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St Johnstone vs Celtic: Scottish Cup match betting tip
St. Johnstone and Celtic will play in the Scottish Cup semi-finals on April 20. The hosts are failing in the Scottish Premiership, and the guests have already secured the championship. Will the Celts manage to reach the Cup final? The answer is in our betting tip for this match
Command Analysis
St. Johnstone
ScotlandCurrent form
St. Johnstone is the main candidate for relegation from the Premier League and occupies the last place in the standings. The club is five points behind the penultimate Dundee. It will take a lot of effort to at least finish in the transition zone. At the same time, the hosts performed extremely successfully in the Scottish Cup. The team has already reached the semifinals, beating Motherwell (1-0), Hamilton (1-0) and Livingston (1-0) during the tournament. It is worth noting that St. Johnstone beat Celtic in a head-to-head match on April 6 - the outsider unexpectedly defeated the champion 1-0 in the championship.
Disqualifications and injuries
The hosts have no problems with the squad on the eve of the cup semi-final.
Interesting betting trends
- The team has won only one of the last four matches.
- The hosts have managed to score only one goal in the last four matches.
Approximate composition: Fisher - Douglas, Mitchell, Balodis, Curtis -Duke, Griffith, Holt, Keri -Sidibe, Kirk
Celtic
ScotlandCurrent form
Celtic continue to dominate the Scottish championship and have already increased their advantage to 15 points. So far, no one can compete with the guests, although the team has stumbled a couple of times recently. On their own field, the Celts lost to the Rangers (2:3), and then unexpectedly lost on the road to today's opponent with a score of 0:1. Few people could have expected the hegemon to lose in a match with the weakest team in the championship. After that, Brendan Rodgers' team managed to rehabilitate themselves and defeated Kilmarnock on their own field (5:1). Celtic reached the cup semi-finals without any problems, having beaten Raith Rovers (5-0) and Hibernian (2-0) in the previous stages.
Disqualifications and injuries
The guests have no problems with the squad on the eve of the semi-final match.
Interesting betting trends
- None of the last eight matches of the guests ended in a draw.
- The team has conceded one goal each in the last two matches.
Approximate composition: Sinisalo - Taylor, Scales, Carter-Vickers, Johnston - Hatate, McGregor, Engels - Maeda, Ida, Forrest
Trends
The bet is an accurate score of 1:3
Two of the last five face-to-face matches ended with this score
12.00Bet Both will score
This bet has played in two of the last four away matches.
2.45Tip and bets
The hosts have failed in their Premier League performance this season, but they will try to reach the cup final. In the semi-finals, they will have to play against the strongest club in the country, but recently St. Johnstone has already managed to defeat Celtic. Most likely, the guests will pass on, but the outsider should at least avoid defeat. That's what we'll bet on.
Our betting tip is an Asian handicap (+2.5) for St. Johnstone in 1.67
Bet on the total
The guests will definitely go ahead from the very first minute in the hope of gaining an advantage in the score as early as possible. It will be difficult to fend off the constant attacks of the favorite, so it's worth betting on a productive duel here, besides, in recent matches Celtic often misses themselves.
Our betting tip is a total of more than three goals in 1.75
Betting on corners
If events develop according to the plan described above, the teams will be pleased with a decent number of serves from the corner flag.
Our betting tip is a total of more than 10.5 corners in 1.82
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