Scottish Premiership

FT Thursday, December 26, 2013
Celtic WWLWW 1
–
St Johnstone WLWLD 0
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CEL101
STJ000
McDiarmid Park · 7,034 att.

Team Stats

3
Fouls
18
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
0
Corner Kicks
0
0
Saves
2
64
Possession
36
14
SHOTS
3
4
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
22
Crosses
8
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
2
Blocked Shots
2
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
6
Clearances
17

Head to Head

CEL leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

STJ

  1. 1Alan MannusG
  2. 2Dave MacKayD
  3. 25Sanel JahicD
  4. 5Frazer WrightD
  5. 24Brian EastonD
  6. 10David WotherspoonM
  7. 19Gary MillerM
  8. 18Murray DavidsonM
  9. 8Gary McDonaldM
  10. 11Nigel HasselbainkM
  11. 17Stevie MayF

Substitutes

  1. 15Steve BanksG
  2. 3Thomas ScobieD
  3. 6Steven AndersonD
  4. 22Lee CroftM
  5. 4Patrick CreggM
  6. 14Gwion EdwardsM
  7. 41Christopher KaneF

CEL

  1. 1Fraser ForsterG
  2. 41Darnell FisherD
  3. 4Efe AmbroseD
  4. 5Virgil van DijkD
  5. 3Emilio IzaguirreD
  6. 2Adam MatthewsM
  7. 8Scott BrownM
  8. 16Joe LedleyM
  9. 15Kris CommonsF
  10. 10Anthony StokesF
  11. 9Georgios SamarasF

Substitutes

  1. 24Lukasz ZaluskaG
  2. 6Nir BittonM
  3. 37Bahrudin AtajicM
  4. 53Liam HendersonM
  5. 17Amido BaldeF
  6. 20Teemu PukkiF
  7. 49James ForrestF

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal!! Virgil van Dijk hits a right footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area and scores!! Celtic now leads 1 - 0
  2. 42' David Wotherspoon is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  3. 46' St Johnstone makes a sub: Gwion Edwards enters for Gary Miller. Reason: Tactical
  4. 55' Celtic makes a sub: James Forrest enters for Adam Matthews. Reason: Tactical
  5. 59' Frazer Wright is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  6. 66' Darnell Fisher is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  7. 70' Celtic makes a sub: Nir Biton enters for Georgios Samaras. Reason: Tactical
  8. 74' St Johnstone makes a sub: Lee Croft enters for David Wotherspoon. Reason: Tactical
  9. 76' Murray Davidson is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  10. 81' St Johnstone makes a sub: Christopher Kane enters for Nigel Hasselbaink. Reason: Tactical
  11. 87' Celtic makes a sub: Amido Balde enters for Kris Commons. Reason: Tactical
  12. 90' End of the game

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