St. Johnstone 0-2 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 3 February 2019

Result

St. Johnstone 0-2 Celtic

Premiership · Sunday 3 February 2019, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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St. Johnstone 0-2 Celtic: match report

St. Johnstone were beaten by Celtic 0-2 in the Premiership on Sunday 3 February 2019. It was 0-0 at half-time.

James Forrest opened the scoring in the 78th minute. St. Johnstone did not score. Celtic scored through James Forrest (78') and Timothy Weah (89').

Discipline: St. Johnstone received 2 yellow cards; Celtic received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game St. Johnstone were 6th on 37 points from 23 and Celtic 1st on 51 points from 23. St. Johnstone went on to finish that season 6th with 52 points, and Celtic 1st with 87.

St. Johnstone lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Celtic in a 4-2-3-1.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 62'Yellow card · Danny SwansonSt. Johnstone
  • 78'Goal · James ForrestCeltic · 0-1
  • 79'Yellow card · James ForrestCeltic
  • 82'Yellow card · Sean GossSt. Johnstone
  • 89'Goal · Timothy WeahCeltic · 0-2
  • 90+3'Red card · Kristoffer AjerCeltic

Head-to-head

2 meetings: St. Johnstone 0, draws 0, Celtic 2.

Team news

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

Zander Clark, Richard Foster, Jason Kerr, Joe Shaughnessy, Scott Tanser, Matty Kennedy, Murray Davidson, R. Callachan, Sean Goss, Danny Swanson, Tony Watt

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

Scott Bain, Mikael Lustig, Jozo Simunovic, Kristoffer Ajer, Emilio Arturo Izaguirre Girón, Scott Brown, Callum McGregor, James Forrest, Ryan Christie, Scott Sinclair, Oliver Burke