Sunday, at 12:30, Celtic Glasgow moves on St. Petersburg’s land. Johnstone, a retired solo band, who has the complete duel with Brendan Rodgers. But the white-and-green camp is missing major players such as Rogic, Boyata, Eboue, Griffiths, Ntcham, Ralston and Tierney, but Celtic’s manager hopes some of these players will be able to play at the weekend.
Celtic is ranked No. 1 in Scotland (51 points, goal 55-14) but has not escaped the main pursuers, Rangers and Kilmarnock (both 45 points). Aberdeen has 43 points, and from 5th down, no one counts in the fight for supremacy. St. Johnstone is on 6th place (golaver 26-28) and has qualifying requirements in European Cups, being almost certain to end the season in the first half of the hierarchy. Behind the white-blue is Hibernian, 7th, 5 points away.
St. Johnstone has only lost 3 home games this season, receiving 14 goals in 11 games. We’re talking about an inconsistent band that is gathering more points on the move (7 wins in 12 games, the best score in Scotland)! Celtic is on the 6th place when it comes to matches played abroad, with only 4 wins, 3 draws and 4 failures in 11 games. Even so, the last 3 trips of the band from Glasgow to St. Louis. Johnstone ended up winning at zero: 6-0, 1-0 and 4-0.
In addition, Celtic has won the last 5 consecutive duels with the white-blue team, who has not scored against the Sunday’s rival of 5 matches (4 failures and a white draw). Celtic is growing in shape with 4 consecutive wins without a goal, while St. Johnstone comes after two failures in the championship.
The two bands met on January 30 in the Celtic Park championship, where the hosts were comfortable with 2-0. The match was decided by McGregor and Christie’s goals, both succeeded immediately after the break, and statistics showed Celtic’s superiority: 70% possession, 21 stitches at the goal, 9-2 corners ratio and no hundred on the gate to St. Louis. Johnstone.
PREDICTION: Over 2.5 goals @ 1.71
