Celtic 4-1 St. Johnstone: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 6 May 2017

Result

Celtic 4-1 St. Johnstone

Premiership · Saturday 6 May 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Celtic · St. Johnstone · Premiership predictions

Celtic 4-1 St. Johnstone: match report

Celtic beat St. Johnstone 4-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 6 May 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.

P. Roberts opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Celtic's goals came from P. Roberts (47'), Dedryck Boyata (52'), P. Roberts (62') and Callum McGregor (71'). St. Johnstone scored through Steven MacLean (49').

Discipline: Celtic received 1 yellow card; St. Johnstone received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 91 points from 34 and St. Johnstone 4th on 55 points from 34. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 103 points, and St. Johnstone 4th with 61.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Celtic wins, 2 draws and 3 for St. Johnstone.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Yellow card · Steven MacLeanSt. Johnstone
  • 47'Goal · P. RobertsCeltic · 1-0
  • 49'Goal · Steven MacLeanSt. Johnstone · 1-1
  • 52'Goal · Dedryck BoyataCeltic · 2-1
  • 62'Goal · P. RobertsCeltic · 3-1
  • 64'Yellow card · Danny SwansonSt. Johnstone
  • 71'Goal · Callum McGregorCeltic · 4-1
  • 75'Yellow card · Paul PatonSt. Johnstone
  • 76'Yellow card · Leigh GriffithsCeltic
  • 79'Yellow card · David WotherspoonSt. Johnstone

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Celtic 3, draws 2, St. Johnstone 3.

Team news

Celtic line-up

Craig Gordon, Jozo Simunovic, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera, Anthony Ralston, Kieran Tierney, Nir Bitton, Stuart Armstrong, Tom Rogić, Patrick Roberts, Leigh Griffiths, Mikey Johnston

St. Johnstone line-up

Zander Clark, Steven Anderson, Joe Shaughnessy, Paul Paton, Richard Foster, Brian Easton, Blair Alston, Danny Swanson, Liam Craig, Steven MacLean, Graham Cummins