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St Mirren v Celtic – Where to watch, predicted XI, kick-off time, Celtic team news, away allocation, match officials and more…

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It’s a battle of second v first in the Scottish Premiership as current Scottish Champions and league leaders Celtic take on the Paisley Buddies on the Saturday evening kick off at the The Marbill Coaches Stadium, next to Glasgow Airport.

Celtic Team News

Martin O’Neill will be without both record signing Kasper Hogh and Kieran Tierney so the Scottish Premiership’s Player of the Month for August Camilo Duran will lead the line for the Hoops while Liam Scales will get another left-back shift under his belt on a needs must basis.

Callum Osmand of Celtic is upset at full time after the Scottish Premiership 2026/27 match between Celtic and Falkirk at Celtic Park on August 29, 2026. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Callum Osmand also misses out are rolling his ankle last weekend against Falkirk, while Alistair Johnston is sidelined for another two months with his third hamstring issue in the past year.

Celtic will be looking for a fifth straight league victory of the season and if you add the seven wins on a bounce at the end of last season (title winning form) that will be a dozen victories in a row in the league.

George Bello of LASK shakes hands with Celtic goalkeeper Viljami Sinisalo at full-time. Celtic v LASK, UEFA Champions League, Play Off Round, First Leg, Celtic Park, 19 August 2026. PHOTO Stuart Wallace IMAGO Shutterstock

The Celtic manager is likely to let Viljami Sinisalo keep the gloves for now, while the back four is set to remain the same as the midweek win over Aberdeen with Colby Donovan at right back, a central defence partnership of Cameron Carter-Vickers and Auston Trusty and of course Lim Scales at left-back.

Celtic’s Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain with the Scottish Premiership Trophy. Photo: Roddy Scott IMAGO Shutterstock

The middle of the park will not be changed either so Callum McGregor and Alex Oxlade Chamberlain will provide both quality and experience and take it in turns tp probe forward as Celtic look to win the match.

Haissem Hassan of Celtic is challenged by Nesta Guinness-Walker of Aberdeen during the Scottish Premiership 2026/27 match between Celtic and Aberdeen at Celtic Park on September 02, 2026. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Again a forward three of Haissem Hassan on the right, Benjamin Nygren and the ten and Yang out left will cause the St Mirren defence plenty of problems.

And then there’s the outstanding Camilo Duran leading the line and looking to retain his player of the month award in September.

Jordan Lotomba of Feyenoord is thanking the fans for their support after winning the match during the Pre Season Friendly match between Feyenoord and Atalanta Bergamo at Stadion Feijenoord on August 2, 2026 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Photo Hans van der Valk IMAGO

New Bhoys Jordan Lotomba and Joel van den Berg have both already been in action in the Netherlands this season, so will be fit and available to make their debuts.

Oliver Sorensen and Shim Mheuka both made their Celtic debuts from the bench in Wednesdays 3-0 home win over Aberdeen, and newly acquired goalkeeper Sam Johnstone was an unused substitute, with all three being available for selection yet again.

Landon Emenalo is a few weeks away from fitness due to an injury sustained at Chelsea.

Yang Hyun-Jun of Celtic scores his team’s third goal during the Scottish Premiership match between Celtic and Aberdeen at Celtic Park on September 02, 2026. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Tonight will be Yang’s final match before he departs for the Asian games with South Korea, and due to his recent form it will be a major blow to Martin O’Neill to be denied the services of the winger for the upcoming double header against the Rangers, with the opening Europa League match against Ferencvaros at Celtic Park sandwiched between the two Glasgow Derby matches which will of course now be played with no away fans.

Perhaps we can expect a shuffle of the pack when we travel to Perth to take on St Johnstone on Wednesday night, as the clash with the Buddies will be seen as the more challenging encounter.

Celtic Ticket Allocation

Celtic have been given a small away allocation of 1,321 tickets for tonight’s match in Paisley, reflecting St Mirren’s policy of a reduced away end for visiting Glasgow clubs. Hoops fans will be stationed in the North Stand.

Match Officials

9th August 2026; Rugby Park, Kilmarnock, Scotland: Scottish Premiership Football, Kilmarnock versus Celtic; Kasper Hogh of Celtic collects the match ball from referee Ryan Lee after his hat trick

Ryan Lee is the referee on Saturday night. Scott Anderson and Ross Nelson are his assistants, while Jamie Wilkie is fourth official. Don Robertson is the VAR this evening.

Kick-off-Time

The St Mirren v Celtic match in the Scottish Premiership  will kick off at 8pm this evening, Saturday, 5 September 2026.

Celtic have been given a small away allocation of 1,321 tickets, reflecting St Mirren’s policy of a reduced away end for visiting Glasgow clubs. Hoops fans will be stationed in the North Stand.

Where to Watch

The game will be shown live on Sky Sports Football, with coverage beginning at 7.30PM, half an hour before kick-off time. Highlights will be shown on BBC Sportscene later this evening, with the programme starting at 10.30pm on BBC One Scotland.

Subscribers to CelticPlayer who are based outside of Britain and Ireland can watch tonight’s match live on the club’s channel with the programme starting at 7.40pm with Gerry McCulloch and Peter Grant continuing their wee bromance in the new studio.

Predicted Celtic Team

Predicted Celtic XI v St Mirren: Sinisalo; Donovan, CCV, Trusty, Scales; McGregor c), Oxlade-Chamberlain; Hassan, Nygren, Yang; Duran.

Subs: Johnstone, McCowan, Tounekti, Sorensen, Baur, Mhueka, Murray, Forrest, Ralston.

Manager: Martin O’Neill

Predicted Score

Celtic to take the three points with a 2-0 victory with goals from Camilo Duran and Yang.

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