St Mirren vs Celtic Prediction: Three and easy for the leaders in Paisley

The Scottish Premiership welcomes the month of March with a full fixture list played across the weekend. Eight teams compete on Saturday afternoon, with all but one starting in the 15:00 slot, which is great news for bettors.

We focus on the late kick-off in Paisley, where St Mirren host Celtic in a clash you can follow live on Premier Sports from 17:30 GMT. Betfred’s Frank Monkhouse has uncovered a strong trend and a bet at a nice price. Keep reading for our Saints vs Bhoys predictions.

Football Odds

St Mirren enjoy home advantage when playing Celtic on matchday 29 of the Premiership campaign. Stephen Robinson’s men are fighting hard for a top-six finish, and an extra game against the Old Firm, but their recent form has lacked consistency. St Mirren have lost to lowly St Johnstone in the league and Hearts in the Scottish Cup but did upset the odds to beat Rangers 2-0 at Ibrox late last month.

Celtic suffered only their second defeat of the season last weekend when slipping to a narrow defeat in Edinburgh against Hibs. The Hibees raced into a 2-0 lead that day before Daizen Maeda netted a consolation goal near the end. Thankfully for Brendan Rodgers, his team bounced back at the first time of asking, hammering Aberdeen 5-1 in Glasgow on Tuesday evening.

St Mirren vs Celtic Odds

St Mirren are no pushovers in Paisley, as they showed when holding both Hibs and Hearts to draws. They also boosted confidence levels with a stunning 2-0 win at Ibrox last Saturday despite starting as the underdogs.

Will St Mirren do the double over the Old Firm and beat Celtic on Saturday evening? You can chance your luck on a Saints win at 10/1 with Betfred.

Celtic were punch-perfect on Tuesday night when battering a resurgent Aberdeen. The victors scored five goals and conceded only one, with the spare coming on 90 minutes when the match was all but over as a contest. Rodgers wanted his team to respond to that painful defeat at Easter Road and couldn’t have asked for any more.

The away win is priced at 1/4, and you can bet now on the Betfred website and app.  The draw trades at 5/1.

Celtic -1 handicap @ 4/5

Celtic were at their best in midweek, and I expect to see more of the same on Saturday under the bright lights and before a huge audience. The visitors are in pole position, with their stats showing 23 wins, three draws, and two defeats, scoring 82 goals and conceding 15.

Those stats show why we’re backing Celtic for another win, but their price in the match-winner market is tight, pushing us into the specials where we back Celtic -1 goal on the handicap. That bet will work as a single or pull its weight in your weekend accumulators.

Backing Celtic -1 goal on the handicap would’ve landed you a profit in the champion’s midweek win over Aberdeen. It was also the best approach when Celtic hammered Dundee United 3-0, Raith Rovers 5-0, Dundee 6-0, and an impressive 3-1 away win achieved at Fir Park against Motherwell in February.

If Celtic can get the first goal, they have the flair in attack to put this game to bed early.

Celtic 3-0 @ 13/2

Looking for a bet at higher odds? We return to the correct score, a market that has already given us some cracking profits this term. I hope to add some spice to your weekend on Saturday evening with another bet at eye-catching odds.

We’re backing St Mirren 0-3 Celtic, and the stats suggest we’re onto a good thing.

Regular readers of my Scottish football previews know I love the stats and lean heavily on the trends when making predictions. It’s an approach that has served me well, so you can imagine how I felt when seeing Celtic won 3-0 in their two previous meetings with St Mirren this season.

The Bhoys have scored exactly three goals against St Mirren in their last four, winning 3-0 on three occasions. They also beat Dundee United 3-0 recently, and that’s good enough to attract our stake.

Frank Monkhouse covers Scottish Football for us here at Betfred Insights. You can check out all of his work along with that of the rest of our Football Betting Tips desk on our main Football page...