Scottish Premiership

FT Saturday, September 16, 2017
Ross County LLLLD 0
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Celtic WLDWL 4
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CEL224
Celtic Park · 58,624 att.

Match Report

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Moussa Dembele scores as Celtic top Scottish league by two points

The returning Moussa Dembele scored his first goal of the season as Celtic reaffirmed their dominance with a crushing 4-0 win over Ross County.

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Head to Head

CEL leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

CEL · 3-5-2

  1. 1Craig GordonG
  2. 6Nir BittonCD
  3. 5Jozo SimunovicCD-L
  4. 56Anthony RalstonCD-R
  5. 14Stuart ArmstrongCM-L
  6. 18Tom RogicCM-R
  7. 8Scott BrownAM
  8. 15Jonathan HayesLM
  9. 49James ForrestRM
  10. 9Leigh GriffithsCF-L
  11. 10Moussa DembéléCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 24Dorus de VriesSUB
  2. 42Callum McGregorSUB
  3. 22Odsonne ÉdouardSUB
  4. 11Scott SinclairSUB
  5. 7Patrick RobertsSUB
  6. 23Mikael LustigSUB
  7. 21Olivier NtchamSUB

ROSS · 4-5-1

  1. 31Aaron McCareyG
  2. 15Andrew DaviesCD-L
  3. 2Marcus FraserCD-R
  4. 28Kenny van der WegLB
  5. 3Jason NaismithRB
  6. 6Sean KellyCM-L
  7. 17Ross DraperCM-R
  8. 40Davis Kellior-DunnAM
  9. 25Jim O'BrienLM
  10. 7Michael GardyneRM
  11. 10Alex SchalkF

Substitutes

  1. 42Reghan TumiltySUB
  2. 22Billy McKaySUB
  3. 1Scott FoxSUB
  4. 19Thomas MikkelsenSUB
  5. 8Tim ChowSUB
  6. 9Ryan DowSUB
  7. 11Craig CurranSUB

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal! Celtic 1, Ross County 0. Tomas Rogic (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Forrest.
  2. 42' Goal! Celtic 2, Ross County 0. Moussa Dembele (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Leigh Griffiths.
  3. 45' Substitution, Ross County. Tim Chow replaces Sean Kelly.
  4. 45' Substitution, Ross County. Craig Curran replaces Ross Draper.
  5. 47' Jim O'Brien (Ross County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 52' Goal! Celtic 3, Ross County 0. James Forrest (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  7. 57' Substitution, Ross County. Ryan Dow replaces Davis Keillor-Dunn because of an injury.
  8. 59' Substitution, Celtic. Odsonne Edouard replaces Moussa Dembele.
  9. 60' Substitution, Celtic. Callum McGregor replaces Stuart Armstrong.
  10. 74' Goal! Celtic 4, Ross County 0. James Forrest (Celtic) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Odsonne Edouard.
  11. 75' Substitution, Celtic. Scott Sinclair replaces Leigh Griffiths.

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