St. Johnstone 2-1 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 20 August 2016

Result

St. Johnstone 2-1 Celtic

Premiership · Saturday 20 August 2016, 11:15 UTC · half-time 0-3

St. Johnstone · Celtic · Premiership predictions

St. Johnstone 2-1 Celtic: match report

St. Johnstone beat Celtic 2-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 20 August 2016. It was 0-3 at half-time.

Leigh Griffiths opened the scoring in the 28th minute. St. Johnstone's goals came from Danny Swanson (83', penalty) and Steven MacLean (89'). Celtic scored through Leigh Griffiths (28'), Scott Sinclair (40'), James Forrest (44') and Ryan Christie (90+2').

Discipline: St. Johnstone received 3 yellow cards; Celtic received 4 yellow cards.

St. Johnstone went on to finish that season 4th with 61 points, and Celtic 1st with 103.

St. Johnstone 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 2 St. Johnstone wins, 2 draws and 6 for Celtic.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Goal · Leigh GriffithsCeltic · 0-1
  • 38'Yellow card · Leigh GriffithsCeltic
  • 40'Goal · Scott SinclairCeltic · 0-2
  • 43'Yellow card · Saidy JankoCeltic
  • 44'Goal · James ForrestCeltic · 0-3
  • 45'Yellow card · James ForrestCeltic
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Paul PatonSt. Johnstone
  • 58'Yellow card · Murray DavidsonSt. Johnstone
  • 59'Yellow card · N. BittonCeltic
  • 83'Penalty goal · Danny SwansonSt. Johnstone · 1-3
  • 86'Yellow card · Steven MacLeanSt. Johnstone
  • 89'Goal · Steven MacLeanSt. Johnstone · 2-3
  • 90+2'Goal · Ryan ChristieCeltic · 2-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: St. Johnstone 2, draws 2, Celtic 6.

Team news

St. Johnstone line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alan Mannus, Joe Shaughnessy, Brad McKay, Paul Paton, Richard Foster, Brian Easton, Blair Alston, Murray Davidson, David Wotherspoon, Danny Swanson, Steven MacLean

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

Craig Gordon, Kolo Touré, Saidy Janko, Eoghan O'Connell, Kieran Tierney, Nir Bitton, Scott Brown, Scott Sinclair, Tom Rogić, James Forrest, Leigh Griffiths