Celtic 1-1 St. Johnstone: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 26 August 2017
Result
Celtic 1-1 St. Johnstone
Premiership · Saturday 26 August 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Celtic 1-1 St. Johnstone: match report
Celtic drew with St. Johnstone 1-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 26 August 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Steven MacLean opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Celtic's goal came from Callum McGregor (79'). St. Johnstone scored through Steven MacLean (39').
Discipline: Celtic received 2 yellow cards; St. Johnstone received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 9 points from 3 and St. Johnstone 2nd on 9 points from 3. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 82 points, and St. Johnstone 8th with 46.
Going into the match Celtic's last five read W-W-W and St. Johnstone's W-W-W.
Key events
- 39'Goal · Steven MacLean
- 51'Yellow card · Paul Paton
- 55'Yellow card · Mikael Lustig
- 72'Yellow card · Steven MacLean
- 73'Yellow card · Jonny Hayes
- 79'Goal · Callum McGregor
- 81'Yellow card · Liam Craig
Team news
Celtic line-up
Craig Gordon, Mikael Lustig, Anthony Ralston, Kieran Tierney, Nir Bitton, Scott Sinclair, Tom Rogić, Olivier Ntcham, James Forrest, Scott Brown, Leigh Griffiths
St. Johnstone expected line-up
Alan Mannus, Joe Shaughnessy, Richard Foster, Brian Easton, Paul Paton, Steven Anderson, Murray Davidson, David Wotherspoon, Stefan Scougall, Blair Alston, Steven MacLean