St Johnstone vs Celtic

Premiership 9 Sep 2026, 19:00
St Johnstone
St Johnstone
0–1
HT 0–0
FULL TIME
Celtic
Celtic
🏟 McDiarmid Park 👤 M. MacDermid Round 3

Match report

Celtic edged past St Johnstone 1-0 in the Premiership on 9 September 2026. The game was goalless at the break before all 1 goals arrived after half-time.

Celtic had 14 shots to St Johnstone's 9.

The match was played at McDiarmid Park, with M. MacDermid in charge.

Half-time 0-0 Shots 9 - 14 On target 3 - 9 Corners 2 - 11 Fouls 13 - 9 Yellow cards 4
8
Player of the match
Mika Baur
Celtic · 1 goal
8 Toby Steward 8 saves
8 Joel Cotterill captained the side
8 Haissem Hassan 1 assist
8 Sam Johnstone 3 saves
First half vs second half
Celtic came out stronger after half-time, with 11 second-half shots against 3 before the break.
  1st half 2nd half
Shots Total 5–3 4–11
Shots On Goal 1–1 2–8
Ball Possession 31–69 —
Corners 2–7 0–4
Attacks 26–65 44–54
Match statistics
2 Corners 11
5 Substitution 5
70 Attacks 119
38 Dangerous Attacks 87
3 On Target 9
6 Off Target 7
9 Shots Total 14
3 Shots On Goal 9
4 Shots Off Goal 1
2 Shots Blocked 4
6 Shots Inside Box 12
3 Shots Outside Box 2
13 Fouls 9
2 Corners 11
0 Offsides 2
40% Ball Possession 60%
2 Yellow Cards 2
8 Saves 3
383 Passes Total 583
298 Passes Accurate 522
Line-ups 4-2-3-1  vs  4-2-3-1
Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward
St Johnstone · 4-2-3-1
1 T. Steward
26 M. Todd 19 D. Finlayson 3 C. Diabate 2 E. Alić
8 J. Holt 42 R. McAlear
32 J. Campbell 30 J. Cotterill 7 T. Steven
9 J. Fowler
Celtic · 4-2-3-1
26 S. Johnstone
51 C. Donovan 47 D. Murray 6 A. Trusty 5 L. Scales
42 C. McGregor 22 M. Baur
23 H. Hassan 18 O. Sørensen 17 S. Tounekti
9 K. Høgh
St Johnstone
Coach
Simo Valakari
Substitutes
  • 4 Morgan Boyes
  • 11 Sam Stanton
  • 14 Matty Foulds
  • 18 Kai Fotheringham
  • 20 Ross Sinclair
  • 22 Danny Schmidt
  • 25 Macaulay Tait
  • 33 Liam Smith
  • 99 Ruari Paton
Celtic
Coach
Martin O'Neill
Substitutes
  • 1 Viljami Sinisalo
  • 3 Jordan Lotomba
  • 8 Benjamin Nygren
  • 11 Camilo Durán
  • 21 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
  • 29 Shumaira Mheuka
  • 35 Joel Van Den Berg
  • 49 James Forrest
  • 63 Kieran Tierney
Substitutions
  • 62' ↑ S. Stanton ↓ J. Holt St Johnstone
  • 62' ↑ R. Paton ↓ J. Fowler St Johnstone
  • 67' ↑ B. Nygren ↓ O. Sorensen Celtic
  • 73' ↑ J. Forrest ↓ S. Tounekti Celtic
  • 73' ↑ C. Duran ↓ H. Hassan Celtic
  • 74' ↑ D. Schmidt ↓ J. Campbell St Johnstone
  • 74' ↑ K. Fotheringham ↓ T. Steven St Johnstone
  • 86' ↑ S. Mheuka ↓ K. Hogh Celtic
  • 87' ↑ M. Tait ↓ J. Cotterill St Johnstone
  • 87' ↑ K. Tierney ↓ L. Scales Celtic
Cards
  • 55' J. Campbell St Johnstone
  • 69' R. McAlear St Johnstone
  • 82' L. Scales Celtic
  • 90+4' M. Baur Celtic
Head-to-head
St Johnstone 1 2 draws 14 Celtic
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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 0-1 against Celtic on 9 September 2026.
Who won St Johnstone vs Celtic?
Celtic won the match 1-0.
Where was St Johnstone vs Celtic played?
The match was played at McDiarmid Park.