Scottish Premiership

FT Friday, August 11, 2017
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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

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

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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