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- former chairman Dave King claims Celtic only have themselves to blame for failing to “take full advantage of their extra resources” when the Ibrox side was out of the top flight.
- Sheffield Wednesday youngster Liam Shaw, and Football Insider are now reporting that Celtic have an agreement with him over a pre contract.
- Celtic defender Hatem Abd Elhamed has landed in Israel as he prepares to rejoin Hapoel Be’er Sheva after failing to settle in Glasgow as family cut off in Israel due to covid. Signed up and has left the club. Good luck to him.
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Summary
Consensus is that despite the good scoreline it wasn’t as impressive a performance as it sounds.
But three goals in three minutes is great, and Rogic scored a great opener his first in around a year.
St Mirren actually started as the better team for a period with teeth gnashing in the Celtic support.
The problem isn’t hlped by some recent comments by Neil Lennon where he seems oblivious to the form of the team and his in particular this season. There’s a lot of angst at the moment.
Shouldn’t take away from a strong victory but…..
(BK1997 on Twitter)
That was like watching paint dry for 79 mins, good to get 3 goals in 3 mins and some good finishes but still just papering over the cracks. Duffy still a bag of nerves/bomb scare at the back 4 goals up against St.Mirren with 5 mins left. Next season can’t come quick enough
Teams
Celtic:
29Bain
16Kenny
57Welsh
Substituted forDuffyat 68’minutes
35Ajer
3Taylor
8Brown
18RogicBooked at 84mins
Substituted forGriffithsat 85’minutes
42McGregor
14Turnbull
Substituted forElyounoussiat 85’minutes
22Edouard
Substituted forKlimalaat 80’minutes
10Ajeti
Substituted forChristieat 68’minutes
Substitutes
1Barkas
4Duffy
9Griffiths
11Klimala
12Soro
17Christie
19Johnston
27Elyounoussi
93Laxalt
Goals: Rogic (16′ minutes), Edouard (79′ minutes pen), Christie (82′ minutes), Turnbull (83′ minutes)
Assists: Kenny (16′ minutes), Rogic (82′ minutes)
ST Mirrent
1Alnwick
22Fraser
5McCarthy
4Shaughnessy
21Connolly
Substituted forMacPhersonat 72’minutes
8FlynnBooked at 78mins
Substituted forErwinat 81’minutes
7Doyle-Hayes
25Erhahon
11Durmus
17McGrath
Substituted forMcAllisterat 15’minutes
9ObikaBooked at 64mins
Substitutes
2Tait
3Mason
10McAllister
14MacPherson
15Finlayson
23Erwin
26Lyness
30Henderson
33Jamieson
Goals:
Assists:
Ref: Don Robertson
Att: none covid
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By Jamie LyallBBC Scotland
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55913693
1 minute ago1 minute ago.From the section Scottish Premiership
Highlights: St Mirren 0-4 Celtic
Celtic “wanted to right the wrongs” of their shock loss to St Mirren by routing the same opposition on Wednesday, says manager Neil Lennon.
The Scottish champions avenged a 2-1 home reverse 12 days ago by trouncing St Mirren 4-0 in Paisley.
Celtic scored three goals in three second-half minutes to blow the hosts away and move within 18 points of Scottish Premiership leaders Rangers.
“That’s far more like us,” Lennon told BBC Radio Scotland.
“Almost like we were at this time last season – absolutely rampant. We’re just looking for more of that now.
“Against a team in form, we’ve absolutely taken them apart. Once they got the second goal, they really turned it on, they didn’t rest up. I think they wanted to put the wrongs of 12 days ago right.”
Reaction and as it happened
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Unsurprisingly, Jim Goodwin set his St Mirren side up just as he had 11 days earlier, when the victors left Celtic Park with a first triumph in Glasgow’s East End for over three decades.
The hosts began sharply, fizzing the ball around with all of the belief of a team in super recent form. But they wilted suddenly with the loss of Jamie McGrath to injury and a fabulous Tom Rogic opener. McGrath left the pitch clutching a shoulder after a heavy fall, and a minute later, Celtic pounced.
Rogic collected the ball on the right flank from a Jonjoe Kenny throw-in, spun, swaggered his way into the box and cracked a vicious left-foot strike into the far bottom corner. It was vintage Rogic and in truth, Celtic have not seen enough of it from their rangy Australian this season.
After the opener, Celtic’s grip on the game tightened. Kristoffer Ajer galloped around with menace, often steaming deep into Saints territory on great, lancing runs from the backline. When he wasn’t marauding, the Norwegian’s range of passing was tremendous.
Celtic threatened little before the break, but for all of St Mirren’s endeavour, never looked in danger of conceding. Connolly scampered after a Kyle McAllister through-ball on the stroke of half-time, but on the stretch, prodded wide. In the final third, St Mirren’s distribution deserted them.
After the interval, Celtic began to motor. Rogic was at the heart of their incisive play. The midfielder shaped to shoot from right of centre, but instead slid in Odsonne Edouard, who was denied by a wonderful point-blank Jak Alnwick stop.
The goalkeeper twice blocked David Turnbull from distance, then watched Edouard and Rogic both blast wide. St Mirren’s shape, so entrenched and effective at Celtic Park, was concertinaed as the visitors sliced through them.
Young defender Stephen Welsh, an impressive performer since winning his place in the team, was carried off after having his foot trodden on by Jonathan Obika. The striker was yellow-carded for the late collision. Earlier, Callum McGregor ought to have been booked for a rash challenge on Ethan Erhahon, and Scott Brown was cautioned after clattering Ryan Flynn.
From all the thundering tackles, it was Flynn’s rather delicate tug on the arm of Greg Taylor that proved most telling. The midfielder was caught out by Taylor’s scurrying run into the box. Down went Taylor, up stepped Edouard, and the spot-kick was dispatched ruthlessly to Alnwick’s right.
The Frenchman has now scored in each of his past five games, bagging six goals in total.
Rather than settling for what they had, Celtic continued to go through the gears, Edouard’s strike the first of a remarkable three-minute treble. Ryan Christie caressed home a delightful left-foot chip from right of centre, then teed up David Turnbull to smack home from close range.
In the end, it was a rout. Celtic bared their teeth, an attacking relentlessness the champions have shown far too little of late.
Man of the match – Tom Rogic
Ryan Christie and Tom Rogic of celtic
Celtic do not always get a lavish tune out Rogic, but on his game, he is one of Scotland’s premier forward players. His goal was excellent, his link-up play slick, and his loping runs a constant danger to St Mirren.
What did we learn?
Goodwin will be irked that his players posed so few questions of Scott Bain in the Celtic goal. They lived with Celtic in the first half, but were run hopelessly ragged in the second. Still, their desire and persistence cannot be faulted.
For all of their many and pervasive troubles, a Celtic side possessing Edouard, Rogic, Christie and Turnbull is still a team with a vast attacking arsenal. Lennon will be just as content that his defence was largely unflustered.
What did they say?
St Mirren manager Jim Goodwin: “Really disappointed with the second half, we just weren’t at the same level as in the first half. We looked as if we lost our way a bit, a lack of discipline in terms of the overall shape of the team and we were allowing Celtic too much space and time on the ball.
“Celtic were excellent and caused us a lot of problems, albeit we were still well in the game up until about 80 minutes. To lose those three goals was extremely disappointing.”
Celtic manager Neil Lennon: “It’s outstanding. It’s probably the best we’ve played here for a long, long time. We weren’t great first-half, unforced errors on the ball, scored a great goal from the best player on the pitch in Rogic.
“I had a few words with them at half-time and second-half they were unbelievable, and we could have won the game by a lot more when you think of the chances we created.”
What’s next?
St Mirren make the trip north to struggling Aberdeen, who they eliminated from the League Cup earlier this season, on Saturday. Celtic travel to in-form St Johnstone a day later. The Perth side have lost only one of their past nine games.
Match ends, St. Mirren 0, Celtic 4.
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Full Time
Second Half ends, St. Mirren 0, Celtic 4.
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Foul by Mohamed Elyounoussi (Celtic).
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Marcus Fraser (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Jonathan Obika (St. Mirren) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Kyle McAllister.
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Attempt blocked. Lee Erwin (St. Mirren) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ilkay Durmus.
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Attempt blocked. Ilkay Durmus (St. Mirren) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ethan Erhahon.
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Foul by Patryk Klimala (Celtic).
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Conor McCarthy (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Corner, St. Mirren. Conceded by Scott Bain.
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Attempt saved. Jonathan Obika (St. Mirren) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner.
86′
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Foul by Jonjoe Kenny (Celtic).
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Ethan Erhahon (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85′
Substitution
Substitution, Celtic. Leigh Griffiths replaces Tomas Rogic.
85′
Substitution
Substitution, Celtic. Mohamed Elyounoussi replaces David Turnbull.
84′
Booking
Tomas Rogic (Celtic) is shown the yellow card.
84′
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Foul by Shane Duffy (Celtic).
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Lee Erwin (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
83′
Goal!
Goal! St. Mirren 0, Celtic 4. David Turnbull (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
82′
Goal!
Goal! St. Mirren 0, Celtic 3. Ryan Christie (Celtic) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tomas Rogic.
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Substitution
Substitution, St. Mirren. Lee Erwin replaces Ryan Flynn.
80′
Substitution
Substitution, Celtic. Patryk Klimala replaces Odsonne Edouard.
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Goal! St. Mirren 0, Celtic 2. Odsonne Edouard (Celtic) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
78′
Booking
Ryan Flynn (St. Mirren) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Penalty Celtic. Greg Taylor draws a foul in the penalty area.
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Penalty conceded by Ryan Flynn (St. Mirren) after a foul in the penalty area.
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Attempt blocked. Ryan Christie (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Attempt blocked. Ryan Christie (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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David Turnbull (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Conor McCarthy (St. Mirren).
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Tomas Rogic (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Jonathan Obika (St. Mirren).
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Attempt saved. Joe Shaughnessy (St. Mirren) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cameron MacPherson.
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Foul by Kristoffer Ajer (Celtic).
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Jonathan Obika (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Tomas Rogic (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
72′
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Foul by Ilkay Durmus (St. Mirren).
72′
Substitution
Substitution, St. Mirren. Cameron MacPherson replaces Dylan Connolly.
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Attempt blocked. Kyle McAllister (St. Mirren) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jake Doyle-Hayes.
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Jonjoe Kenny (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Dylan Connolly (St. Mirren).
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Hand ball by Tomas Rogic (Celtic).
68′
Substitution
Substitution, Celtic. Ryan Christie replaces Albian Ajeti.
68′
Substitution
Substitution, Celtic. Shane Duffy replaces Stephen Welsh because of an injury.
64′
Booking
Jonathan Obika (St. Mirren) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Stephen Welsh (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Jonathan Obika (St. Mirren).
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Jonjoe Kenny (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Kyle McAllister (St. Mirren).
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Attempt missed. Tomas Rogic (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Callum McGregor.
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Attempt missed. Odsonne Edouard (Celtic) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Jonjoe Kenny.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Jake Doyle-Hayes.
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Attempt blocked. David Turnbull (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Albian Ajeti.
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Attempt saved. David Turnbull (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Callum McGregor.
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Attempt missed. Odsonne Edouard (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by David Turnbull with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Jak Alnwick.
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Attempt saved. Odsonne Edouard (Celtic) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tomas Rogic.
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Attempt blocked. Tomas Rogic (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Scott Brown.
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Attempt blocked. David Turnbull (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Attempt missed. Callum McGregor (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted b
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Attempt missed. Joe Shaughnessy (St. Mirren) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Marcus Fraser following a set piece situation.
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Attempt blocked. Ilkay Durmus (St. Mirren) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
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Attempt blocked. Ilkay Durmus (St. Mirren) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Foul by Kristoffer Ajer (Celtic).
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Jonathan Obika (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Attempt blocked. Odsonne Edouard (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by David Turnbull.
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Attempt missed. Jonathan Obika (St. Mirren) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kyle McAllister with a headed pass.
Second Half
Second Half begins St. Mirren 0, Celtic 1.
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Half Time
First Half ends, St. Mirren 0, Celtic 1.
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Attempt blocked. Kyle McAllister (St. Mirren) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Foul by Odsonne Edouard (Celtic).
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Joe Shaughnessy (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Callum McGregor (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Dylan Connolly (St. Mirren).
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Attempt missed. Dylan Connolly (St. Mirren) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kyle McAllister.
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Attempt missed. David Turnbull (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Joe Shaughnessy.
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Attempt blocked. Tomas Rogic (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Albian Ajeti.
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Albian Ajeti (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Ilkay Durmus (St. Mirren).
y Tomas Rogic.
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Callum McGregor (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Ryan Flynn (St. Mirren).
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Offside, St. Mirren. Jak Alnwick tries a through ball, but Jonathan Obika is caught offside.
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Offside, Celtic. David Turnbull tries a through ball, but Albian Ajeti is caught offside.
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Foul by Jonjoe Kenny (Celtic).
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Dylan Connolly (St. Mirren) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Corner, St. Mirren. Conceded by Greg Taylor.
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Albian Ajeti (Celtic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Marcus Fraser (St. Mirren).
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Foul by Scott Brown (Celtic).
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Ryan Flynn (St. Mirren) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Attempt missed. Jonjoe Kenny (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right.
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Odsonne Edouard (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Ryan Flynn (St. Mirren).
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Attempt missed. Joe Shaughnessy (St. Mirren) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jake Doyle-Hayes following a set piece situation.
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Foul by Callum McGregor (Celtic).
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Ethan Erhahon (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
16′
Goal!
Goal! St. Mirren 0, Celtic 1. Tomas Rogic (Celtic) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jonjoe Kenny.
15′
Substitution
Substitution, St. Mirren. Kyle McAllister replaces Jamie McGrath because of an injury.
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Foul by Jamie McGrath (St. Mirren).
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Stephen Welsh (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Ilkay Durmus (St. Mirren).
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Jonjoe Kenny (Celtic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Hand ball by Ethan Erhahon (St. Mirren).
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Corner, St. Mirren. Conceded by Greg Taylor.
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Jak Alnwick (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by David Turnbull (Celtic).
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Attempt missed. Jamie McGrath (St. Mirren) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Dylan Connolly with a headed pass.
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Jamie McGrath (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Stephen Welsh (Celtic).
Kick Off
First Half begins.
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Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
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