Celtic welcome the visitors St Johnstone in the Scottish Premiership – Round 15. The match will be held on Wednesday, January 30th, at the Celtic Park (Glasgow).
The odds on over 2.5 goals scored tomorrow that bookies offer are around 1.60, which is logical, on the one hand. The thing is that the champions’ opponent demonstrate very intelligent defense lately – before the clash against Heart of Midlothian, St. Johnstone registered four clean sheets. However, we need to realize that the guests are facing Celtic out. In the first-term head-to-head, the champions netted six goals on their travel to the ‘Saints’. The coming hosts’ calendar is not very tough. In a few days, they are holding the reverse leg and feature seven fixtures at home in eight rounds overall. Celtic’s breakaway from the pursuers is not outstanding. The Europa League will restart soon, and the hosts compete against Valencia from Spain there. By the mid of February, Rogers’ side are expected to improve their league breakaway a bit. Even some footballers’ injuries should not prevent them from overcoming the typical middle-class side, scoring two goals at least – only in four encounters in Glasgow, Celtic failed to do so.
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The visitors obtained a reputation of being a ‘yo-yo club’, while they lead the Premiership by the number of points attained away from home. Their meetings with second-six sides should be thoroughly considered. That said, St Johnstone’s home loss to Rangers and their defeat and draw against the Heart of Midlothian suggest that even this blistering performance has not much value ahead of the clash with the champions. The ‘Saints’ may fall apart allowing one goal, say, at the very beginning.
There are no obvious reasons to bet on the underscoring outcome in the match under analysis. In the last-round encounter, Celtic have outclassed Hamilton, they have been scoring thrice as a minimum in six of seven matches, and they will gain a logical win tomorrow. At the same time, the hosts may also allow one goal, as their clean sheets have been taking too long now. We may expect at least two goals to St Johnstone for sure. How about more?
Prediction for the match: Celtic to score over 2.0 goals.
