St. Johnstone 0-3 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Wednesday 29 January 2020

Result

St. Johnstone 0-3 Celtic

Premiership · Wednesday 29 January 2020, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-3

St. Johnstone · Celtic · Premiership predictions

St. Johnstone 0-3 Celtic: match report

St. Johnstone were beaten by Celtic 0-3 in the Premiership on Wednesday 29 January 2020. It was 0-3 at half-time.

Olivier Ntcham opened the scoring in the 6th minute. St. Johnstone did not score. Celtic scored through Olivier Ntcham (6'), James Forrest (20') and Leigh Griffiths (26').

Discipline: St. Johnstone received 2 yellow cards; Celtic received no yellow cards.

Going into the game St. Johnstone were 8th on 23 points from 21 and Celtic 1st on 58 points from 22. This fixture belongs to an earlier Premiership season and is kept for reference.

St. Johnstone lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and Celtic in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to James Forrest of Celtic (8.9), ahead of Olivier Ntcham (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 St. Johnstone wins, 2 draws and 8 for Celtic.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Olivier NtchamCeltic · 0-1
  • 20'Goal · James ForrestCeltic · 0-2
  • 26'Goal · Leigh GriffithsCeltic · 0-3
  • 54'Yellow card · Ali McCannSt. Johnstone
  • 55'Yellow card · W. DuffySt. Johnstone

Head-to-head

10 meetings: St. Johnstone 0, draws 2, Celtic 8.

Team news

St. Johnstone line-up (3-5-1-1)

Zander Clark, Jason Kerr, Liam Gordon, Callum Booth, Wallace Duffy, Ali McCann, J. Holt, David Wotherspoon, Scott Tanser, Michael O'Halloran, Callum Hendry

Celtic line-up (3-5-2)

Fraser Forster, Jozo Simunovic, Christopher Jullien, Kristoffer Ajer, James Forrest, Olivier Ntcham, Scott Brown, Callum McGregor, Greg Taylor, Leigh Griffiths, Odsonne Édouard