Celtic 2-0 St. Johnstone: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 1 April 2012

Result

Celtic 2-0 St. Johnstone

Premiership · Sunday 1 April 2012, 11:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Celtic · St. Johnstone · Premiership predictions

Celtic 2-0 St. Johnstone: match report

Celtic defeated St. Johnstone 2-0 in the Premiership on Sunday 1 April 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.

Georgios Samaras opened the scoring in the 66th minute. Celtic's goals came from Georgios Samaras (66') and an own goal by C. Millar (70'). St. Johnstone did not score.

Discipline: Celtic received no yellow cards; St. Johnstone received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 75 points from 31 and St. Johnstone 5th on 49 points from 31. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and St. Johnstone 6th with 50.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Celtic wins, 0 draws and 1 for St. Johnstone.

Going into the match Celtic's last five read L-D-W-W-W and St. Johnstone's W-W-W-D-W.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Yellow card · A. MayburySt. Johnstone
  • 43'Yellow card · Lee CroftSt. Johnstone
  • 66'Goal · Georgios SamarasCeltic · 1-0
  • 70'Own goal · C. MillarCeltic · 2-0
  • 71'Yellow card · Liam CraigSt. Johnstone

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Celtic 7, draws 0, St. Johnstone 1.

Team news

Celtic line-up

Fraser Forster, Charlie Mulgrew, Glenn Loovens, Mikael Lustig, Thomas Rogne, Kris Commons, Joe Ledley, Georgios Samaras, Anthony Stokes, Gary Hooper, Scott Brown

St. Johnstone line-up

Alan Mannus, Frazer Wright, Alan Maybury, Jody Morris, Lee Croft, Cillian Sheridan, Fran Sandaza, David Mackay, Chris Millar, Liam Craig, David McCracken