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Celtic 3-1 St. Johnstone · Scottish Premiership

Celtic beat St. Johnstone 3-1 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 Saturday, 16 March 2024.

Goalscorers

Celtic: K. Furuhashi 40'; N. Kühn 46'; J. Forrest 68'. St. Johnstone: C. Smith 81'.

How the match went

The referee showed 3 yellow cards (0 for Celtic, 3 for St. Johnstone).

Line-ups

Celtic started in a 4-3-3: Joe Hart, Alistair Johnston, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Stephen Welsh, Greg Taylor, Matt O'Riley, Tomoki Iwata, Paulo Bernardo, Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn, Kyogo Furuhashi, Daizen Maeda.

St. Johnstone started in a 3-5-1-1: Dimitar Mitov, Ryan McGowan, Liam Gordon, Andy Considine, David Keltjens, Sven Sprangler, Daniel Phillips, Matt Smith, Luke Robinson, Graham Carey, Adama Sidibeh.

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Minute by minute

  1. 40'Goal! Celtic 1-0 St. Johnstone. K. Furuhashi (Celtic) scores, assisted by N. Kühn.
  2. 45'Half-time. Celtic 1-0 St. Johnstone.
  3. 46'Goal! Celtic 2-0 St. Johnstone. N. Kühn (Celtic) scores, assisted by K. Furuhashi.
  4. 68'Goal! Celtic 3-0 St. Johnstone. J. Forrest (Celtic) scores, assisted by M. O'Riley.
  5. 81'Goal! Celtic 3-1 St. Johnstone. C. Smith (St. Johnstone) scores.
  6. 90'Full-time. Celtic 3-1 St. Johnstone.
Full commentary (48 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Celtic vs St. Johnstone.
  2. 15'Attempt blocked. A. Sidibeh (St. Johnstone), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.06.
  3. 19'Attempt missed. C. Carter-Vickers (Celtic), header from a corner. xG 0.06.
  4. 25'Substitution, St. Johnstone: M. Kucheryavyi comes on for S. Sprangler.
  5. 26'Attempt blocked. D. Maeda (Celtic), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.75.
  6. 26'Attempt blocked. D. Maeda (Celtic), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.72.
  7. 26'Attempt blocked. C. Carter-Vickers (Celtic), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.12.
  8. 26'Attempt missed. S. Welsh (Celtic), header from a corner. xG 0.18.
  9. 29'Attempt missed. K. Furuhashi (Celtic), right-footed shot. xG 0.13.
  10. 32'Attempt blocked. T. Iwata (Celtic), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.07.
  11. 32'Attempt blocked. P. Bernardo (Celtic), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.06.
  12. 37'Attempt blocked. K. Furuhashi (Celtic), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.14.
  13. 38'Attempt saved. T. Iwata (Celtic), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.05.
  14. 40'Goal! Celtic 1-0 St. Johnstone. K. Furuhashi (Celtic) scores, assisted by N. Kühn.
  15. 44'Attempt missed. K. Furuhashi (Celtic), left-footed shot. xG 0.63.
  16. 45'Yellow card for A. Sidibeh (St. Johnstone) for foul.
  17. 45'6 minutes of added time.
  18. 45+3'Attempt blocked. M. O'Riley (Celtic), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  19. 45'Half-time. Celtic 1-0 St. Johnstone.
  20. 46'The second half is under way.
  21. 46'Goal! Celtic 2-0 St. Johnstone. N. Kühn (Celtic) scores, assisted by K. Furuhashi.
  22. 52'Off the woodwork! K. Furuhashi (Celtic), right-footed shot. xG 0.10.
  23. 56'Attempt blocked. D. Phillips (St. Johnstone), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.08.
  24. 56'Attempt blocked. A. Considine (St. Johnstone), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.47.
  25. 62'Attempt saved. M. O'Riley (Celtic), left-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.06.
  26. 63'Substitution, St. Johnstone: B. Mbunga-Kimpioka comes on for A. Sidibeh.
  27. 63'Substitution, Celtic: D. Kelly comes on for P. Bernardo.
  28. 63'Substitution, Celtic: J. Forrest comes on for N. Kühn.
  29. 64'Substitution, St. Johnstone: T. Gallacher comes on for L. Robinson.
  30. 68'Goal! Celtic 3-0 St. Johnstone. J. Forrest (Celtic) scores, assisted by M. O'Riley.
  31. 74'Substitution, St. Johnstone: S. May comes on for G. Carey.
  32. 74'Substitution, St. Johnstone: C. Smith comes on for M. Smith.
  33. 75'Substitution, Celtic: O. T. Holm comes on for C. Carter-Vickers.
  34. 75'Substitution, Celtic: A. Idah comes on for K. Furuhashi.
  35. 76'Attempt blocked. S. May (St. Johnstone), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  36. 81'Goal! Celtic 3-1 St. Johnstone. C. Smith (St. Johnstone) scores.
  37. 81'Attempt saved. S. May (St. Johnstone), header. xG 0.14.
  38. 86'Substitution, Celtic: G. Lagerbielke comes on for M. O'Riley.
  39. 88'Attempt blocked. J. Forrest (Celtic), right-footed shot. xG 0.11.
  40. 90'7 minutes of added time.
  41. 90+1'Yellow card for R. McGowan (St. Johnstone) for foul.
  42. 90+5'Yellow card for D. Phillips (St. Johnstone) for foul.
  43. 90+6'Attempt blocked. A. Idah (Celtic), right-footed shot. xG 0.32.
  44. 90+6'Attempt saved. A. Idah (Celtic), left-footed shot. xG 0.62.
  45. 90+6'Attempt saved. G. Taylor (Celtic), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  46. 90+7'Attempt missed. T. Iwata (Celtic), header from a corner. xG 0.14.
  47. 90+7'Attempt missed. S. Welsh (Celtic), header from a corner. xG 0.04.
  48. 90'Full-time. Celtic 3-1 St. Johnstone.
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