Scottish Premiership

FT Sunday, December 13, 2015
Celtic WDLWD 3
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St Johnstone WWWDW 0
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CEL123
STJ000
McDiarmid Park · 6,418 att.

Match Report

Celtic cruise to victory over Saints to go four points clear at the top

Celtic cruise to victory over Saints to go four points clear at the top

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Head to Head

CEL leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

STJ · 4-5-1

  1. 1Alan MannusG
  2. 6Steven AndersonCD-L
  3. 2David MackayCD-R
  4. 24Brian EastonLB
  5. 14Joe ShaughnessyRB
  6. 26Liam CraigCM-L
  7. 7Chris MillarCM-R
  8. 8Murray DavidsonAM
  9. 29Michael O'HalloranLM
  10. 10David WotherspoonRM
  11. 9Steven MacLeanF

CEL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Craig GordonG
  2. 5Jozo SimunovicCD-L
  3. 20Dedryck BoyataCD-R
  4. 3Emilio IzaguirreLB
  5. 23Mikael LustigRB
  6. 14Stuart ArmstrongAM
  7. 18Tom RogicLM
  8. 25Stefan JohansenRM
  9. 7Nadir CiftciF
  10. 42Callum McGregorAM-L
  11. 49James ForrestAM-R

Timeline

  1. 23' Emilio Izaguirre (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 34' Substitution, St. Johnstone. Liam Caddis replaces Chris Millar because of an injury.
  3. 35' Goal! St. Johnstone 0, Celtic 1. Nadir Ciftci (Celtic) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mikael Lustig following a corner.
  4. 45'+1' Steven MacLean (St. Johnstone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45'+1' David Mackay (St. Johnstone) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 49' Goal! St. Johnstone 0, Celtic 2. Dedryck Boyata (Celtic) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Callum McGregor with a cross.
  7. 59' Stefan Johansen (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 63' David Wotherspoon (St. Johnstone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 67' Goal! St. Johnstone 0, Celtic 3. Nadir Ciftci (Celtic) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mikael Lustig with a cross.
  10. 72' Substitution, Celtic. Kris Commons replaces Stuart Armstrong.
  11. 81' Substitution, Celtic. Carlton Cole replaces Tomas Rogic.
  12. 81' Substitution, St. Johnstone. Christopher Kane replaces Steven MacLean.
  13. 89' Substitution, Celtic. Scott Allan replaces Nadir Ciftci.

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