St. Johnstone 0-1 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Wednesday 9 September 2026

Result

St. Johnstone 0-1 Celtic

Premiership · Wednesday 9 September 2026, 19:00 UTC · McDiarmid Park, Perth · half-time 0-0

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St. Johnstone 0-1 Celtic: match report

St. Johnstone were beaten by Celtic 0-1 in the Premiership on Wednesday 9 September 2026 at McDiarmid Park. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Mika Baur of Celtic in the 52nd minute.

Discipline: St. Johnstone received 2 yellow cards; Celtic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game St. Johnstone were 7th on 7 points from 5 and Celtic 1st on 15 points from 5. In the current table St. Johnstone are 7th on 14 points and Celtic are 1st on 28 points.

St. Johnstone lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Celtic in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Toby Steward of St. Johnstone (8.1), ahead of Mika Baur (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 St. Johnstone win, 1 draw and 4 for Celtic.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 52'Goal · Mika BaurCeltic · 0-1
  • 55'Yellow card · Josh CampbellSt. Johnstone
  • 69'Yellow card · Reece McAlearSt. Johnstone
  • 82'Yellow card · Liam ScalesCeltic
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Mika BaurCeltic

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
1Celtic129122710+1728WWWDL
7St. Johnstone123541519-414WDLDD

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Head-to-head

6 meetings: St. Johnstone 1, draws 1, Celtic 4.

Team news

St. Johnstone line-up (4-2-3-1)

Toby Steward, Matty Todd, Danny Finlayson, C. Diabate, Enes Alic, J. Holt, Reece McAlear, Josh Campbell, Joel Cotterill, Taylor Steven, Josh Fowler

Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)

Sam Johnstone, Colby Donovan, Dane Murray, Auston Trusty, Liam Scales, Callum McGregor, Mika Baur, Haissem Hassan, Oliver Sørensen, Sebastian Tounekti, Kasper Høgh

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