Scottish Premiership

FT Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Ross County DDDWL 0
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Celtic WWWWW 2
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CEL202
Celtic Park · 55,355 att.

Match Report

Celtic move 16 points clear after beating Ross County 2-0

Celtic move 16 points clear after beating Ross County 2-0

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Head to Head

CEL leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

CEL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Craig GordonG
  2. 5Jozo SimunovicCD-L
  3. 28Erik SviatchenkoCD-R
  4. 3Emilio IzaguirreLB
  5. 23Mikael LustigRB
  6. 8Scott BrownCM
  7. 14Stuart ArmstrongLM
  8. 17Ryan ChristieRM
  9. 9Leigh GriffithsF
  10. 11Scott SinclairLF
  11. 49James ForrestRF

Substitutes

  1. 10Moussa DembéléSUB
  2. 6Nir BittonSUB
  3. 12Cristian GamboaSUB
  4. 2Kolo TouréSUB
  5. 27Patrick RobertsSUB
  6. 24Dorus de VriesSUB
  7. 53Liam HendersonSUB

ROSS · 5-4-1

  1. 1Scott FoxG
  2. 15Andrew DaviesCD
  3. 5James McEveleyCD-L
  4. 43Paul QuinnCD-R
  5. 12Tim ChowLB
  6. 2Marcus FraserRB
  7. 11Craig CurranCM-L
  8. 8Martin WoodsCM-R
  9. 23Alex SchalkLM
  10. 4Christopher RoutisRM
  11. 10Liam BoyceF

Substitutes

  1. 52Reghan TumiltySUB
  2. 44Christopher McLaughlinSUB
  3. 16Tony DingwallSUB
  4. 9Ryan DowSUB
  5. 18Ian McShaneSUB
  6. 31Aaron McCareySUB
  7. 53Greg MorrisonSUB

Timeline

  1. 38' Goal! Celtic 1, Ross County 0. Erik Sviatchenko (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Scott Brown.
  2. 45'+1' Goal! Celtic 2, Ross County 0. Stuart Armstrong (Celtic) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mikael Lustig.
  3. 52' Tim Chow (Ross County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 62' Substitution, Ross County. Reghan Tumility replaces Alex Schalk.
  5. 63' Substitution, Celtic. Liam Henderson replaces Ryan Christie.
  6. 66' Substitution, Celtic. Moussa Dembele replaces Leigh Griffiths.
  7. 66' Substitution, Ross County. Ian McShane replaces Christopher Routis.
  8. 71' Substitution, Celtic. Patrick Roberts replaces James Forrest.
  9. 76' Substitution, Ross County. Greg Morrison replaces Liam Boyce.
  10. 77' Martin Woods (Ross County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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