2021-08-21: Celtic 6-0 St Mirren, SP

Match Pictures | Matches: 2021 – 2022

Trivia

KO: 15:00, Saturday
Hat trick by Turnbull, double by Abada (inc his debut)
Second 6-0 victory in a row! First time since 2000/01 season under Martin O’Neill.
Alan Power sent off for St Mirren, almost broke Turnbull’s leg. He was same guy who put Frimpong out a season or two back!
There has been no secret formula from Ange Postecoglou to transform Celtic over the past month, according to David Turnbull. No dramatically altered training programme, no new dietary requirements and no mind gurus recruited to the support staff.
Celtic have signed Juranovic.
Ryan Christie getting the armband when Calum McGregor went off, does this signify anything? Christie still to sign new contract.
Sevco invalidate 750 tickets given to Celtic so no Celtic fans at Ibrox next Sunday
Hearts to officially become Britain’s biggest fan-owned football club this month when Foundation of Hearts receive Ann Budge’s shares
Scotland and Man United legend Denis Law, 81, announces he has dementia.
Reports: Sevco are investigating after a video on social media showed supporters on a supporters bus chanting a racist song about Celtic forward Kyogo Furuhashi.

Covid

Full House at Celtic exc a few empty spaces for covid restrictions

Summary

“I always believed the return of fans would bring the buzz back. Not only to the club but the players. I think that’s what’s evident now.I take exception to the theory that they weren’t playing for me and now they’re playing for Ange.”
Neil Lennon on radio Scotland in the morning (he needs to take a breather and just go on holiday and quit the MSM soundbites)

“S’times the game saps that (love of fitba) out of you, whether you’re a player or coach so I try & provide an env where players enjoy football, know their responsibilities & work hard, but get a huge kick at the end because the rewards are success & enjoying their football”
Ange

“It was a good afternoon. The players put in good work-rate and ethic. They were still going for it at the end.”
Ange on #CELSTM

(FB of KDS)
Thoroughly professional performance against a surprisingly aggressive St Mirren side. What happened to the football they played last season?
Power is a junior league player with a chip on his shoulder. It was him that put Frimpong out the game at Rugby Park a couple o f seasons back. His sort need removed from the game once and for all if the game here is to improve.
We were in cruise control mode with bigger fish to fry in the weeks ahead.
The Ange revolution is gathering pace, and its marvellous to watch.
Hope we are still all on board by next Sunday evening.

(joebloggscity of thecelticwiki)
After the travails of the start of the past season, the elongated process to get in a new manager, the poor pre season and then disappointing champions league qualification matches, the Celtic support finally seem to be close to confidence for the coming season.

A very comfortable win, with a hat trick by Turnbull overshadowing a double by Abada (including his debit goal). It was a team effort with some great passing. The only sour note was the correct decision for sending off Alan Power from the opposition who almost broke Turnbull’s ankle in a challenge.

No goal for Kyogo was a surprise, but good to see Ajeti helping set up the final goal with good work.

With this football, the club may need to find someway to increase capacity. A joy to watch.

Two very big games next. Confidence is high but could easily turn if not careful.

Twitter

Agent Scotland – Another storming performance from Celtic today, fair play to St Mirren for keeping it to six that could’ve easily been double figures, 37 shots is mental when you consider the final ball could’ve been better and they still had gears to go up, everyone’s contributing massively.
Anthony Ralston put in yet another very good performance today, not much to do defensively thanks in part to Alan Power’s lunge at him but his level of fitness, vision and use of the ball defies most people’s opinion of him just a month ago, he’s really excelled in Ange’s system.

HP – Transformation from a collection of individuals, some of whom who couldn’t be arsed , to a group who are there for each other is plain to see .Manager takes full responsibility for it , different style of football and a determination to succeed. Good times ahead .

Teams

Celtic:

Formation 4-3-3

15Hart
56Ralston
4Starfelt
57Welsh
3Taylor
17Christie
42McGregor
Substituted forRogicat 67′minutes
14Turnbull
11Abada
22Edouard
Substituted forAjetiat 83′minutes
8Furuhashi

Substituted forSoroat 67′minutesBooked at 86mins

Substitutes

6Bitton
10Ajeti
12Soro
18Rogic
26Urhoghide
29Bain
54Montgomery

Goals:

Abada (17′ minutes, 22′ minutes),
Turnbull (28′ minutes, 44′ minutes, 84′ minutes),
Edouard (62′ minutes

Assists:

Ralston (17′ minutes),
Taylor (22′ minutes),
Welsh (28′ minutes),
Rogic (84′ minutes)

St Mirren

Formation 3-5-1-1

1Alnwick
22Fraser
5McCarthy
4Shaughnessy
8Flynn
Substituted forBrophyat 45′minutes
6PowerBooked at 19mins (straight red card)
7McGrathBooked at 38mins
16Erhahon
3Tanser
11Kiltie
Substituted forMacPhersonat 45′minutes
10MainBooked at 46mins

Substituted forMcAllisterat 70′minutes

Substitutes

2Tait
9Brophy
14MacPherson
17McAllister
19Finlayson
23Erwin
26Lyness

Goals:
Assists:

Ref:William Collum
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Articles

Match Report (see below)

Pictures

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Stats

Home Team

Celtic

Away Team

St Mirren

Possession: Home74%; Away26%

Shots: Home37; Away3

Shots on Target: Home12; Away1

Corners: Home15; Away0

Fouls: Home18; Away10

Articles

How Celtic overwhelmed 10-man St Mirren with David Turnbull hat-trick punishing Alan Power dismissal
If Ange Postecoglou were entered into a best-dressed competition right now, you suspect his simple black jumper and grey slack combo would have no equal for the judging fashionistas. The Celtic manager and his team just seem to have every possible blessing from the Gods right now.
By Andrew Smith
Saturday, 21st August 2021, 6:21 pm
https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/celtic/how-celtic-overwhelmed-10-man-st-mirren-with-david-turnbull-hat-trick-punishing-alan-power-dismissal-3355128

Another win, another mauling of a Scottish opponent, another hat-trick for one of his game-changers, with 24 goals in six straight wins – the last five of them in their home surrounds – the patronage of Postecoglou is delivering Celtic from the blackness of last season and into a blinding light.

There was oodles to marvel over in the 6-0 slaying of St Mirren, not least the first triple of David Turnbull’s senior career. But it also must be said that with the brilliance Celtic enjoyed the breaks. It is as if this campaign is the ying to last term’s yang, in that respect. Turnbull will care nothing of that, and rightly so. He could simply delight in claiming the match ball, at the start of a monster week for the club that takes them to Alkmaar for their Europa League play-off decider on Thursday, before the derby away to Rangers on Sunday.
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“I’ve been close a few times but I was delighted to get that third one, it was a great feeling,” Turnbull said. “I still think there’s more to come from me. Today was a great game for me personally and the team. But we’re playing brilliantly well at the moment. I just want to keep doing what I’m doing and add even more. The form we’ve come into this season is outstanding and relentless. It’s great to play in and everything is clicking right now. Long may it continue.”

Celtic would have overwhelmed their pulled-apart Paisley opponents whatever had ensued across the afternoon, but it sure as heck made it easier that Alan Power contrived to earn himself a red-card for a horrible, reckless challenge on Turnbull on 19 minutes. Or that visiting keeper Jak Alnwick hardly covered himself in glory for three of the four goals to which Celtic helped themselves before the interval. In addition, at 2-0, St Mirren had a goal wrongly ruled out for offside, Anthony Ralston playing Curtis Main on when he knocked in from a Greg Kiltie knock-down.

You make your own luck, of course, and the relentless manner in which Postecolgou’s men hound and harass in the final third does strange things to their opponents. It allowed Celtic to wrap up another three points across an incredible incident-strewn 11 minutes that produced three home goals, Power’s dismissal, and Main’s phantom strike.

There were 17 on the clock when Liel Abada drifted inside and curled an effort that Alnwick seemed unsighted for as he got hands on it and yet could not prevent it drifting into the net. Maybe Power was angry about that cheap concession. But whatever possessed him to throw himself at Turnbull two minutes later and, off the ground, utterly wipe out the midfielder as he raced down the left flank, he should have walked even before referee Willie Collum brandished him the inevitable colour of card.

Four minutes later, Greg Taylor, with a run to the byline, hung up a cross to the back post that Abada headed into the ground with the ball then bouncing over the St Mirren keeper.

Main’s misfortune came in 27 minutes, and was compounded by Turnbull producing a knuckle-ball style drive within seconds, the wobble-serve seeming to catch out Alnwick, who couldn’t fashion a strong enough hand to keep it out.

The first half damage was complete when the poor St Mirren no.1 slapped an Abada effort straight into the path of Turnbull to help himself to his second.

His third, the strike to make it six, didn’t roll around till the closing minutes, when he lofted over Alnwick from close in after Tom Rogic threaded the ball through to him. On an afternoon where the previously deadly Kyogo Furuhashi missed from two yards and Celtic found the goalframe on two occasions, goal no.5 on the hour was at least engineered by the Japanese attacker. He whipped in a cross from the left that Odsonne Edouard was able to bring under control – St Mirren complaining over an inadvertent grazing of his hand as he did so – and drill in at the second attempt.

The visitors’ preparations would have been upset by the loss of manager Jim Goodwin to a positive Covid-19 test in the lead-up to their Glasgow trip, but, in reality, there was always the likelihood they would suffer the fate that is becoming common to those making that journey. Assistant manager Lee Sharp, though, managed to harbour a sense of injustice.

“It’s a difficult place to come with 11 men on the park. Going down to 10 so early on obviously made it a lot tougher,” he said, revealing he had been in constant dialogue with Goodwin before it. “Any game plan we had went out the window at that point. We had to regroup and try to make things as hard as possible for Celtic.

“On the decision, Alan should possibly stay on his feet. He doesn’t have to go to ground. But I’ve seen tackles like that given as yellow cards. A few moments later, Christie had one on [Ethan] Erhahon that was very similar on the far side. He wasn’t even booked so you’re just looking for it to be evened up. Big decisions went against us.

“At 2-0 down we were trying to get ourselves back in the game and we got a goal chalked off that was perfectly fine, onside. I’m not saying we would have got anything from the game but at 2-1, the boys would have got a lift and a bit more belief.”

Celtic: Hart; Ralston, Welsh, Starfelt, Taylor; Turnbull, McGregor (Soro 67), Christie; Abada, Edouard (Ajeti 83), Furuhashi (Rogic 67). Unused substitutes – Bain, Bitton, Soro, Rogic, Urhoghide, Montgomery.

St Mirren: Alnwick; Fraser, Shaughnessy, McCarthy; Flynn (MacPherson 46), Power, McGrath, Erhahon, Tanser; Kiltie (Brophy 46 6), Main (McAllister 70). Unused substitutes – Tait, Brophy, McAllister, Finlayson, Erwin, Lyness.

BBC
By Nick McPheatBBC Scotland

Last updated on

21 August 202121 August 2021.From the section Scottish Premiership
Liel Abada’s (left) grabbed two goals against St Mirren
Teenage winger Liel Abada (left) grabbed two first-half goals in the rout

Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou has demanded his team remain “relentless” after storming to the Scottish Premiership summit for the first time in year with a six-goal thrashing of 10-man St Mirren.

A David Turnbull hat-trick, Liel Abada brace and Odsonne Edouard finish made it back-to-back 6-0 league wins.

The visitors had Alan Power dismissed in the first half for a late challenge.

“Right to the end, we were pushing,” the Celtic boss told BBC Scotland.

“We set off at a good tempo and put them under pressure. The sending off enabled us to control the game very well.

“We want to be relentless in our pursuit of playing our football. This was a good test of that.”

Reaction & as it happened
Celtic complete Juranovic deal

Postecoglou’s men are preparing themselves perfectly for a seismic week in which they go to AZ Alkmaar in the Europa League on Thursday, followed by the first Old Firm derby of the season at Ibrox next Sunday.

St Mirren, still without a league win this term, drop to 11th in the table.

The Paisley side, missing their manager Jim Goodwin due to a positive Covid-19 test, will need to put a sobering afternoon’s work behind them as they face a tough test against St Johnstone next weekend.

The last meeting between these sides at Parkhead resulted in a grim 2-1 defeat for Celtic in January – St Mirren’s first victory in Glasgow’s East End for 31 years.

That result left Neil Lennon’s side 23 points adrift of Rangers, but the mood has completely flipped seven months on as Celtic delivered a scintillating performance in front of a packed home crowd.

Postecoglou’s side set their stall out early as Turnbull rattled the inside of Jak Alnwick’s left-hand post from 25 yards.

Abada was next to threaten, seeing an effort deflect and loop just over the bar, but he would find the net moments later when he cut in from the left all too easily before bending a shot into the far corner.

It was already going to take a huge effort from St Mirren to get anything from the game given Celtic’s urgency, but their task became much tougher when a late sliding challenge from Power caught Turnbull out on the left wing.

Wherever Goodwin was watching, he would have been looking on through the cracks in his fingers as just three minutes after Power’s sending off, Celtic made it 2-0.

Greg Taylor’s clipped cross to the back post was met by Abada, who headed down into the ground and into the top-left corner of the net.

The visitors thought they had one back when Scott Tanser’s looping cross was met by Greg Kiltie, as Curtis Main provided the finishing touch. But the assistant referee determined the striker was offside.

The hosts responded to that scare by adding a third, as Turnbull got his angles right this time to blast past Alnwick from 25 yards out.

As with Celtic’s opener, Alnwick got a hand to the ball but failed to keep it from finding the net.

Kyogo Furuhashi then forced a close-range effort over as Edouard hit the bar, before Alnwick again looked suspect.

Abada – who tormented St Mirren’s defence all afternoon – delivered into the box, and the St Mirren goalkeeper could only parry the cross into the path of Turnbull, who tapped home Celtic’s fourth goal.

Alnwick could do nothing about Celtic’s fifth, though, as Edouard prodded home from close range at the second attempt, after his first strike was blocked.

And Turnbull capped a stunning display when a lovely move resulted in substitute Tom Rogic sending the Scotland midfielder through to stab past Alnwick.
Man of the match – David Turnbull
David Turnbull
The 22-year-old was outstanding throughout and could have easily scored five goals
What did we learn?

Postecoglou demands relentlessness from his players and, at the moment, his team are giving him exactly that.

Back-to-back six-goal wins in the league have brought the feelgood factor back to Celtic Park and his players’ confidence levels will be sky high heading into a crucial seven days.

Goodwin’s side will need to forget about this quickly, but that is easier said than done.

St Mirren’s next four games include fixtures against three of last season’s top five, and failure to pick up a decent amount points may see the Paisley side languishing at the bottom, even if it remains early days.
What they said

Celtic midfielder David Turnbull: “You saw today we were relentless until the 90th minute and everything’s going well at the moment.

“It’s just about building confidence and the manager’s breeding that through the team and the new signings have settled in well.”

St Mirren assistant Lee Sharp: “The goal that we had that got chopped off was perfectly fine, Curtis is onside. Big decisions go against you and it makes it harder.”
What’s next?

Celtic go to AZ Alkmaar for the return leg of their Europa League play-off on Thursday (19:15 BST) before a trip to Ibrox for the first Old Firm derby of the season next Sunday (12:00).

St Mirren are back in action next Sunday, as they welcome St Johnstone (15:00).

Match ends, Celtic 6, St. Mirren 0.
90’+2′

Full Time

Second Half ends, Celtic 6, St. Mirren 0.

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Attempt blocked. Stephen Welsh (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by David Turnbull.
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Albian Ajeti (Celtic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Kyle McAllister (St. Mirren).
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Joe Shaughnessy.
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Attempt blocked. Liel Abada (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tomas Rogic.
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Offside, St. Mirren. Joe Shaughnessy tries a through ball, but Cameron MacPherson is caught offside.
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Foul by Ismaila Soro (Celtic).
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Ethan Erhahon (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
86′

Booking

Ismaila Soro (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Tomas Rogic (Celtic).
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Conor McCarthy (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
84′
Goal!

Goal! Celtic 6, St. Mirren 0. David Turnbull (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tomas Rogic.
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Attempt missed. Carl Starfelt (Celtic) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ryan Christie with a cross following a corner.
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Substitution

Substitution, Celtic. Albian Ajeti replaces Odsonne Edouard.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Joe Shaughnessy.
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Attempt blocked. David Turnbull (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Odsonne Edouard.
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Foul by David Turnbull (Celtic).
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Marcus Fraser (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

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Attempt saved. Ryan Christie (Celtic) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Liel Abada with a cross.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Joe Shaughnessy.

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Attempt blocked. Odsonne Edouard (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Anthony Ralston.
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Foul by Tomas Rogic (Celtic).
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Ethan Erhahon (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Conor McCarthy.
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Attempt blocked. Anthony Ralston (Celtic) header from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by David Turnbull with a cross.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Scott Tanser.
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Attempt missed. Ismaila Soro (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Stephen Welsh.
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Attempt blocked. Ryan Christie (Celtic) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by David Turnbull.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Joe Shaughnessy.
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Attempt saved. Tomas Rogic (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Odsonne Edouard.
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Substitution

Substitution, St. Mirren. Kyle McAllister replaces Curtis Main.
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Attempt saved. Anthony Ralston (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Liel Abada.
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Substitution

Substitution, Celtic. Tomas Rogic replaces Callum McGregor.
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Substitution

Substitution, Celtic. Ismaila Soro replaces Kyogo Furuhashi.
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Attempt missed. Odsonne Edouard (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ryan Christie.
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Liel Abada (Celtic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Ethan Erhahon (St. Mirren).
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Offside, St. Mirren. Jamie McGrath tries a through ball, but Joe Shaughnessy is caught offside

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Foul by Ryan Christie (Celtic).
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Jamie McGrath (St. Mirren) wins a free kick on the left wing.

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Goal!

Goal! Celtic 5, St. Mirren 0. Odsonne Edouard (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
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Attempt blocked. Odsonne Edouard (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kyogo Furuhashi with a cross.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Jak Alnwick.
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Attempt saved. Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Liel Abada.
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Stephen Welsh (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Curtis Main (St. Mirren).
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Liel Abada (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Ethan Erhahon (St. Mirren).
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Attempt missed. David Turnbull (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Kyogo Furuhashi.
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Attempt missed. Cameron MacPherson (St. Mirren) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Jamie McGrath with a cross.
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Foul by Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic).
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Marcus Fraser (St. Mirren) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Anthony Ralston (Celtic).
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Scott Tanser (St. Mirren) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Scott Tanser.
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Foul by Carl Starfelt (Celtic).
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Eamonn Brophy (St. Mirren) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Attempt saved. David Turnbull (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Liel Abada.

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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Ethan Erhahon.
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Foul by Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic).

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Conor McCarthy (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt blocked. Anthony Ralston (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kyogo Furuhashi.
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Booking

Curtis Main (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 Curtis Main (St. Mirren).
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Substitution

Substitution, St. Mirren. Eamonn Brophy replaces Ryan Flynn.
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Substitution

Substitution, St. Mirren. Cameron MacPherson replaces Greg Kiltie.
Second Half

Second Half begins Celtic 4, St. Mirren 0.
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Half Time

First Half ends, Celtic 4, St. Mirren 0.
44′
Goal!

Goal! Celtic 4, St. Mirren 0. David Turnbull (Celtic) right footed shot from very close range to the top left corner.
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Foul by Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic).
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Marcus Fraser (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Odsonne Edouard (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by David Turnbull.
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Booking

Jamie McGrath (St. Mirren) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Anthony Ralston (Celtic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Jamie McGrath (St. Mirren).
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Odsonne Edouard (Celtic) hits the bar with a right footed shot from very close range.
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Attempt saved. Greg Taylor (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Anthony Ralston with a cross.

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Attempt missed. Odsonne Edouard (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Anthony Ralston with a cross.
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Attempt saved. Joe Shaughnessy (St. Mirren) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jamie McGrath with a cross.

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Hand ball by Anthony Ralston (Celtic).
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Attempt missed. Anthony Ralston (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Liel Abada following a corner.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Joe Shaughnessy.
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Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Conor McCarthy (St. Mirren).
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Attempt missed. Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Liel Abada with a cross.
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Attempt missed. Callum McGregor (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ryan Christie.
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Goal!

Goal! Celtic 3, St. Mirren 0. David Turnbull (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Stephen Welsh.
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Offside, St. Mirren. Greg Kiltie tries a through ball, but Curtis Main is caught offside.
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Attempt missed. Greg Kiltie (St. Mirren) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Scott Tanser with a cross.
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Foul by Ryan Christie (Celtic).
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Ethan Erhahon (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Callum McGregor (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Odsonne Edouard.
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Foul by Anthony Ralston (Celtic).
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Curtis Main (St. Mirren) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Goal!

Goal! Celtic 2, St. Mirren 0. Liel Abada (Celtic) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Greg Taylor with a cross.
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Attempt missed. Liel Abada (Celtic) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Anthony Ralston with a cross following a set piece situation.
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Dismissal

Alan Power (St. Mirren) is shown the red card.

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David Turnbull (Celtic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Alan Power (St. Mirren).

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Goal!

Goal! Celtic 1, St. Mirren 0. Liel Abada (Celtic) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Anthony Ralston.
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Attempt blocked. Greg Taylor (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Callum McGregor.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Alan Power.
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Attempt blocked. Liel Abada (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Odsonne Edouard.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Jamie McGrath.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Marcus Fraser.
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Attempt blocked. Odsonne Edouard (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Odsonne Edouard (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Conor McCarthy (St. Mirren).
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Foul by Ryan Christie (Celtic).
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Alan Power (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
8′

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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Alan Power.
8′

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Attempt blocked. David Turnbull (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Christie.
7′

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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Scott Tanser.
6′

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Carl Starfelt (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
6′

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Foul by Curtis Main (St. Mirren).
6′

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Foul by Liel Abada (Celtic).
6′

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Jamie McGrath (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

6′

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David Turnbull (Celtic) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Liel Abada.
5′

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Foul by Stephen Welsh (Celtic).

5′

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Curtis Main (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic).
3′

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Marcus Fraser (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
2′

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Foul by Ryan Christie (Celtic).
2′

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Jamie McGrath (St. Mirren) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Kick Off

First Half begins.
Posted at 16:51 21 Aug

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Lineups are announced and players are warming up.