St. Johnstone vs Celtic

Premiership - 1st Phase 26 Dec 2021, 12:30
St. Johnstone
St. Johnstone
1–3
HT 0–2
FULL TIME
Celtic
Celtic
🏟 McDiarmid Park (Perth) 👤 B. Madden Round 20

Match report

Celtic beat St. Johnstone 3-1 in the Premiership - 1st Phase on 26 December 2021.

Celtic dominated possession with 72% of the ball and had 25 shots to St. Johnstone's 5.

The match was played at McDiarmid Park (Perth), with B. Madden in charge.

Half-time 0-2 Possession 28% - 72% Shots 5 - 25 On target 1 - 10 Corners 3 - 9 Fouls 11 - 9 Yellow cards 3
9
Player of the match
Liel Abada
Celtic · 2 goals
9 Nir Bitton 1 goal
8 Callum Booth captained the side
8 Josip Juranovic captained the side
8 Tom Rogic 2 assists
First half vs second half
  1st half 2nd half
Shots Total 2–17 3–8
Shots On Goal 0–7 1–3
Ball Possession 29–71 —
Corners 1–6 2–3
Attacks 39–73 36–70
Match statistics
5 Substitution 2
75 Attacks 143
37 Dangerous Attacks 56
1 On Target 8
4 Off Target 16
5 Shots Total 25
1 Shots On Goal 10
4 Shots Off Goal 9
0 Shots Blocked 6
3 Shots Inside Box 16
2 Shots Outside Box 9
11 Fouls 9
3 Corners 9
1 Offsides 1
28% Ball Possession 72%
2 Yellow Cards 1
6 Saves 0
255 Passes Total 672
149 Passes Accurate 582
Line-ups 3-4-2-1  vs  4-3-1-2
Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward
St. Johnstone · 3-4-2-1
12 E. Parish
5 L. Dendoncker 6 L. Gordon 4 J. McCart
2 J. Brown 13 C. Bryson 34 J. Butterfield 24 C. Booth
21 A. Crawford 27 S. Viv
7 S. May
Celtic · 4-3-1-2
1 V. Barkas
57 S. Welsh 20 C. Carter-Vickers 4 C. Starfelt 5 L. Scales
88 J. Juranovic 6 N. Bitton 16 J. McCarthy
18 T. Rogic
11 L. Abada 8 K. Furuhashi
St. Johnstone
Coach
C. Davidson
Substitutes
  • 20 Ross Sinclair
  • 3 Reece Devine
  • 16 Hayden Muller
  • 26 Liam Craig
  • 14 Glenn Middleton
  • 11 Michael O'Halloran
  • 9 Chris Kane
Celtic
Coach
A. Postecoglou
Substitutes
  • 43 Ryan Mullen
  • 54 Adam Montgomery
  • 23 Boli Bolingoli
  • 44 Joey Dawson
  • 84 Ben Doak
  • 73 Owen Moffat
  • 12 Ismaila Soro
Substitutions
  • 15' ↑ J. Dawson ↓ K. Furuhashi Celtic
  • 46' ↑ C. Kane ↓ C. Bryson St. Johnstone
  • 46' ↑ L. Craig ↓ A. Crawford St. Johnstone
  • 63' ↑ G. Middleton ↓ S. May St. Johnstone
  • 87' ↑ A. Montgomery ↓ L. Scales Celtic
Cards
  • 59' J. Butterfield St. Johnstone
  • 85' L. Dendoncker St. Johnstone
  • 86' N. Bitton Celtic
Head-to-head
St. Johnstone 1 2 draws 14 Celtic
2026-09-09 St Johnstone vs Celtic 0 - 1
2025-04-20 St. Johnstone vs Celtic 0 - 5
2025-04-06 St. Johnstone vs Celtic 1 - 0
2024-12-29 Celtic vs St. Johnstone 4 - 0
2024-09-28 St. Johnstone vs Celtic 0 - 6
2024-03-16 Celtic vs St. Johnstone 3 - 1
Recent form
St. Johnstone L D W D W
Celtic W D D W L
Frequently asked questions
What was the final score in St. Johnstone vs Celtic?
St. Johnstone lost 1-3 against Celtic on 26 December 2021.
Who won St. Johnstone vs Celtic?
Celtic won the match 3-1.
Where was St. Johnstone vs Celtic played?
The match was played at McDiarmid Park (Perth).
Who had more possession in St. Johnstone vs Celtic?
Celtic had 72% of possession, compared to 28% for the other side.