Scottish Premiership

FT Saturday, March 12, 2016
Celtic WWDDW 2
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Partick Thistle WLWLL 1
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CEL112
PAR011
Wyre Stadium at Firhill · 7,238 att.

Match Report

Celtic edge past Partick to move clear at the top of Scottish Premiership

Celtic edge past Partick to move clear at the top of Scottish Premiership

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Head to Head

CEL leads series 5-0

Lineups

PAR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Tomas CernyG
  2. 3Daniel SeaborneCD-L
  3. 17Liam LindsayCD-R
  4. 5Callum BoothLB
  5. 2Gary MillerRB
  6. 22Gary FraserAM
  7. 4Sean WelshLM
  8. 6Abdul OsmanRM
  9. 9Kris DoolanF
  10. 11Steven LawlessAM-L
  11. 7David AmooAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Frederic FransSUB
  2. 99Mathias PogbaSUB
  3. 18David WilsonSUB
  4. 14Christie ElliottSUB
  5. 10Antonio GermanSUB
  6. 19Ryan EdwardsSUB
  7. 12Ryan ScullySUB

CEL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Craig GordonG
  2. 21Charlie MulgrewCD-L
  3. 28Erik SviatchenkoCD-R
  4. 63Kieran TierneyLB
  5. 23Mikael LustigRB
  6. 15Kris CommonsAM
  7. 6Nir BittonLM
  8. 8Scott BrownRM
  9. 9Leigh GriffithsF
  10. 16Gary Mackay-StevenAM-L
  11. 42Callum McGregorAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Colin Kazim-RichardsSUB
  2. 27Patrick RobertsSUB
  3. 38Leonardo FasanSUB
  4. 18Tom RogicSUB
  5. 49James ForrestSUB
  6. 14Stuart ArmstrongSUB
  7. 4Efe AmbroseSUB

Timeline

  1. 25' David Amoo (Partick Thistle) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 29' Gary Miller (Partick Thistle) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Goal! Partick Thistle 0, Celtic 1. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gary Mackay-Steven with a cross.
  4. 54' Goal! Partick Thistle 0, Celtic 2. Callum McGregor (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gary Mackay-Steven.
  5. 60' Substitution, Partick Thistle. Mathias Pogba replaces Kris Doolan.
  6. 67' Substitution, Celtic. Colin Kazim-Richards replaces Kris Commons.
  7. 71' Substitution, Partick Thistle. Christie Elliott replaces Gary Fraser.
  8. 78' Scott Brown (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 84' Erik Sviatchenko (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 85' Goal! Partick Thistle 1, Celtic 2. Sean Welsh (Partick Thistle) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  11. 85' Substitution, Partick Thistle. Ryan Edwards replaces Steven Lawless.
  12. 89' Substitution, Celtic. Stuart Armstrong replaces Leigh Griffiths because of an injury.
  13. 90' Nir Bitton (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+2' Substitution, Celtic. Efe Ambrose replaces Gary Mackay-Steven.

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