Celtic 3-1 St. Johnstone: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 29 August 2015
Result
Celtic 3-1 St. Johnstone
Premiership · Saturday 29 August 2015, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Celtic 3-1 St. Johnstone: match report
Celtic defeated St. Johnstone 3-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 29 August 2015. The half-time score was 2-1.
Celtic's goals came from Leigh Griffiths (18'), Tom Rogic (45') and Charlie Mulgrew (67'). St. Johnstone scored through an own goal by Dedryck Boyata (11').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Celtic were 3rd on 11 points from 5 and St. Johnstone 7th on 6 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Premiership season and is kept for reference.
Celtic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and St. Johnstone in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Celtic win, 2 draws and 1 for St. Johnstone.
Going into the match Celtic's last five read W-W-D-W-D and St. Johnstone's W-L-D-D-D.
Key events
- 11'Own goal · Dedryck Boyata
- 18'Goal · Leigh Griffiths
- 45'Goal · Tom Rogic
- 67'Goal · Charlie Mulgrew
Head-to-head
Team news
Celtic expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Craig Gordon, Virgil van Dijk, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera, Saidy Janko, Stefan Johansen, Nir Bitton, Scott Brown, James Forrest, Stuart Armstrong, Leigh Griffiths
St. Johnstone expected line-up (4-4-2)
Alan Mannus, Brian Easton, Tom Scobbie, Steven Anderson, Chris Millar, David Wotherspoon, Simon Lappin, Michael O'Halloran, Steven MacLean, Lee Croft, Murray Davidson