St Johnstone vs Celtic, 2024-25 Scottish Premiership

· Scottish Premiership

St Johnstone

4': Daniels Balodis

FT
1 - 0

Celtic

About

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

Match Commentary

4': Daniels Balodis (St Johnstone) Goal at 4'
41': Drey Wright (St Johnstone) Yellow Card at 41'
44': Jason Holt (St Johnstone) Yellow Card at 44'
45': Greg Taylor (Celtic) Substitution at 45'
45': Yang Hyun-Jun (Celtic) Substitution at 45'
59': Sam Curtis (St Johnstone) Yellow Card at 59'
61': Adam Idah (Celtic) Substitution at 61'
65': Greg Taylor (Celtic) Yellow Card at 65'
66': Luke McCowan (Celtic) Substitution at 66'
67': Sven Sprangler (St Johnstone) Substitution at 67'
67': Benjamin Mgunga-Kimpioka (St Johnstone) Substitution at 67'
67': Nicholas Clark (St Johnstone) Substitution at 67'
67': Taylor Steven (St Johnstone) Substitution at 67'
74': Zach Mitchell (St Johnstone) Yellow Card at 74'
76': James Forrest (Celtic) Substitution at 76'
86': Yang Hyun-Jun (Celtic) Yellow Card at 86'

Statistics

CEL		STJ
10	Fouls	13
2	Yellow Cards	4
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
11	Corner Kicks	4
3	Saves	9
79.9	Possession	20.1
26	SHOTS	9
9	ON GOAL	4
0.3	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
6	Blocked Shots	2
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Game Information

Competition: Scottish Premiership

Venue: McDiarmid Park
Location: Perth, Scotland
Attendance: 8,795

SPFL Premiership Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Celtic	4	+6	10
2	Heart of Midlothian	4	+4	10
3	Hibernian	3	+1	5
4	Dundee United	3	+1	4

Full Standings

Line-Ups

St Johnstone (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Andrew Fisher (GK)
5	Zach Mitchell
4	Daniels Balodis
14	Drey Wright
37	Sam Curtis
6	Victor Griffith
7	Jason Holt
21	Stephen Duke-McKenna
11	Graham Carey
16	Adama Sidibeh
27	Mackenzie Kirk

St Johnstone Substitutes:

Taylor Steven, Joshua McPake, Elliot Watt, Jonathan Svedberg, Benjamin Mgunga-Kimpioka, Nicholas Clark, Matt Smith, Sven Sprangler, Ross Sinclair.

Celtic (4-3-3)

No.	Name
12	Viljami Sinisalo (GK)
6	Auston Trusty
20	Cameron Carter-Vickers
15	Jeff Schlupp
2	Alistair Johnston
42	Callum McGregor
41	Reo Hatate
27	Arne Engels
38	Daizen Maeda
7	Jota
10	Nicolas Kühn

Celtic Substitutes:

Maik Nawrocki, Paulo Bernardo, Greg Taylor, Luke McCowan, Adam Idah, James Forrest, Anthony Ralston, Scott Bain, Yang Hyun-Jun.

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