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Celtic 4-0 St. Johnstone · Scottish Premiership

Celtic beat St. Johnstone 4-0 in the Scottish Premiership. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Celtic and St. Johnstone met in the Scottish Premiership at Celtic Park in Glasgow on Sunday, 29 December 2024.

Goalscorers

Celtic: N. Kühn 30'; K. Furuhashi 59', 64'; D. Maeda 73'. St. Johnstone did not score.

How the match went

The referee showed 1 yellow card (0 for Celtic, 1 for St. Johnstone).

Line-ups

Celtic started in a 4-3-3: Kasper Schmeichel, Alistair Johnston, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Liam Scales, Álex Valle, Arne Engels, Paulo Bernardo, Reo Hatate, Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn, Kyogo Furuhashi, Yang Hyun-Jun.

St. Johnstone started in a 3-5-1-1: Joshua Rae, Jack Sanders, Kyle Cameron, Božo Mikulić, Franciszek Franczak, Aaron Essel, Sven Sprangler, Matt Smith, André Raymond, Nicky Clark, Makenzie Kirk.

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Minute by minute

  1. 30'Goal! Celtic 1-0 St. Johnstone. N. Kühn (Celtic) scores, assisted by R. Hatate.
  2. 45'Half-time. Celtic 1-0 St. Johnstone.
  3. 59'Goal! Celtic 2-0 St. Johnstone. K. Furuhashi (Celtic) scores.
  4. 64'Goal! Celtic 3-0 St. Johnstone. K. Furuhashi (Celtic) scores, assisted by A. Engels.
  5. 73'Goal! Celtic 4-0 St. Johnstone. D. Maeda (Celtic) scores, assisted by P. Bernardo.
  6. 90'Full-time. Celtic 4-0 St. Johnstone.
Full commentary (48 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Celtic vs St. Johnstone.
  2. 4'Attempt missed. C. Carter-Vickers (Celtic), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.15.
  3. 4'Attempt blocked. R. Hatate (Celtic), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.04.
  4. 11'Attempt missed. N. Kühn (Celtic), left-footed shot. xG 0.14.
  5. 12'Attempt missed. K. Furuhashi (Celtic), right-footed shot. xG 0.21.
  6. 14'Attempt missed. A. Engels (Celtic), left-footed shot. xG 0.09.
  7. 20'Attempt saved. A. Engels (Celtic), left-footed shot. xG 0.10.
  8. 22'Attempt blocked. A. Engels (Celtic), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  9. 26'Yellow card for A. Essel (St. Johnstone) for foul.
  10. 26'Attempt saved. A. Engels (Celtic), right-footed shot. xG 0.21.
  11. 30'Goal! Celtic 1-0 St. Johnstone. N. Kühn (Celtic) scores, assisted by R. Hatate.
  12. 33'Attempt saved. N. Kühn (Celtic), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  13. 34'Attempt missed. L. Scales (Celtic), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.17.
  14. 38'Attempt missed. A. Johnston (Celtic), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  15. 39'Attempt blocked. P. Bernardo (Celtic), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  16. 39'Attempt saved. Á. Valle (Celtic), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  17. 45'Attempt missed. A. Engels (Celtic), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  18. 45'1 minute of added time.
  19. 45'Half-time. Celtic 1-0 St. Johnstone.
  20. 46'The second half is under way.
  21. 46'Substitution, St. Johnstone: A. Sidibeh comes on for N. Clark.
  22. 46'Substitution, St. Johnstone: B. Mbunga-Kimpioka comes on for M. Kirk.
  23. 46'Substitution, St. Johnstone: L. Neilson comes on for A. Essel.
  24. 49'Attempt missed. K. Furuhashi (Celtic), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.16.
  25. 49'Attempt missed. F. Franczak (St. Johnstone), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  26. 57'Attempt saved. K. Furuhashi (Celtic), right-footed shot. xG 0.10.
  27. 59'Goal! Celtic 2-0 St. Johnstone. K. Furuhashi (Celtic) scores.
  28. 59'Attempt saved. P. Bernardo (Celtic), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.42.
  29. 64'Goal! Celtic 3-0 St. Johnstone. K. Furuhashi (Celtic) scores, assisted by A. Engels.
  30. 67'Substitution, Celtic: C. McGregor comes on for A. Engels.
  31. 68'Substitution, Celtic: A. Idah comes on for K. Furuhashi.
  32. 68'Substitution, Celtic: D. Maeda comes on for N. Kühn.
  33. 69'Substitution, St. Johnstone: G. Carey comes on for S. Sprangler.
  34. 69'Attempt missed. A. Idah (Celtic), left-footed shot. xG 0.27.
  35. 70'Attempt blocked. D. Maeda (Celtic), right-footed shot. xG 0.10.
  36. 73'Goal! Celtic 4-0 St. Johnstone. D. Maeda (Celtic) scores, assisted by P. Bernardo.
  37. 74'Substitution, Celtic: T. Ralston comes on for A. Johnston.
  38. 74'Substitution, Celtic: L. McCowan comes on for R. Hatate.
  39. 75'Attempt missed. P. Bernardo (Celtic), right-footed shot. xG 0.18.
  40. 78'Attempt missed. C. McGregor (Celtic), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  41. 79'Substitution, St. Johnstone: J. Holt comes on for J. Sanders.
  42. 82'Attempt missed. Á. Valle (Celtic), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  43. 85'Attempt missed. C. McGregor (Celtic), right-footed shot. xG 0.08.
  44. 86'Attempt saved. L. McCowan (Celtic), left-footed shot. xG 0.07.
  45. 90'Attempt missed. L. McCowan (Celtic), left-footed shot. xG 0.10.
  46. 90'4 minutes of added time.
  47. 90+4'Attempt blocked. P. Bernardo (Celtic), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  48. 90'Full-time. Celtic 4-0 St. Johnstone.
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