Celtic 2-0 St. Johnstone: result and report
Premiership · Wednesday 30 January 2019
Result
Celtic 2-0 St. Johnstone
Premiership · Wednesday 30 January 2019, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Celtic 2-0 St. Johnstone: match report
Celtic won against St. Johnstone 2-0 in the Premiership on Wednesday 30 January 2019. The half-time score was 0-0.
Callum McGregor opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Celtic's goals came from Callum McGregor (53') and Ryan Christie (55'). St. Johnstone did not score.
Discipline: Celtic received 1 yellow card; St. Johnstone received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 48 points from 22 and St. Johnstone 6th on 37 points from 22. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and St. Johnstone 6th with 52.
Celtic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and St. Johnstone in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Celtic win, 0 draws and 0 for St. Johnstone.
Going into the match Celtic's last five read W-W-L-W-W and St. Johnstone's L-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 32'Yellow card · Ryan Christie
- 53'Goal · Callum McGregor
- 55'Goal · Ryan Christie
- 70'Yellow card · Murray Davidson
Head-to-head
Team news
Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Scott Bain, Mikael Lustig, Kristoffer Ajer, Filip Benkovic, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Scott Brown, Callum McGregor, James Forrest, Ryan Christie, Scott Sinclair, Jozo Simunovic
St. Johnstone line-up (4-4-1-1)
Zander Clark, Richard Foster, Jason Kerr, Joe Shaughnessy, Scott Tanser, Blair Alston, Murray Davidson, Liam Craig, David Wotherspoon, Danny Swanson, Michael O'Halloran