Celtic 2-0 St. Johnstone: result and report

Premiership · Wednesday 30 January 2019

Result

Celtic 2-0 St. Johnstone

Premiership · Wednesday 30 January 2019, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Celtic · St. Johnstone · Premiership predictions

Celtic 2-0 St. Johnstone: match report

Celtic won against St. Johnstone 2-0 in the Premiership on Wednesday 30 January 2019. The half-time score was 0-0.

Callum McGregor opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Celtic's goals came from Callum McGregor (53') and Ryan Christie (55'). St. Johnstone did not score.

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

Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 48 points from 22 and St. Johnstone 6th on 37 points from 22. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and St. Johnstone 6th with 52.

Celtic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and St. Johnstone in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Celtic win, 0 draws and 0 for St. Johnstone.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Yellow card · Ryan ChristieCeltic
  • 53'Goal · Callum McGregorCeltic · 1-0
  • 55'Goal · Ryan ChristieCeltic · 2-0
  • 70'Yellow card · Murray DavidsonSt. Johnstone

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Celtic 1, draws 0, St. Johnstone 0.

Team news

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

Scott Bain, Mikael Lustig, Kristoffer Ajer, Filip Benkovic, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Scott Brown, Callum McGregor, James Forrest, Ryan Christie, Scott Sinclair, Jozo Simunovic

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

Zander Clark, Richard Foster, Jason Kerr, Joe Shaughnessy, Scott Tanser, Blair Alston, Murray Davidson, Liam Craig, David Wotherspoon, Danny Swanson, Michael O'Halloran