Scottish Premiership

St Johnstone vs Celtic, 2021-22 Scottish Premiership

· Scottish Premiership
St Johnstone
  • 69': Christopher Kane
FT
1 - 3
Celtic
  • 9': Liel Abada
  • 22': Liel Abada
  • 82': Nir Bitton

About

St Johnstone are hosting Celtic at McDiarmid Park, Perth, Scotland, starting on . The match is a part of the Scottish Premiership.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 6': Attempt missed. Tomas Rogic (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Liel Abada.
  • 9': Attempt saved. Liel Abada (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Josip Juranovic with a cross.
  • 9': Goal! St. Johnstone 0, Celtic 1. Liel Abada (Celtic) header from very close range to the top right corner.
  • 10': Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 10': Foul by Stevie May (St. Johnstone).
  • 11': Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Jacob Butterfield.
  • 11': Attempt missed. Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic) with an attempt from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
  • 12': Attempt missed. Stevie May (St. Johnstone) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Callum Booth with a cross.
  • 15': Substitution, Celtic. Joey Dawson replaces Kyogo Furuhashi because of an injury.
  • 17': Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Lars Dendoncker.
  • 18': Attempt missed. Stephen Welsh (Celtic) header from a difficult angle on the left is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Josip Juranovic with a cross following a corner.
  • 21': Attempt missed. Liel Abada (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Stephen Welsh.
  • 21': Attempt missed. Tomas Rogic (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
  • 22': Goal! St. Johnstone 0, Celtic 2. Liel Abada (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tomas Rogic.
  • 23': Foul by Tomas Rogic (Celtic).
  • 23': Lars Dendoncker (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 24': Attempt missed. Jacob Butterfield (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Alister Crawford.
  • 27': Attempt blocked. Nir Bitton (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 27': Attempt saved. Josip Juranovic (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 28': Foul by Callum Booth (St. Johnstone).
  • 28': Josip Juranovic (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Offside, Celtic. Carl Starfelt tries a through ball, but Joey Dawson is caught offside.
  • 31': Attempt saved. Liel Abada (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nir Bitton with a through ball.
  • 31': Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Elliot Parish.
  • 31': Attempt missed. Nir Bitton (Celtic) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Josip Juranovic with a cross following a corner.
  • 34': Attempt blocked. Tomas Rogic (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Josip Juranovic.
  • 36': Corner, St. Johnstone. Conceded by Liam Scales.
  • 36': Attempt blocked. Liel Abada (Celtic) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nir Bitton.
  • 36': Attempt blocked. Liel Abada (Celtic) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
  • 36': Corner, Celtic. Conceded by James Brown.
  • 37': Dangerous play by Joey Dawson (Celtic).
  • 37': Jamie McCart (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 39': Attempt saved. Liel Abada (Celtic) header from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Nir Bitton.
  • 40': Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Jamie McCart.
  • 42': Foul by Tomas Rogic (Celtic).
  • 42': Liam Gordon (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 44': Hand ball by Viv Solomon-Otabor (St. Johnstone).
  • 44': Offside, St. Johnstone. Callum Booth tries a through ball, but Viv Solomon-Otabor is caught offside.
  • 45'+1': Attempt saved. Liam Scales (Celtic) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tomas Rogic with a cross.
  • 45'+1': Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Craig Bryson.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, St. Johnstone 0, Celtic 2.
  • 45': Second Half begins St. Johnstone 0, Celtic 2.
  • 45': Substitution, St. Johnstone. Christopher Kane replaces Craig Bryson.
  • 45': Substitution, St. Johnstone. Liam Craig replaces Alister Crawford.
  • 46': Foul by Nir Bitton (Celtic).
  • 46': Jacob Butterfield (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 47': Attempt saved. Liel Abada (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Tomas Rogic.
  • 47': Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Elliot Parish.
  • 50': Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Liam Gordon.
  • 50': Foul by Jacob Butterfield (St. Johnstone).
  • 50': Tomas Rogic (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 51': Attempt missed. Nir Bitton (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left from a direct free kick.
  • 59': Foul by Jacob Butterfield (St. Johnstone).
  • 59': Nir Bitton (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 59': Jacob Butterfield (St. Johnstone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 60': Attempt blocked. Josip Juranovic (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 61': Carl Starfelt (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 61': Foul by Christopher Kane (St. Johnstone).
  • 62': Foul by James McCarthy (Celtic).
  • 62': Stevie May (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 63': Substitution, St. Johnstone. Glenn Middleton replaces Stevie May.
  • 63': Corner, St. Johnstone. Conceded by James McCarthy.
  • 64': Foul by Lars Dendoncker (St. Johnstone).
  • 64': Stephen Welsh (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 64': Corner, St. Johnstone. Conceded by Nir Bitton.
  • 65': Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Callum Booth.
  • 66': Attempt missed. Nir Bitton (Celtic) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Josip Juranovic with a cross following a corner.
  • 66': Christopher Kane (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 66': Foul by Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic).
  • 68': Attempt missed. Christopher Kane (St. Johnstone) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Callum Booth with a cross.
  • 69': Goal! St. Johnstone 1, Celtic 2. Christopher Kane (St. Johnstone) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Viv Solomon-Otabor with a cross.
  • 70': Attempt missed. Nir Bitton (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Tomas Rogic.
  • 72': Foul by James Brown (St. Johnstone).
  • 72': Liam Scales (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 78': Attempt missed. Jacob Butterfield (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Glenn Middleton.
  • 79': Christopher Kane (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 79': Foul by James McCarthy (Celtic).
  • 80': Foul by Jamie McCart (St. Johnstone).
  • 80': Tomas Rogic (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 82': Goal! St. Johnstone 1, Celtic 3. Nir Bitton (Celtic) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tomas Rogic.
  • 83': Hand ball by Lars Dendoncker (St. Johnstone).
  • 85': Foul by Lars Dendoncker (St. Johnstone).
  • 85': Joey Dawson (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 85': Lars Dendoncker (St. Johnstone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 85': Foul by Nir Bitton (Celtic).
  • 85': Viv Solomon-Otabor (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 86': Nir Bitton (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 86': Attempt blocked. Joey Dawson (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Liel Abada.
  • 87': Hand ball by Stephen Welsh (Celtic).
  • 87': Substitution, Celtic. Adam Montgomery replaces Liam Scales.
  • 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Liel Abada (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tomas Rogic.
  • 90'+3': Second Half ends, St. Johnstone 1, Celtic 3.
  • 0': Match ends, St. Johnstone 1, Celtic 3.

Game Information

Competition: Scottish Premiership

Venue: McDiarmid Park
Location: Perth, Scotland
Attendance: 500

SPFL Premiership Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Heart of Midlothian 29 +28 63
2 Celtic 29 +22 58
3 Rangers 29 +26 57
4 Motherwell 29 +28 53
Full Table

Line-Ups

STJ St Johnstone (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
12 Elliot Parish (GK)
6 Liam Gordon
4 Jamie McCart
5 Lars Dendoncker Yellow Card
34 Jacob Butterfield Yellow Card
13 Craig Bryson
24 Callum Booth
2 James Brown
7 Stevie May
27 Viv Solomon-Otabor
21 Ali Crawford
St Johnstone Substitutes:
Hayden Muller, Glenn Middleton, Reece Devine, Michael O'Halloran, Liam Craig, Ross Sinclair, Christopher Kane.

CEL Celtic (4-3-1-2)

No. Name
1 Vasilios Barkas (GK)
4 Carl Starfelt
20 Cameron Carter-Vickers
5 Liam Scales
57 Stephen Welsh
8 Kyogo Furuhashi
6 Nir Bitton
18 Tom Rogic
16 James McCarthy
88 Josip Juranovic
11 Liel Abada
Celtic Substitutes:
Ismaila Soro, Ryan Mullen, Owen Moffat, Ben Gannon Doak, Adam Montgomery, Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo, Joey Dawson.

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