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Celtic

1st · 6-0-1 · 18 pts · +10
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Celtic beat St Johnstone
Celtic6-0-0 1 – 0 St Johnstone2-1-3
FT · Wed, Sep 9

Match Details

McDiarmid Park (Perth) · 9,879 fans

Commentary

  • 90'+4'Mika Baur (Celtic) Yellow Card at 90'+4'
  • 87'Macauley Tait (St Johnstone) Substitution at 87'
  • 87'Kieran Tierney (Celtic) Substitution at 87'
  • 86'Shim Mheuka (Celtic) Substitution at 86'
  • 82'Liam Scales (Celtic) Yellow Card at 82'
  • 74'Kai Fotheringham (St Johnstone) Substitution at 74'
  • 74'Danny Schmidt (St Johnstone) Substitution at 74'
  • 73'James Forrest (Celtic) Substitution at 73'
  • 73'Camilo Durán (Celtic) Substitution at 73'
  • 69'Reece McAlear (St Johnstone) Yellow Card at 69'
  • 67'Benjamin Nygren (Celtic) Substitution at 67'
  • 63'Ruari Paton (St Johnstone) Substitution at 63'

Line Score

12T
CEL 01 1
STJ 00 0

Match Leaders

Celtic
St Johnstone

League Table · 2026-27 Scottish Premiership
TeamGPWDLGDPtsForm
1 Celtic 7 6 0 1 +10 18
2 Rangers 7 5 1 1 +4 16
3 Hearts 7 4 1 2 +6 13
4 Dundee 7 3 1 3 +2 10
5 St Mirren 7 3 1 3 -1 10
6 St Johnstone 7 2 2 3 -1 8
7 Aberdeen 7 2 2 3 -1 8
8 Motherwell 7 2 2 3 -2 8
9 Dundee Utd 7 2 2 3 -2 8
10 Hibernian 7 2 1 4 -3 7
11 Falkirk 7 1 3 3 -3 6
12 Kilmarnock 7 1 2 4 -9 5
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Key Events

90'+4'Mika Baur (Celtic) Yellow Card at 90'+4'
87'Macauley Tait (St Johnstone) Substitution at 87'
87'Kieran Tierney (Celtic) Substitution at 87'
86'Shim Mheuka (Celtic) Substitution at 86'
82'Liam Scales (Celtic) Yellow Card at 82'
74'Kai Fotheringham (St Johnstone) Substitution at 74'
74'Danny Schmidt (St Johnstone) Substitution at 74'
73'James Forrest (Celtic) Substitution at 73'
73'Camilo Durán (Celtic) Substitution at 73'
69'Reece McAlear (St Johnstone) Yellow Card at 69'
67'Benjamin Nygren (Celtic) Substitution at 67'
63'Ruari Paton (St Johnstone) Substitution at 63'
63'Samuel Stanton (St Johnstone) Substitution at 63'
55'Josh Campbell (St Johnstone) Yellow Card at 55'
52'Mika Baur (Celtic) Goal at 52'

Team Stats

CelticSt Johnstone
General
60.3 Possession % 39.7
15 Shots 9
9 On Target 3
2 Offsides 0
11 Corners 2
9 Fouls 13
Passing & Defense
522 Passes Completed 299
0 Crosses Won 0
1 Tackles Won 9
0 Interceptions 0
0 Clearances 0
Discipline
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
3 Saves 8

Recent Form

St Johnstone W L L D W
Celtic W L W W W

Starting Lineups

St Johnstone4-2-3-1
1 Steward
26 Todd 19 Finlayson 3 Diabate 2 Alic
8 Holt 42 McAlear
32 Campbell 30 Cotterill 7 Steven
9 Fowler
9 Høgh
17 Tounekti 18 Sørensen 23 Hassan A
22 Baur 52' 42 McGregor
5 Scales 6 Trusty 47 Murray 51 Donovan
26 Johnstone
Celtic4-2-3-1
Full lineups and substitutes

St Johnstone

  1. TS #1 Toby StewardG
  2. CD #3 Cheick DiabateCD-L
  3. DF #19 Daniel FinlaysonCD-R
  4. EA #2 Enes AlicLB
  5. MT #26 Matthew ToddRB
  6. JC #30 Joel CotterillAM
  7. RM #42 Reece McAlearLM
  8. JH #8 Jason HoltRM
  9. JF #9 Josh FowlerF
  10. TS #7 Taylor StevenAM-L
  11. JC #32 Josh CampbellAM-R
Substitutes · 5 used

Celtic

  1. SJ #26 Sam JohnstoneG
  2. #6 Auston TrustyCD-L
  3. DM #47 Dane MurrayCD-R
  4. LS #5 Liam ScalesLB
  5. CD #51 Colby DonovanRB
  6. OS #18 Oliver SørensenAM
  7. MB #22 Mika BaurLM52'
  8. CM #42 Callum McGregorRM
  9. KH #9 Kasper HøghF
  10. ST #17 Sebastian TounektiAM-L
  11. HH #23 Haissem HassanAM-R
Substitutes · 5 used

Roster

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News

Celtic condemn protest after tennis balls thrown at owner
Celtic have condemned the protest which saw tennis balls thrown towards principal shareholder Dermot Desmond during his visit to the Alfred Dunhill Links golf tournament at St Andrews.
Celtic's Hassan misses Egypt match - gossip
· BBC Sport
Celtic winger misses Egypt match, Rangers boss backed and Hibs assistant on exit.
Celtic celebrate heated win over Rangers in final of revived Tennent’s Sixes
· The Guardian
Charlie Mulgrew admits getting carried away after game Angry scenes in Rangers dressing room emerge in video The intensity of the football rivalry in Glasgow was evident on Sunday night as Celtic turned the tables on…
Rangers' Ryan Naderi downs Celtic in Old Firm Derby
Ryan Naderi scored the only goal as Rangers defeated Celtic 1-0 at Celtic Park on Sunday.
Celtic celebrate heated win over Rangers in final of revived Tennent’s Sixes
· The Guardian
Charlie Mulgrew admits getting carried away after game Angry scenes in Rangers dressing room emerge in video The intensity of the football rivalry in Glasgow was evident on Sunday night as Celtic turned the tables on…

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Recent Results
L 0–1 vs Rangers L 1–3 vs Ferencvaros W 1–0 at St Johnstone W 2–1 at St Mirren W 3–0 vs Aberdeen W 2–1 vs Falkirk L 1–5 at LASK Linz Playoff Round W 3–0 vs LASK Linz Playoff Round W 4–0 at Dundee United Schedule only W 5–1 at Kilmarnock