtic are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 6 to 4.

The away form of St. Mirren however, is much more impressive, picking up four victories from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the Buddies, and 9 goals against.

Celtic's total of 24 points from their 12 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier. St. Mirren see themselves just below half way in the Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier, showing a record of 13 points from their 12 games played so far,

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Celtic	6	2	2	2	9	7	8
St. Mirren	6	2	2	2	11	9	8

FootyMad's prediction ...

With Celtic only showing average form at home, the Madmen are expecting them to play out a draw. No-score draw

Sequence statistics:
Celtic	4 games since last home draw. Not won in the 3 most recent games.
St. Mirren	14 games since last away draw. No win in the 3 most recent games.