Celtic 4-1 St. Johnstone: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 24 December 2022

Result

Celtic 4-1 St. Johnstone

Premiership · Saturday 24 December 2022, 12:30 UTC · half-time 3-0

Celtic · St. Johnstone · Premiership predictions

Celtic 4-1 St. Johnstone: match report

Celtic beat St. Johnstone 4-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 24 December 2022. It was 3-0 at half-time.

R. Hatate opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Celtic's goals came from R. Hatate (14'), Kyogo Furuhashi (17'), Kyogo Furuhashi (40') and R. Hatate (52'). St. Johnstone scored through Drey Wright (67').

Discipline: Celtic received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; St. Johnstone received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 48 points from 17 and St. Johnstone 5th on 24 points from 17. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 99 points, and St. Johnstone 9th with 43.

Celtic lined up in a 4-3-3 and St. Johnstone in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Reo Hatate of Celtic (9.3), ahead of Kyogo Furuhashi (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 Celtic wins, 1 draw and 0 for St. Johnstone.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Aaron MooyCeltic
  • 14'Goal · R. HatateCeltic · 1-0
  • 16'Yellow card · Daniel PhillipsSt. Johnstone
  • 17'Goal · Kyogo FuruhashiCeltic · 2-0
  • 33'Yellow card · Cameron Carter-VickersCeltic
  • 40'Goal · Kyogo FuruhashiCeltic · 3-0
  • 52'Goal · R. HatateCeltic · 4-0
  • 67'Goal · Drey WrightSt. Johnstone · 4-1
  • 90+6'Red card · David TurnbullCeltic

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Celtic 9, draws 1, St. Johnstone 0.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Callum BoothSt. Johnstone · injury (Achilles tendon problems)
  • Chris KaneSt. Johnstone · injury (Cartilage Damage)

Celtic line-up (4-3-3)

Joe Hart, Reo Hatate, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Carl Starfelt, Greg Taylor, Matt O'Riley, Callum McGregor, Aaron Mooy, James Forrest, Kyogo Furuhashi, Daizen Maeda

St. Johnstone line-up (5-3-2)

Remi Matthews, Drey Wright, Ryan McGowan, Liam Gordon, Andy Considine, James Brown, M. Hallberg, Daniel Phillips, Graham Carey, Nicky Clark, Stevie May