Saints are back in William Hill Premiership action this weekend as we host Celtic at The SMiSA Stadium on Sunday.
Stephen Robinson's men go into Sunday's match after matches away to Dundee United in the Premier Sports Cup and SK Brann in the UEFA Conference League last week.
The Buddies have won one and lost won of their opening two league matches. Saints won 3-0 against Hibernian at The SMiSA Stadium on the opening day with a Roland Idowu strike as well a brace from Oisin Smyth seeing us pick up three points. Aberdeen defeated Saints 3-1 at Pittodrie the following weekend on matchday two.
Match Details
St Mirren v Celtic
Competition: William Hill Premiership
Date: Sunday 25th August 2024
Kick-off: 12pm
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium
Live on Sky Sports
The Opposition
Saints were edged out at Celtic Park when the sides met on the final day of last season. A brace from Mark O'Hara twice had us ahead, but a late Luis Palma goal saw the Hoops win 3-2 in Glasgow.
Celtic's defence of the Premiership title has seen Brendan Rodgers' side defeat Kilmarnock 4-0 at Celtic Park on the opening day before a 2-0 win away to Hibernian.
The Hoops also booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Premier Sports Cup last weekend at the expense of the Hibees, winning 3-1 at Celtic Park.
Our last victory over Celtic came just less than two years ago. Goals either side of half-time from Mark O'Hara and Jonah Ayunga saw Saints win 2-0 at The SMiSA Stadium and consign Celtic to their first league defeat in 38 matches.
From the Manager | "We know how we have to play to get a result"
Speaking to the media ahead of Sunday's match, manager Stephen Robinson said: "Celtic have proved over time that they are a really tough opposition with real quality.
"They've started the season, as always, really well and they have a fantastic manager in Brendan Rodgers.
We know what the task is. We know how we have to play to get a result.
"We've got results, played very well and taken Celtic all the way on lots of different occasions and little bits of indecision, tiredness or sheer quality in the end have undone us.
"We want to make a really good game of it. We believe at home we are a match for anybody and we go into it with confidence."
The Officials
The referee on Sunday is Chris Graham. He'll be assisted by Calum Spence and Colin Drummond.
Gavin Duncan is fourth official and Steven McLean is the VAR.
