Reigning champions of Scottish football Celtic travel to The SMISA Stadium to face St Mirren and attempt to keep their winning streak alive in this Matchday 3 game in the SFPL.

St Mirren

St Mirren have had varied results in their domestic campaign so far. In their first game of the season, they tore Hibernian apart, a 3-0 victory at home. Oisin Smyth grabbing a brace after Roland Idowu's second half opener. They then went onto face Aberdeen at the Pittodrie Stadium where they came out second best in a 3-1 loss. In the Scottish League Cup and that didn’t serve St Mirren any better. They were knocked out by two time competition winner Dundee United, 1-0 the result after 90 minutes.

Some positives for The Buddies are that they are unbeaten at home from their last four games. It will be a tough challenge to try and stop the dominant force of Celtic, but that advantage of the home crowd could help spur them onto a massive shock upset.

Now that the only competition they are in this season is the league, St Mirren will put all their attention towards a decent campaign after a great fifth placed finish last year. Stealing points from Celtic could play a crucial part in their journey if they manage to do so.

Celtic

Brendan Rodgers is back in charge of Celtic for his second stint after 204 matches with Leicester City. Their aim for the season will be to win an unprecedented 13th title in 14 years and four on the bounce. They have started the season as they mean to go on as in their opening game Celtic dominated their way to a 4-0 win over Kilmarnock and then followed that up with a 0-2 away win against Hibernian in their second. Facing Hibernian again just a week later, this time in the Scottish League Cup, they saw victory again letting them progress through to the next round after a 3-1 win.

The Bhoys are a league above the rest of the SPFL teams but are geographically constricted to Scotland. In Celtic’s last five matches they have racked up a mighty 17 goals, they have kept two clean sheets from their two league matches and they have the services of current top goalscorer Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn who has two from two. Celtic have well and truly got their season going and will aim to keep their winning streak alive in this match against St Mirren.

Predicted Line-Ups

St Mirren

Balcombe; Fraser, Gogic, Iacovitti; Rooney, Smyth, Taylor, Idowu, Tanser; Mandron, Olusanya

Celtic

Schmeichel; Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Taylor; O'Riley, Hatate, McGregor; Kuhn, Maeda, Forrest

What’s the tip?

Our betting experts have picked out Celtic To Win + Matt O’Riley To Score Anytime. It is too hard to see anything other than a victory for the Glasgow based team as they are in flying form. Someone that does stand out Celtic they play St Mirren is Matt O’Riley. The Dane has two goals in three games when facing them and we predict he’ll find the back off the net again.

What are the returns?

Through our bookmakers, you can get odds as good as 2/1 via Betfred. Provided a £10 stake is placed, you could see winnings of £30.

Where can I watch the game?

UK viewers will be able to watch the match on Sky Go UK / Sky Go Extra / Sky Sports Football / Sky Sports Ultra HD / Celtic TV.