Matchday

Premiership 25/26 · 3 Aug 2025

Celtic 1–0 St. Mirren

Picked for matchday: Standout: Tunmise Sobowale scored 93.5 · Scotland's top three

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Jul 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
2.0 – 1.0
Actual xG
1.4 – 0.2
Goals
1 – 0

Footybot made Celtic favourites at 60%.

Celtic won and made the better chances: 1.4 xG to 0.2.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Liam Scales, 68.7 in 90′.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Celtic

No earlier result in Footybot's data.

St. Mirren

No earlier result in Footybot's data.

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Celtic

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Luke McCowan Midfielder12100.0890.1–
Arne Engels Midfielder1200–76.2–
Liam Scales Defender9000–68.7–
Auston Trusty Defender2500–66.5–
Alistair Johnston Defender9000–59.4–
Kasper Schmeichel Goalkeeper9000–56.5–
Cameron Carter-Vickers Defender9000–55.7–
Daizen Maeda Forward90010.2551.8–
Callum McGregor Midfielder90000.0348.7–
Kieran Tierney Defender65000.0647.1–
Benjamin Nygren Forward78000.1847.0–
Johnny Kenny Forward1200–42.4–
Adam Idah Forward78000.7040.1–
Yang Hyun-Jun Midfielder5900–37.3–
Reo Hatate Midfielder78000.0336.8–
James Forrest Midfielder31000.0721.9–

St. Mirren

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Tunmise Sobowale Defender1100–93.5–
Shamal George Goalkeeper9000–58.8–
Oisin Smyth Midfielder11000.1653.2–
Alexander Gogić Defender9000–52.0–
Declan John Midfielder90000.0246.6–
Mikael Mandron Forward7900–44.8–
Jayden Richardson Midfielder7900–43.3–
Mark O'Hara Midfielder90000.0242.2–
Jonah Ayunga Forward45000.0341.7–
Killian Phillips Midfielder9000–41.4–
Evan Mooney Forward1100–40.5–
Marcus Fraser Defender9000–40.2–
Fraser Taylor Midfielder4500–39.8–
Richard King Defender8900–38.9–
Roland Idowu Midfielder7900–37.2–
Malik Dijksteel Midfielder100–35.7–