Scottish Premiership

FT Sunday, February 5, 2017
Celtic WWWWW 5
–
St Johnstone LWLWW 2
1st2ndT
CEL145
STJ202
McDiarmid Park · 6,548 att.

Match Report

Second-half Moussa Dembele hat-trick sinks St Johnstone

Second-half Moussa Dembele hat-trick sinks St Johnstone

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Head to Head

CEL leads series 4-1

Lineups

STJ · 4-4-1-1

  1. 12Zander ClarkG
  2. 3Thomas ScobbieCD-L
  3. 14Joe ShaughnessyCD-R
  4. 24Brian EastonLB
  5. 19Richard FosterRB
  6. 18Paul PatonCM-L
  7. 8Murray DavidsonCM-R
  8. 10David WotherspoonLM
  9. 22Keith WatsonRM
  10. 29Graham CumminsF
  11. 11Danny SwansonRCF

Substitutes

  1. 26Liam CraigSUB
  2. 27Craig ThomsonSUB
  3. 15Clive SmithSUB
  4. 7Chris MillarSUB
  5. 4Blair AlstonSUB
  6. 9Steven MacLeanSUB
  7. 1Alan MannusSUB

CEL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Craig GordonG
  2. 28Erik SviatchenkoCD-L
  3. 20Dedryck BoyataCD-R
  4. 63Kieran TierneyLB
  5. 23Mikael LustigRB
  6. 53Liam HendersonAM
  7. 8Scott BrownLM
  8. 6Nir BittonRM
  9. 11Scott SinclairF
  10. 16Gary Mackay-StevenAM-L
  11. 27Patrick RobertsAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 5Jozo SimunovicSUB
  2. 10Moussa DembéléSUB
  3. 7Nadir CiftciSUB
  4. 42Callum McGregorSUB
  5. 49James ForrestSUB
  6. 12Cristian GamboaSUB
  7. 24Dorus de VriesSUB

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! St. Johnstone 0, Celtic 1. Liam Henderson (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
  2. 31' Goal! St. Johnstone 1, Celtic 1. Keith Watson (St. Johnstone) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Danny Swanson with a cross following a corner.
  3. 43' Goal! St. Johnstone 2, Celtic 1. David Wotherspoon (St. Johnstone) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Danny Swanson with a cross.
  4. 43' Own Goal by Dedryck Boyata, Celtic. St. Johnstone 2, Celtic 1.
  5. 58' Paul Paton (St. Johnstone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 59' Substitution, Celtic. Moussa Dembele replaces Gary Mackay-Steven.
  7. 60' Richard Foster (St Johnstone) Yellow Card at 60'
  8. 61' Goal! St. Johnstone 2, Celtic 2. Moussa Dembele (Celtic) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  9. 70' Substitution, St. Johnstone. Blair Alston replaces David Wotherspoon.
  10. 72' Substitution, Celtic. Callum McGregor replaces Liam Henderson.
  11. 75' Goal! St. Johnstone 2, Celtic 3. Moussa Dembele (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mikael Lustig.
  12. 78' Substitution, St. Johnstone. Steven MacLean replaces Richard Foster.
  13. 81' Goal! St. Johnstone 2, Celtic 4. Scott Sinclair (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Patrick Roberts.
  14. 85' Goal! St. Johnstone 2, Celtic 5. Moussa Dembele (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Callum McGregor.
  15. 86' Substitution, Celtic. Nadir Ciftci replaces Patrick Roberts.
  16. 86' Substitution, St. Johnstone. Liam Craig replaces Danny Swanson.
  17. 90'+3' Mikael Lustig (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 90'+3' Liam Craig (St. Johnstone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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