Scottish Premiership

FT Saturday, January 2, 2016
Partick Thistle WWWWD 0
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Celtic WDWLD 1
1st2ndT
PAR000
CEL011
Celtic Park · 46,067 att.

Match Report

Leigh Griffiths strikes late to earn Celtic victory

Leigh Griffiths strikes late to earn Celtic victory

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Head to Head

CEL leads series 5-0

Lineups

CEL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Craig GordonG
  2. 5Jozo SimunovicCD-L
  3. 4Efe AmbroseCD-R
  4. 63Kieran TierneyLB
  5. 23Mikael LustigRB
  6. 18Tom RogicAM
  7. 25Stefan JohansenLM
  8. 6Nir BittonRM
  9. 7Nadir CiftciF
  10. 42Callum McGregorAM-L
  11. 15Kris CommonsAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 49James ForrestSUB
  2. 19Scott AllanSUB
  3. 24Carlton ColeSUB
  4. 3Emilio IzaguirreSUB
  5. 16Gary Mackay-StevenSUB
  6. 26Logan BaillySUB
  7. 9Leigh GriffithsSUB

PAR · 4-4-2

  1. 1Tomas CernyG
  2. 3Daniel SeaborneCD-L
  3. 17Liam LindsayCD-R
  4. 5Callum BoothLB
  5. 15Mustapha DumbuyaRB
  6. 4Sean WelshCM-L
  7. 6Abdul OsmanCM-R
  8. 11Steven LawlessLM
  9. 7David AmooRM
  10. 9Kris DoolanCF-L
  11. 8Stuart BanniganCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Frederic FransSUB
  2. 19Ryan EdwardsSUB
  3. 18David WilsonSUB
  4. 23Robbie MuirheadSUB
  5. 12Ryan ScullySUB
  6. 99Mathias PogbaSUB
  7. 2Gary MillerSUB

Timeline

  1. 45' Substitution, Celtic. Leigh Griffiths replaces Nadir Ciftci.
  2. 58' Substitution, Partick Thistle. Gary Miller replaces Mustapha Dumbuya because of an injury.
  3. 61' Nir Bitton (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 64' Substitution, Celtic. James Forrest replaces Tomas Rogic.
  5. 68' Second yellow card to Nir Bitton (Celtic) for a bad foul.
  6. 71' Substitution, Partick Thistle. Mathias Pogba replaces Sean Welsh.
  7. 89' Stuart Bannigan (Partick Thistle) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 90' Goal! Celtic 1, Partick Thistle 0. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  9. 90'+1' Substitution, Partick Thistle. David Wilson replaces Stuart Bannigan.
  10. 90'+1' Substitution, Celtic. Gary Mackay-Steven replaces Kris Commons.

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