Preview: Celtic vs. St Mirren - prediction, team news, lineups

Celtic, looking to bounce backmost from a disappointing Old Firm derby defeat, are acceptable to big St Mirren astatine Celtic Park successful the Scottish Premiership connected Sunday afternoon.

The hosts stay astatine the apical of the array with 50 points from their 19 games played, portion the visitors are 5th successful the standings with 27 points from their 21 matches.

Match preview

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Celtic's singular unbeaten tally crossed home competitions came to a screeching halt successful their past outing, arsenic they suffered a dismal 3-0 decision to rivals Rangers, a lucifer successful which the Bhoys were thoroughly outclassed by their opponents.

The Gers fired a monolithic 24 shots, with 9 connected target, portion limiting Celtic to a measly 4 shots, lone 1 of which was connected target, a important driblet from their league-high mean of 7.3 shots connected people per crippled this term.

While the effect volition surely beryllium worrying for Brendan Rodgers and Celtic fans, the Bhoys inactive support a steadfast 11-point pb astatine the apical of the Scottish Premiership table, having won 16 and drawn 2 of the erstwhile 18 fixtures.

They volition beryllium hoping the decision was simply a blip arsenic they purpose to rapidly instrumentality to winning ways, a feat they person already accomplished this play having bounced backmost from a devastating 7-1 nonaccomplishment to Borussia Dortmund successful the Champions League by going connected an 18-game unbeaten run.

History surely suggests the Bhoys are the favourites to prime up a commanding triumph successful this one, with Celtic having claimed triumph successful 9 of the past 10 meetings crossed each competitions, alongside 1 draw.

St Mirren are besides heading into this lucifer having mislaid each of their past 2 outings, falling to a 2-1 decision to Dundee followed by a 2-0 nonaccomplishment to Kilmarnock.

Those results ended an encouraging three-game winning tally for St Mirren, which included victories implicit St Johnstone, Ross County and Rangers, helping them into a promising 5th spot successful the league.

That comes arsenic a marked betterment connected the hard commencement to the run that Stephen Robinson's broadside endured, which saw St Mirren triumph conscionable 2 of their archetypal 10 league outings.

They volition present beryllium hoping they are coming up against Celtic astatine conscionable the close clip aft their Old Firm derby defeat, looking to permission Celtic Park with a triumph for the archetypal clip since January 2021.

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Team News

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Celtic are expected to beryllium without James Forrest (foot) and Odin Thiago Holm (calf) for this lucifer owed to wounded issues, though some are anticipated to instrumentality aboriginal this month.

Their hugely underwhelming show successful the dismal 3-0 nonaccomplishment to Rangers past clip retired is apt to pb Rodgers to marque respective changes successful this match, with a shakeup peculiarly expected successful midfield, wherever Luke McCowan and Arne Engels are perchance successful enactment for starts.

As for St Mirren, Charles Dunne is anticipated to beryllium the lone absentee owed to injury, with the defender apt to beryllium sidelined until aboriginal this period owed to a hamstring issue.

After suffering back-to-back losses heading into this match, Robinson could marque a fig of changes successful an effort to revitalise the broadside and instrumentality to winning ways.

Celtic imaginable starting lineup:
Schmeichel; Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Trusty, Valle; McCowan, McGregor, Engels; Kuhn, Idah, Palma

We say: Celtic 3-0 St Mirren

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