St. Johnstone 2-3 Celtic: result and report
Premiership · Wednesday 7 May 2014
Result
St. Johnstone 2-3 Celtic
Premiership · Wednesday 7 May 2014, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
St. Johnstone 2-3 Celtic: match report
St. Johnstone were beaten by Celtic 2-3 in the Premiership on Wednesday 7 May 2014. It was 1-0 at half-time.
T. Clancy opened the scoring in the 9th minute. St. Johnstone's goals came from T. Clancy (9'), S. Brown (84') and Michael O'Halloran (86'). Celtic scored through Kris Commons (53', penalty), Teemu Pukki (73') and Virgil van Dijk (77').
Discipline: St. Johnstone received no yellow cards; Celtic received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game St. Johnstone were 6th on 53 points from 36 and Celtic 1st on 93 points from 36. St. Johnstone went on to finish that season 6th with 53 points, and Celtic 1st with 99.
St. Johnstone lined up in a 4-5-1 and Celtic in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 St. Johnstone wins, 2 draws and 6 for Celtic.
Going into the match St. Johnstone's last five read L-D-W-W-D and Celtic's W-W-D-W-D.
Key events
- 9'Goal · T. Clancy
- 43'Missed penalty · Stevie May
- 53'Penalty goal · Kris Commons
- 69'Yellow card · Teemu Pukki
- 73'Goal · Teemu Pukki
- 77'Goal · Virgil van Dijk
- 84'Goal · S. Brown
- 86'Goal · Michael O'Halloran
Head-to-head
Team news
St. Johnstone line-up (4-5-1)
Alan Mannus, Frazer Wright, Steven Anderson, Gary Miller, Tim Clancy, Patrick Cregg, Gary McDonald, Scott Brown, Lee Croft, Stevie May, Michael O'Halloran
Celtic line-up (4-4-2)
Łukasz Załuska, Efe Eric Ambrose, Virgil van Dijk, Charlie Mulgrew, Mikael Lustig, Adam Matthews, Stefan Johansen, Beram Kayal, Derk Boerrigter, Amido Baldé, Teemu Pukki