Partick Thistle 1-4 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Friday 9 December 2016

Result

Partick Thistle 1-4 Celtic

Premiership · Friday 9 December 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Partick Thistle 1-4 Celtic: match report

Partick Thistle were beaten by Celtic 1-4 in the Premiership on Friday 9 December 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Stuart Armstrong opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Partick Thistle's goal came from Liam Lindsay (61'). Celtic scored through Stuart Armstrong (39'), Stuart Armstrong (49'), Leigh Griffiths (50') and Callum McGregor (82').

Discipline: Partick Thistle received 3 yellow cards; Celtic received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Partick Thistle were 10th on 14 points from 15 and Celtic 1st on 34 points from 13. Partick Thistle went on to finish that season 7th with 42 points, and Celtic 1st with 103.

Partick Thistle lined up in a 4-4-2 and Celtic in a 4-1-4-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Partick Thistle wins, 0 draws and 4 for Celtic.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Yellow card · Ziggy GordonPartick Thistle
  • 39'Goal · Stuart ArmstrongCeltic · 0-1
  • 49'Goal · Stuart ArmstrongCeltic · 0-2
  • 50'Goal · Leigh GriffithsCeltic · 0-3
  • 61'Goal · Liam LindsayPartick Thistle · 1-3
  • 80'Yellow card · Adebayo AzeezPartick Thistle
  • 80'Yellow card · A. AzeezPartick Thistle
  • 82'Goal · Callum McGregorCeltic · 1-4

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Partick Thistle 0, draws 0, Celtic 4.

Team news

Partick Thistle line-up (4-4-2)

Tomas Cerny, Liam Lindsay, Christie Elliot, Ziggy Gordon, Callum Booth, Sean Welsh, Abdul Osman, David Amoo, Chris Erskine, Adam Barton, Kris Doolan

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

Craig Gordon, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Cristian Gamboa, Mikael Lustig, Erik Sviatchenko, Scott Brown, Stuart Armstrong, Gary Mackay-Steven, Tom Rogić, Patrick Roberts, Leigh Griffiths