St. Johnstone 2-1 Celtic: result and report
Premiership · Wednesday 11 May 2016
Result
St. Johnstone 2-1 Celtic
Premiership · Wednesday 11 May 2016, 18:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
St. Johnstone 2-1 Celtic: match report
St. Johnstone defeated Celtic 2-1 in the Premiership on Wednesday 11 May 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Leigh Griffiths opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. St. Johnstone's goals came from Steven MacLean (56') and Graham Cummins (77'). Celtic scored through Leigh Griffiths (53').
Discipline: St. Johnstone received 3 yellow cards; Celtic received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game St. Johnstone were 2nd on 27 points from 15 and Celtic 3rd on 24 points from 14. This fixture belongs to an earlier Premiership season and is kept for reference.
St. Johnstone lined up in a 4-4-2 and Celtic in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 St. Johnstone win, 2 draws and 2 for Celtic.
Going into the match St. Johnstone's last five read W-W-W-W-L and Celtic's L-W-D-D-D.
Key events
- 28'Yellow card · Stefan Johansen
- 35'Yellow card · S. Anderson
- 53'Goal · Leigh Griffiths
- 56'Goal · Steven MacLean
- 57'Yellow card · Steven MacLean
- 61'Yellow card · Danny Swanson
- 77'Goal · Graham Cummins
Head-to-head
Team news
St. Johnstone line-up (4-4-2)
Zander Clark, Tom Scobbie, Steven Anderson, Joe Shaughnessy, Brian Easton, David Wotherspoon, Danny Swanson, Scott Brown, Liam Craig, Steven MacLean, Chris Kane
Celtic line-up (4-4-2)
Logan Bailly, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Efe Eric Ambrose, Saidy Janko, Erik Sviatchenko, Ryan Christie, Scott Allan, Stefan Johansen, Patrick Roberts, Callum McGregor, Leigh Griffiths