The Scottish Cup fifth round has arrived and St Mirren vs Celtic will be the penultimate tie of the weekend fixtures.
The Hoops need not just a morale-boosting result to keep their hopes of winning the Double alive but also a spirited performance to convince fans they still have the hunger to win football matches.
That has been doubted over recent weeks with poor displays against Aberdeen and Hibs. Four points out of six were collected but in that time, Rangers have managed to catch Brendan Rodgers‘ side at the top of the Scottish Premiership.
Attention turns to the cup momentarily and winning is paramount given how we were dumped out of the Viaplay Cup early in the season versus Kilmarnock.
St Mirren are tricky customers though and Stephen Robinson’s men have caused Celtic problems this season, namely at Parkhead in November.
Celts can take stock from the comprehensive 3-0 victory in Paisley on January 2 but the team appear to have regressed even since then.
In the led up to Sunday’s tie, Rodgers has bemoaned injuries as part of a number of ‘roadblocks’ Celtic have been met with this season. But he admits remaining optimistic about what his current squad can achieve.
Here, 67 Hail Hail provide you with everything there is to know about the clash against St Mirren including how to watch on TV, the latest team and injury news plus our score prediction.
St Mirren vs Celtic kick-off time
Celtic travel the short trip to Paisley where they will face St Mirren on Sunday, February 11. The Scottish Cup fifth round tie will kick-off at 2pm.
St Mirren vs Celtic TV channel
Celtic supporters can watch the cup clash on the Viaplay Sports 1 channel. The programme will commence at 1.30pm, half an hour before kick-off.
If you do not have a Viaplay Sports subscription, you can purchase either a Total Annual or Total Monthly package to watch St Mirren vs Celtic.
Celtic fans living outside the UK and Ireland can watch the Buddies game on CelticTV provided they have an international subscription package.
If you are out and about, you can listen to live BBC Sportsound radio commentary of St Mirren vs Celtic. The programme will begin at 1.30pm.
Celtic team news and injuries
Brendan Rodgers provided five injury and availability updates to the media at Lennoxtown on Friday.
The Northern Irishman offered news on Alistair Johnston, Greg Taylor, Oh Hyeon-gyu, Yang Hyun-jun and Cameron Carter-Vickers.
Prediction: St Mirren 1-2 Celtic
We felt reluctant to leave it at as St Mirren 1-2 Celtic above. This could be another frustrating afternoon for the Hoops because quite frankly, our form is not good enough.
Every one of our attacking players bar Adam Idah are out of sorts and even the likes of Matt O’Riley and Callum McGregor are not playing to their best potential.
But anything other than a win will seriously set alarm bells ringing and Brendan Rodgers and the Celtic board will only come under more scrutiny from fans.
The pressure is on to win this one and you hope there’s enough quality on show to achieve it. Hope, however, is the key word.
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