St. Mirren 1-3 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 22 November 2008

Result

St. Mirren 1-3 Celtic

Premiership · Saturday 22 November 2008, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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St. Mirren 1-3 Celtic: match report

St. Mirren were beaten by Celtic 1-3 in the Premiership on Saturday 22 November 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Georgios Samaras opened the scoring in the 64th minute. St. Mirren's goal came from Jim Hamilton (90'). Celtic scored through Georgios Samaras (64'), Shunsuke Nakamura (66') and Cillian Sheridan (80').

Discipline: St. Mirren received 2 yellow cards; Celtic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game St. Mirren were 11th on 12 points from 14 and Celtic 1st on 37 points from 14. St. Mirren went on to finish that season 11th with 37 points, and Celtic 2nd with 82.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 St. Mirren wins, 1 draw and 6 for Celtic.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · Artur BorucCeltic
  • 36'Yellow card · J. PotterSt. Mirren
  • 60'Yellow card · Hugh MurraySt. Mirren
  • 64'Goal · Georgios SamarasCeltic · 0-1
  • 66'Goal · Shunsuke NakamuraCeltic · 0-2
  • 80'Goal · Cillian SheridanCeltic · 0-3
  • 90'Goal · Jim HamiltonSt. Mirren · 1-3

Head-to-head

7 meetings: St. Mirren 0, draws 1, Celtic 6.

Team news

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

Stephen McManus, Aiden McGeady, Barry Robson, Scott McDonald, Artur Boruc, G. Caldwell, Scott Brown, Paul Hartley, Shaun Maloney, Andreas Hinkel