St Mirren vs Celtic - prediction, team news, lineups

St Mirren volition invited Scottish Premiership champions Celtic to the Marbill Coaches Stadium connected Saturday.

The hosts are 2nd successful the standings with 10 points, 2 points down the visitors successful apical spot.

Match preview

St Mirren person enjoyed a fantastic commencement to the 2026-27 campaign, winning six, drafting 1 and losing 2 of their 9 matches crossed each competitions. 

The Saints started the word by finishing apical of Group C successful the Scottish League Cup acknowledgment to 3 wins and 1 defeat, followed by back-to-back wins implicit Falkirk and St Johnstone successful the league. 

Craig McLeish's broadside were handed a humbling 5-1 decision by Rangers successful the 2nd circular of the League Cup, but they person rapidly enactment that effect down them with a gully and triumph successful the league. 

St Mirren were unfortunate to person dropped points successful the gully with Motherwell, conceding a 93rd-minute equaliser, but they got backmost to winning ways against Kilmarnock past clip out. 

Now faced with undoubtedly their toughest trial of the word to date, McLeish volition beryllium hoping his broadside tin propulsion disconnected a daze triumph against the reigning champions. 

Celtic person remained flawless successful home competitions frankincense far, winning each of their 5 matches crossed the Scottish Premiership and Scottish League Cup. 

Despite their superb commencement successful home competition, the Bhoys did endure a catastrophic elimination from the Champions League qualifiers, meaning Martin O'Neill's broadside volition vie successful the Europa League this term.

After taking a 4-0 aggregate pb against LASK Linz successful their playoff qualifying round, with a 3-0 first-leg triumph followed by going 1-0 up successful the 2nd leg, Celtic conceded 5 goals without reply to suffer 5-4 connected aggregate. 

The Bhoys person seemingly enactment that effect down them, subsequently winning against Falkirk (2-1) and Aberdeen (3-0), and they volition present beryllium looking to unafraid a 3rd consecutive triumph and 5th consecutive league triumph connected Saturday.

Celtic person dominated this fixture successful caller years, though St Mirren did grounds a memorable 3-1 triumph successful the Scottish League Cup last successful December 2025. 

St Mirren Scottish Premiership form:

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Team News

St Mirren are anticipated to beryllium without Liam Donnelly, Malik Dijksteel and Keanu Baccus until aboriginal this month, portion Jonah Ayunga is ruled retired until January.

Killian Phillips and Marcus Fraser person some missed the past 2 matches with knocks, but some could beryllium successful enactment for a instrumentality to the squad connected Saturday.

Meanwhile, Celtic are contending with injuries to Callum Osmand, Kieran Tierney, Kasper Hogh, Alistair Johnston and Jota. 

Camilo Duran has scored six goals successful 7 competitory appearances since joining Celtic, including 3 goals successful his past 2 games, and the guardant should proceed to pb the enactment here.

St Mirren imaginable starting lineup:

Chapman; Ramsay, Gogic, Fieldson, John; Nsio, Carr; Mochrie, Taylor, Kabia; Agrafiotis

Celtic imaginable starting lineup:

Sinisalo; Donovan, Carter-Vickers, Trusty, Scales; McGregor; Hassan, Nygren, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Hyun-Jun; Duran

We say: St Mirren 1-3 Celtic

Although St Mirren person had a beardown commencement to the season, Celtic stay flawless successful home contention and are undoubtedly the favourites to assertion each 3 points.

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