St. Mirren 1-2 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Thursday 26 December 2019

Result

St. Mirren 1-2 Celtic

Premiership · Thursday 26 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

St. Mirren · Celtic · Premiership predictions

St. Mirren 1-2 Celtic: match report

St. Mirren were beaten by Celtic 1-2 in the Premiership on Thursday 26 December 2019. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Callum McGregor opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. St. Mirren's goal came from Cammy MacPherson (89'). Celtic scored through Callum McGregor (22') and James Forrest (32').

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

Going into the game St. Mirren were 9th on 16 points from 19 and Celtic 1st on 49 points from 18. St. Mirren went on to finish that season 9th with 29 points, and Celtic 1st with 80.

St. Mirren lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Celtic in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Boli Bolingoli of Celtic (7.8), level with Cameron MacPherson (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 St. Mirren wins, 1 draw and 3 for Celtic.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Callum McGregorCeltic · 0-1
  • 32'Goal · James ForrestCeltic · 0-2
  • 85'Yellow card · Paul McGinnSt. Mirren
  • 88'Yellow card · Christopher JullienCeltic
  • 89'Goal · Cammy MacPhersonSt. Mirren · 1-2

Head-to-head

4 meetings: St. Mirren 0, draws 1, Celtic 3.

Team news

St. Mirren line-up (4-4-1-1)

Václav Hladký, Ryan Flynn, Paul McGinn, Sean McLoughlin, Calum Waters, Cameron MacPherson, Kyle Magennis, Sam Foley, İlkay Durmuş, Junior Morias, Jonathan Obika

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

Fraser Forster, Jeremie Frimpong, Christopher Jullien, Kristoffer Ajer, Boli Bolingoli, Scott Brown, Callum McGregor, Ryan Christie, Olivier Ntcham, James Forrest, Odsonne Édouard