St. Mirren 1-5 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 5 March 2023

Result

St. Mirren 1-5 Celtic

Premiership · Sunday 5 March 2023, 12:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

St. Mirren · Celtic · Premiership predictions

St. Mirren 1-5 Celtic: match report

St. Mirren lost to Celtic 1-5 in the Premiership on Sunday 5 March 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.

Mark O'Hara opened the scoring in the 6th minute. St. Mirren's goal came from Mark O'Hara (6', penalty). Celtic scored through Jota (56'), Alistair Johnston (61'), L. Abada (70'), M. O'Riley (72') and Oh Hyeon-Gyu (81', penalty).

Discipline: St. Mirren received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Celtic received no yellow cards.

Going into the game St. Mirren were 6th on 37 points from 27 and Celtic 1st on 73 points from 26. St. Mirren went on to finish that season 7th with 46 points, and Celtic 1st with 99.

St. Mirren lined up in a 3-5-2 and Celtic in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Liel Abada of Celtic (8.4), ahead of Alistair Johnston (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 St. Mirren win, 0 draws and 1 for Celtic.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Penalty goal · Mark O'HaraSt. Mirren · 1-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Ryan StrainSt. Mirren
  • 38'Red card · Charles DunneSt. Mirren
  • 56'Goal · JotaCeltic · 1-1
  • 61'Goal · Alistair JohnstonCeltic · 1-2
  • 70'Goal · L. AbadaCeltic · 1-3
  • 72'Goal · M. O'RileyCeltic · 1-4
  • 81'Penalty goal · Oh Hyeon-GyuCeltic · 1-5

Head-to-head

2 meetings: St. Mirren 1, draws 0, Celtic 1.

Team news

St. Mirren line-up (3-5-2)

Trevor Carson, Marcus Fraser, Alex Gogic, Charles Dunne, Ryan Strain, Greg Kiltie, Keanu Baccus, Mark O'Hara, Thierry Small, Curtis Main, Alex Greive

Celtic line-up (4-3-3)

Joe Hart, Alistair Johnston, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Carl Starfelt, Greg Taylor, Aaron Mooy, Callum McGregor, Reo Hatate, Jota, Kyogo Furuhashi, Daizen Maeda