Scottish Premiership

FT Friday, August 11, 2017
Celtic WDWWW 1
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Partick Thistle WWWLW 0
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CEL101
PAR000
Wyre Stadium at Firhill · 8,041 att.

Match Report

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Champions Celtic squeeze past Partick Thistle at Firhill

Celtic were not at their best but still proved too good for Partick Thistle in a 1-0 Scottish Premiership win at Firhill.

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Head to Head

CEL leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

PAR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Tomas CernyG
  2. 4Jordan TurnbullCD-L
  3. 5Niall KeownCD-R
  4. 3Callum BoothLB
  5. 14Christie ElliottRB
  6. 19Ryan EdwardsAM
  7. 8Stuart BanniganLM
  8. 13Adam BartonRM
  9. 9Kris DoolanF
  10. 18Conor SammonAM-L
  11. 11Steven LawlessAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 24Andrew McCarthySUB
  2. 10Chris ErskineSUB
  3. 20Kevin NisbetSUB
  4. 17Milan NitrianskySUB
  5. 21James PenriceSUB
  6. 12Ryan ScullySUB
  7. 39Miles StoreySUB

CEL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Craig GordonG
  2. 5Jozo SimunovicCD-L
  3. 6Nir BittonCD-R
  4. 63Kieran TierneyLB
  5. 23Mikael LustigRB
  6. 42Callum McGregorAM
  7. 21Olivier NtchamLM
  8. 8Scott BrownRM
  9. 49James ForrestF
  10. 11Scott SinclairAM-L
  11. 15Jonathan HayesAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 24Dorus de VriesSUB
  2. 26Kundai BenyuSUB
  3. 56Anthony RalstonSUB
  4. 14Stuart ArmstrongSUB
  5. 35Kristoffer AjerSUB
  6. 18Tom RogicSUB
  7. 9Leigh GriffithsSUB

Timeline

  1. 25' Goal! Partick Thistle 0, Celtic 1. Olivier Ntcham (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal.
  2. 58' Substitution, Partick Thistle. Miles Storey replaces Kris Doolan.
  3. 62' Substitution, Celtic. Tomas Rogic replaces Callum McGregor.
  4. 62' Substitution, Celtic. Leigh Griffiths replaces Jonny Hayes.
  5. 64' Substitution, Partick Thistle. Chris Erskine replaces Steven Lawless.
  6. 71' Stuart Bannigan (Partick Thistle) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 78' Substitution, Celtic. Stuart Armstrong replaces Olivier Ntcham.
  8. 82' Substitution, Partick Thistle. Andrew McCarthy replaces Stuart Bannigan.
  9. 86' Kieran Tierney (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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