Even with all of Celtic's injury issues, they should still have enough quality for them to win this match, especially with the attacking quality the team have.
They have dominated the league throughout this season and given St Johnstone's struggles, anything other than a victory for the Hoops would be a shock.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Celtic win with a probability of 68.8%. A draw had a probability of 19.2% and a win for St Johnstone had a probability of 12.01%.
The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 0-2 with a probability of 12.91%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (12.34%) and 1-2 (9.53%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.11%), while for a St Johnstone win it was 1-0 (4.36%). The actual scoreline of 1-3 was predicted with a 6.6% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Celtic would win this match.
