Partick Thistle 1-2 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Tuesday 23 January 2018

Result

Partick Thistle 1-2 Celtic

Premiership · Tuesday 23 January 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Partick Thistle 1-2 Celtic: match report

Partick Thistle lost to Celtic 1-2 in the Premiership on Tuesday 23 January 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

C. Sammon opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Partick Thistle's goal came from C. Sammon (34', penalty). Celtic scored through Scott Sinclair (55', penalty) and Leigh Griffiths (70').

Discipline: Partick Thistle received 1 yellow card; Celtic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Partick Thistle were 11th on 20 points from 22 and Celtic 1st on 51 points from 22. Partick Thistle went on to finish that season 11th with 33 points, and Celtic 1st with 82.

Partick Thistle lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Celtic in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Partick Thistle wins, 0 draws and 2 for Celtic.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Yellow card · Mikael LustigCeltic
  • 34'Penalty goal · C. SammonPartick Thistle · 1-0
  • 55'Penalty goal · Scott SinclairCeltic · 1-1
  • 70'Goal · Leigh GriffithsCeltic · 1-2
  • 75'Yellow card · M. StoreyPartick Thistle

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Partick Thistle 0, draws 0, Celtic 2.

Team news

Partick Thistle line-up (4-2-3-1)

Tomas Cerny, Baily Cargill, Niall Keown, James Penrice, Mustapha Dumbuya, Abdul Osman, Blair Spittal, Ryan Edwards, Andrew McCarthy, Conor Sammon, Miles Storey

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

Craig Gordon, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera, Mikael Lustig, Kristoffer Ajer, Kieran Tierney, Scott Brown, Scott Sinclair, Olivier Ntcham, Callum McGregor, James Forrest, Odsonne Édouard