Celtic have followed up their 2-2 draw in the Old Firm derby on January 2 with back-to-back 2-0 wins over Kilmarnock in the Premiership and Scottish League Cup respectively.
A strike from Jota and an Ash Taylor own goal wrapped up the three points in the league, before goals from Daizen Maedaand Giorgos Giakoumakis helped the Hoops come out on top at Hampden Park last weekend and progress to their seventh League Cup final in the last nine years.
A showdown with rivals Rangers awaits Celtic on February 26, but Ange Postecoglou’s side now shift their focus back to the Premiership where they currently hold a nine-point lead over the Gers in second place.
Celtic, who have won the Premiership title in 10 of the last 11 seasons, head into Wednesday’s contest having won each of their last 12 home league matches, scoring 40 goals in the process.
The Hoops have also lost only one of their last 30 games on home soil against St Mirren across all competitions, a 2-1 defeat in January 2021, so Postecoglou and co will be confident of claiming maximum points in front of their own fans.
St Mirren’s six-game unbeaten run in all tournaments came to an end last weekend when they suffered a slender 1-0 defeat away against Hearts.
Paisley-born midfielder Barrie McKayscored the only goal of the game midway through the first half to condemn the Buddies to their seventh league defeat of the campaign and their first defeat since November 5.
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Stephen Robinson expressed his frustrations with VAR after the match, but he praised his side after what he thought was there “best 90 minutes of the season” so far. Nevertheless, St Mirren have slipped to sixth in the Premiership standings and could drop out of the top half if they lose to Celtic on Wednesday.
The Buddies face arguably their toughest test yet when they travel to Parkhead, but they can head to Glasgow with confidence as they are the only team to have beaten Postecoglou’s side in the league so far this season.
Indeed, goals from Mark O’Hara and Jonah Ayunga helped secure an impressive 2-0 home triumph in September – ending Celtic’s 38-game unbeaten league run in the process – and they will look to record successive wins over the Hoops for the first time since April 1978 under former manager Sir Alex Ferguson when they lock horns on Wednesday
