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True scale of immense Celtic form now seen; Rangers, Hearts and more left battered

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After last night’s 4-0 win over St. Mirren, Celtic have now played every other Premiership team home and away.

That’s 22 fixtures for Ange Postecoglou‘s team: 20 of them won, one drawn and one lost.

The rest of the league hasn’t stood much of a chance against us so far this campaign, with thrashings dished out to the likes of Dundee United, Kilmarnock and Rangers among others.

A look at Celtic's first 22 Premiership results of the season

But the true scale of our Premiership form isn’t seen until you actually look at how we’ve fared against all 11 other sides.

Over 180 minutes, Celtic are at least two goals better off than every other team.

Against Dundee United, we’re 11 goals better off while Hibernian haven’t fared much better with a -9 goal difference against us.

Even our closer rivals Rangers and Hearts are well off the pace when facing the likes of Jota, Kyogo, Carter-Vickers and co.

If Celtic can keep this sort of form up over the third round of fixtures, we’ll go into the split as virtual or official champions.

Celtic FC v Rangers FC - Cinch Scottish Premiership
Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images

We’ve put ourselves in a position we could only have dreamed of at the start of the season.

Now to keep it going.

In other news, Ange Postecoglou was pleased with with Yuki Kobayashi’s Celtic debut