In this week 22 match on Jan 18th, Celtic will host St. Mirren at Celtic Park in a meeting of these two closely matched Premiership teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 0 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, Celtic recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Kilmarnock. João Filipe struck first for Celtic in the 45th minute on a feed from Daizen Maeda, then Ash Taylor added another on an own goal in the 51st minute In the end, Kilmarnock couldn’t muster any offence and Celtic ran away with the shutout win. Celtic is on a hot streak lately, having won 9 of their last 10, while 6th placed St. Mirren is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Hearts. Barrie McKay struck first for Hearts in the 29th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed St. Mirren couldn’t manage to score, and Hearts took the shutout win. St. Mirren is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, St. Mirren was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Mark O’Hara scored the first goal for St. Mirren in the 43rd minute, then Jonah Ayunga added another in the 53rd minute In the end, Celtic was frustrated by St. Mirren’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. St. Mirren ended the match with the shutout victory.
St. Mirren is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Greg Kiltie and Mark O’Hara each only have 1 goal in their last five. Celtic is fortunate enough to have Kyogo Furuhashi in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 5 goals.