St. Johnstone 2-5 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 5 February 2017

Result

St. Johnstone 2-5 Celtic

Premiership · Sunday 5 February 2017, 12:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

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St. Johnstone 2-5 Celtic: match report

St. Johnstone lost to Celtic 2-5 in the Premiership on Sunday 5 February 2017. The half-time score was 2-1.

Liam Henderson opened the scoring in the 6th minute. St. Johnstone's goals came from Keith Watson (31') and an own goal by Dedryck Boyata (43'). Celtic scored through Liam Henderson (6'), Moussa Dembélé (61', penalty), Moussa Dembélé (75'), Scott Sinclair (81') and Moussa Dembélé (85').

Discipline: St. Johnstone received 4 yellow cards; Celtic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game St. Johnstone were 5th on 37 points from 23 and Celtic 1st on 64 points from 23. St. Johnstone went on to finish that season 4th with 61 points, and Celtic 1st with 103.

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 3 St. Johnstone wins, 2 draws and 3 for Celtic.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Liam HendersonCeltic · 0-1
  • 31'Goal · Keith WatsonSt. Johnstone · 1-1
  • 43'Own goal · Dedryck BoyataSt. Johnstone · 2-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Paul PatonSt. Johnstone
  • 59'Yellow card · Liam CraigSt. Johnstone
  • 59'Yellow card · Mikael LustigCeltic
  • 60'Yellow card · R. FosterSt. Johnstone
  • 61'Penalty goal · Moussa DembéléCeltic · 2-2
  • 75'Goal · Moussa DembéléCeltic · 2-3
  • 81'Goal · Scott SinclairCeltic · 2-4
  • 85'Goal · Moussa DembéléCeltic · 2-5
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Liam CraigSt. Johnstone
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Mikael LustigCeltic

Head-to-head

8 meetings: St. Johnstone 3, draws 2, Celtic 3.

Team news

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

Zander Clark, Tom Scobbie, Joe Shaughnessy, Paul Paton, Richard Foster, Keith Watson, Brian Easton, Murray Davidson, David Wotherspoon, Danny Swanson, Graham Cummins

Celtic line-up (4-4-2)

Craig Gordon, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera, Mikael Lustig, Erik Sviatchenko, Kieran Tierney, Nir Bitton, Scott Brown, Scott Sinclair, Gary Mackay-Steven, Patrick Roberts, Liam Henderson