Celtic 3-1 St. Johnstone: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 23 January 2016
Result
Celtic 3-1 St. Johnstone
Premiership · Saturday 23 January 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Celtic 3-1 St. Johnstone: match report
Celtic won against St. Johnstone 3-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 23 January 2016. The half-time score was 2-1.
Gary Mackay-Steven opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Celtic's goals came from Gary Mackay-Steven (9'), Stuart Armstrong (43') and Gary Mackay-Steven (55'). St. Johnstone scored through Steven MacLean (12').
Discipline: Celtic received no yellow cards; St. Johnstone received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 46 points from 22 and St. Johnstone 4th on 33 points from 21. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 74 points, and St. Johnstone 4th with 57.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Celtic wins, 3 draws and 1 for St. Johnstone.
Going into the match Celtic's last five read W-W-W-D-L and St. Johnstone's D-L-D-L-W.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Gary Mackay-Steven
- 12'Goal · Steven MacLean
- 43'Goal · Stuart Armstrong
- 45+2'Yellow card · Murray Davidson
- 45+2'Yellow card · Joe Shaughnessy
- 55'Goal · Gary Mackay-Steven
Head-to-head
Team news
Celtic line-up
Craig Gordon, Efe Eric Ambrose, Jozo Simunovic, Mikael Lustig, Kieran Tierney, Nir Bitton, Stuart Armstrong, Gary Mackay-Steven, Stefan Johansen, Callum McGregor, Leigh Griffiths
St. Johnstone line-up
Alan Mannus, Tom Scobbie, Steven Anderson, Joe Shaughnessy, Brian Easton, Simon Lappin, Murray Davidson, David Wotherspoon, Steven MacLean, Graham Cummins, Michael O'Halloran