St. Mirren v Celtic preview

Last updated : 13 November 2010 By Footymad
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History of the St. Mirren v Celtic fixture

Celtic face a trip to St. Mirren at St Mirren Park on Sunday afternoon, looking to further improve upon a decent past record there. So far, The Bhoys have winning an impressive 77 games, and losing 22.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2010, as they swept to an impressive 4 - 0 win.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2010/2011 Sun 22 Aug Celtic 4 - 0 St. Mirren SPL
2009/2010 Wed 24 Mar St. Mirren 4 - 0 Celtic SPL
2009/2010 Sat 28 Nov Celtic 3 - 1 St. Mirren SPL
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

Recent respective form guides

St Mirren are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The Buddies's have scored eight goals in these games, but conceded an alarming nine.

The away form of Celtic however, is much more impressive, with a marvellous return of five wins and one defeat from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 11 goals for the Bhoys, and five goals against.

St. Mirren see themselves just below half way in the SPL, showing a record of 11 points from their 12 games played so far, Celtic's total of 30 points from their 12 games sees them sitting in second place.

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Current form guides: P W D L F A P
St. Mirren 6 2 1 3 8 13 7
Celtic 6 4 0 2 18 8 12

FootyMad's prediction ...

Celtic are in great form out on the road, so much so that the Madmen confidently predict a comfortable three points from their visit to St. Mirren. Away win

Sequence statistics:
St. Mirren Not drawn a game in their last 4 .
Celtic 17 games since last away draw; last drawn game 34 outings ago.