2024-03-16: Celtic 3-1 St Johnstone, SP

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Trivia

KO:15:00; Saturday; Celtic TV only, league match 30.
Celtic remain on top at the end of the weekend as the Sevco v Dundee game is called off, so Sevco have game in hand advantage which if they win they will return to the top of the league. Celtic on 71pts & +48GD
CCV and Kyogo return from injury
Kuhn scores his first goal for Celtic. Lagerbielke makes a rare appearance.
Some very dubious VAR/refereeing through the game! A certain penalty for Celtic not given by VAR. A contentious goal by Johnstone ruled out
St Patrick’ Day on next day, and Celtic Women’s team defeat Sevco coutnerparts 2-1. Congrats.
Luis Palma could be out until after the international break after picking up an injury in training.
The Celtic Disabled Supporters Association have an Easter egg collection for charity. There is also a food bank collection today prior to the match.
Hibs announce Sevco and Celtic away fans Easter Road allocations will be cut: “The club’s board of directors will be reducing the away allocation at Easter Road moving forward”. It’s following abuse from Sevco fans of late and deflection tactics due to recent issues at the club.
Gustaf Lagerbielke reckons he is good enough to play in the best leagues in Europe and the Swedish defender will review his Celtic future at the end of the season.
Celtic are close to agreeing a contract extension for midfielder Daniel Kelly, 18, who has broken into the first team in recent weeks, while talks continue with Liam Scales and Rocco Vata.
Jack Brough the bar manager at Dumbarton shouted at Neil Lennon’s son after he made a mistake “Send me your address so I can send bullets to your da”! Neil Lennon’s wife was sitting right behind and went mental. Shouting “That’s my husband and son you’re talking about. You don’t know what we’ve been through.” He shat it and tried apologising but she wasn’t having it.Police are involved now and he’s banned from Dumbarton’s stadium pending a police investigation.
Aberdeen’s request for a 50/50 split of the ticket allocation for their Scottish Cup semi-final against Celtic has been declined. They wanted the opportunity to sell 50% by an agreed date, with any unsold tickets going to Celtic.The Dons will instead receive 19,000 tickets.
Filip Skorb, the Celtic teen eligible for Scotland, has decided to join up with the Poland squad for training.
Celtic rejected an approach for Yuki Kobayashi from Kashima Antlers in his homeland.
“Celtic are happy with the progress l’m making,” Bosun Lawal out on loan
Rugby: Ireland win the championships and only just miss out on historic back to back Grand Slam.

Summary

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers: “Very pleased. Very good performance. Scored three goals, could’ve had more. Overall, really, really pleased. Good penetration.”

“It’s Saint Patrick’s Day tomorrow, a celebration of the Irish community worldwide. I won’t have an interest in any results!” Brendan Rodgers

St Johnstone manager Craig Levein: “Some good things and some not so good things. Break it down to in possession and out of position – quite a stark difference in the level of success.

El Salto of KDS:
Good win, and good performance, we really should have scored six
Kuhn, Kyogo and Tomoki excelled, well until Tomoki went to centre back
Ref was appalling, St Johnstone are still the kings of the snide late tackle
As for VAR, it has completely sucked the life out of the joy of scoring a goal
I get the feeling that the VAR room is looking too hard for discressions that aren’t there

Highland__Paddy @Highland__paddy · 14m St Johnstone slowing the game down and wasting time ,in the first half, don’t have a problem with them trying to disrupt the flow of the game …..with the referee allowing them to do it. Celtic 2-0 up in the second half and the ref tells AJ to get a move on with a throw in …

Highland__Paddy @Highland__paddy Referee and his cohorts causing Celtic more problems than St Johnstone in the first half.

Highland__Paddy @Highland__paddy The ball only hit the St Johnstone’s player on the elbow. On the goal line. Preventing a goal. Work that one out.

Dominik Diamond @DominikDiamond · 2h Celtic season in microcosm today: Played “some” good football. Should have had twice as many goals. Penalty not awarded for something teams get when they play us. Dodgy VAR chalks off goal. Defence without CCV utter shite. Nice change to have an enjoyable stress free game tho

E-Tims @ETimsNet FT #Celtic 3 St J 1 Good performance from Celtic with the scoreline flattering the visitors. We should really have won this game by 4 or 5 goals. Kuhn excellent as we were many players. Good tempo to the game.

Inside The SPFL @AgentScotland Matchday 30 and it’s the first time this season Celtic played to Kyogo’s strengths, there was an intensity & aggression to their game 1st half, 2nd half was more relaxed, could’ve been 6 or 7, should’ve been at least five, they’ve done themselves a disservice with that scoreline.

Teams

Celtic

Formation 4-3-3

1Hart
2Johnston
20Carter-Vickers
Substituted forHolmat 75′minutes
57Welsh
3Taylor
33O’Riley
Substituted forLagerbielkeat 86′minutes
24Iwata
28Gonçalves Bernardo
Substituted forKellyat 63′minutes
10Kühn
Substituted forForrestat 63′minutes
8Furuhashi

Substituted forIdahat 75′minutes
38Maeda

Substitutes

4Lagerbielke
9Idah
15Holm
19Oh
29Bain
39Vata
48Kelly
49Forrest
56Ralston

Goals:

Furuhashi (40′ minutes),
Kühn (46′ minutes),
Forrest (68′ minutes)

Assists:

Kühn (40′ minutes),
Furuhashi (46′ minutes),
O’Riley (68′ minutes)

St Johnstone

Formation 3-5-1-1

1Mitov
5McGowanBooked at 90mins
6Gordon
4Considine
33Keltjens
23Sprangler
Substituted forKucheryavyiat 25′minutes
34PhillipsBooked at 90mins
22Smith
Substituted forSmithat 74′minutes
19Robinson
Substituted forGallacherat 64′minutes
11Carey
Substituted forMayat 74′minutes
16SidibehBooked at 45mins

Substituted forMbunga Kimpiokaat 64′minutes

Substitutes

3Gallacher
7May
10Clark
15Kucheryavyi
29Mbunga Kimpioka
31Richards
46Franczak
50Smith

Goals:

Smith (81′ minutes)

Assists:

Ref:Euan Anderson
Att:58,880

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Stats

CelticAway TeamSt Johnstone

Possession: Home74%; Away26%

Shots: Home22; Away6

Shots on Target: Home9; Away2

Corners: Home10; Away2

Fouls: Home6; Away13

Articles

Celtic reaction: Brendan Rodgers singles out two key men, one downside highlighted, suspected knee injury in St Johnstone clash

https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/celtic/celtic-reaction-brendan-rodgers-singles-out-two-key-men-one-downside-highlighted-suspected-knee-injury-in-st-johnstone-clash-4558105
Rodgers was delighted with performances of Kyogo and Kuhn as Saints lament Sprangler injury
By Gavin McCafferty
Published 16th Mar 2024, 18:26 GMT

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers hailed the “excellent” Kyogo Furuhashi after the recalled striker scored and provided an assist in a 3-1 win over St Johnstone.

The Japanese forward also had two goals disallowed for offside as Celtic moved back to the top of the cinch Premiership, at least until Rangers face Dundee at Dens Park on Sunday. Furuhashi has been unable to replicate the prolific form he showed under Ange Postecoglou last season but was back in the team following three consecutive substitute appearances and took his tally to 16 this term. He headed home a 40th-minute opener after beating goalkeeper Dimitar Mitov to Nicolas Kuhn’s cross and then set up the German winger to score in the opening minute of the second half. He also hit the crossbar and generally looked to be at peak sharpness.

“Adam (Idah) has been very good when he came in and that is what Kyogo and every player needs,” Rodgers said. “They need competition. But I thought he was bright, his movement was good. Sharp. He was very brave at the first goal. He makes a run and comes back onside and obviously some strikers would maybe move their head out of the way with the keeper coming through but he didn’t and he scored the goal. And it was a great cross for the second one. He was excellent.”
Nicolas Kuhn was on the scoresheet as Celtic defeated St Johnstone 3-1 to go top of the Premiership.
Nicolas Kuhn was on the scoresheet as Celtic defeated St Johnstone 3-1 to go top of the Premiership.

Kuhn netted his second goal for Celtic and continued to impress following a fruitful first start at Parkhead against Livingston last weekend. “I think you are starting to see a little bit of why we brought him here,” Rodgers said. “He’s very quick. It was just hard for him when he came in, struggling with his teeth and everything medically. But he has shown now that he has his strength back up and he’s training really well. He obviously puts in a great cross for the first goal and you see his speed for the second one. We always want our wingers to get in the box. He got himself in there and scored a fantastic goal.”

Substitute James Forrest added a third and Alistair Johnston was denied a goal by a marginal offside call after Connor Smith had pulled one back for Saints, after Celtic defender Cameron Carter-Vickers had gone off for a rest. Rodgers said: “I thought from the start of the game there was a great feeling in the stadium and from the crowd. The players started the game well and I thought overall it was a very good performance. The only downside was when I made all the changes our pressing went a little bit passive and that gave them a little bit more time on the ball than we would have wanted.”

Saints manager Craig Levein admitted his side could not produce the complete display they needed to get another result at Celtic Park, having drawn in August. “Our defensive display was really good,” Levein said. “Losing the goal early in the second half was a killer blow but in the first half we restricted Celtic to very few opportunities. When we had the ball we just coughed it up every time. It seemed to be constant that we turned the ball over and invited Celtic to have another attack. That was the frustrating part. It was about half-an-hour until Celtic had their first shot on target. We restricted them to the wide areas and managed to block any shots and crosses. But if you continually give the ball away to a team as good as Celtic, you’re going to be facing attack after attack.”

Levein lost midfielder Sven Sprangler to a knee injury midway through the first half. “It looks like Sprangler has opened his medial ligament,” he said. “I’ve no idea if he will be out for weeks or months.”

BBC

By Andy CampbellBBC Sport Scotland

Last updated on

2 minutes ago2 minutes ago.From the section Scottish Premiership
Nicolas Kuhn scores for Celtic against St Johnstone
Nicolas Kuhn (right) doubled Celtic’s lead early in the second half

Celtic’s forwards “need competition” said manager Brendan Rodgers after Kyogo Furuhashi made an “excellent” return to the team in victory over St Johnstone that reclaimed top spot in the Scottish Premiership.

The defending champions moved a point ahead of Rangers, who play on Sunday, with goals by Furuhashi, Nicolas Kuhn and James Forrest.

Kyogo, who also struck the crossbar had two goals ruled out for offside, started the previous three games on the bench and has been in and out the side since Adam Idah’s arrival in January.

“Adam has been very good when he came in and that is what Kyogo and every player needs,” Rodgers said. “They need competition.

“[Kyogo] was bright, his movement was good. Sharp. He was very brave at the first goal. He makes a run and comes back onside. Some strikers would maybe move their head out of the way with the keeper coming through, but he didn’t and he scored the goal.

“And it was a great cross for the second one. He was excellent.”

St Johnstone, who replied late on through Connor Smith, drop a spot to 10th and are just a point above Ross County in the relegation play-off place.

Rangers, who have the same goal difference as Celtic but with fewer goals scored, visit Dundee on Sunday. After that final Premiership game before the international break, all top-flight teams will have eight fixtures to play.

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Daizen Maeda diverted a Cameron Carter-Vickers shot towards goal and both that and Maeda’s follow-up were blocked on the line amid desperate Saints defending early on.

Kyogo made a typical run to beat offside and latch on to Kuhn’s pass, the striker’s chip finishing too high, and Luke Robinson came to St Johnstone’s rescue on the goalline by blocking Tomoki Iwata’s shot.

Kyogo’s chest then converted Matt O’Riley’s cross but the striker was offside. However, Saints had no such reprieve when Kuhn delivered from the right and Kyogo headed past Dimitar Mitov.

The flag was raised again as Kyogo converted a Maeda headed pass.

But the Japan international kept himself onside to set up the second just after half-time. He latched on to Greg Taylor’s pass in the inside left channel and the laid the ball across for Kuhn to tap in.

And the St Johnstone goal continued to come under heavy pressure as Kyogo smacked a shot against the bar following O’Riley’s delicate pass.

Kuhn made way for Forrest and the veteran winger made his mark with the third goal. Celtic built on the left and O’Riley spotted Forrest in space on the other side, the substitute’s control and left-foot finish both clinical and typical.

Smith and Stevie May, like Forrest, also made an impact off the bench. May’s header was well kept out by keeper Joe Hart and Smith volleyed in the rebound.

Almost straight away Alistair Johnston netted at the other end but once again the flag denied Celtic.
Player of the match – Kyogo Furuhashi
Kyogo Furuhashi celebrates after scoring for Celtic against St Johnstone
The Japan striker recaptured some of his best form in a Celtic shirt with a goal and an assist
Title holders get job done – analysis

It’s all about winning for Celtic at this stage of the campaign and on that scale they delivered.

Rangers have been a bigger problem to Celtic this season than last term or during boss Brendan Rodgers’ previous spell as manager and that has raised the stakes but so long as the defending champions keep picking up victories like this, another title is well within reach.

St Johnstone’s approach was to defend stoutly and compete where possible further up the park. The first part they did well enough, the latter not so much. Adama Sidibeh was isolated in attack and his frustration boiled over with a booking for catching Stephen Welsh with an arm.

The mission for Craig Levein’s side now is survival and with Mitov in goal, Saints at least have a chance of staying in games. He kept out an Iwata strike with an impressive first-half save, touched an O’Riley free-kick over in the second period and denied substitute Adam Idah at close range late on.
What the manager said
Celtic manager lauds ‘really professional job’

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers: “Very pleased. Very good performance. Scored three goals, could’ve had more. Overall, really, really pleased. Good penetration.”

St Johnstone manager Craig Levein: “Some good things and some not so good things. Break it down to in possession and out of position – quite a stark difference in the level of success.

“Defensively we restricted Celtic pretty much in the first half. With the ball, we just couldn’t string two or three passes together. We were too hurried. You need to be calm when you get the ball. The substitutes were really good.”

Match ends, Celtic 3, St. Johnstone 1.
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Full Time

Second Half ends, Celtic 3, St. Johnstone 1.

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Attempt missed. Tomoki Iwata (Celtic) header from the left side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Stephen Welsh following a corner.
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Attempt missed. Stephen Welsh (Celtic) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Odin Thiago Holm with a cross following a corner.
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Attempt blocked. Adam Idah (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Liam Gordon.
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Attempt saved. Greg Taylor (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tomoki Iwata.
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Booking

Daniel Phillips (St. Johnstone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Daniel Kelly (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Daniel Phillips (St. Johnstone).
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Tomoki Iwata (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Stevie May (St. Johnstone).
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Booking

Ryan McGowan (St. Johnstone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Adam Idah (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Ryan McGowan (St. Johnstone).
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Foul by Tomoki Iwata (Celtic).
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Connor Smith (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Odin Thiago Holm (Celtic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
88′

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Foul by Daniel Phillips (St. Johnstone).
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Attempt blocked. James Forrest (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Odin Thiago Holm.

86′

Substitution

Substitution, Celtic. Gustaf Lagerbielke replaces Matt O’Riley.
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Offside, Celtic. Alistair Johnston is caught offside.

81′
Goal!

Goal! Celtic 3, St. Johnstone 1. Connor Smith (St. Johnstone) left footed shot from very close range to the top left corner.
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Attempt saved. Stevie May (St. Johnstone) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Tony Gallacher with a cross.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Tony Gallacher.
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Attempt blocked. Stevie May (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Daniel Phillips.
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Offside, St. Johnstone. Benjamin Mbunga Kimpioka is caught offside.
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Substitution

Substitution, Celtic. Odin Thiago Holm replaces Cameron Carter-Vickers.
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Substitution

Substitution, Celtic. Adam Idah replaces Kyogo Furuhashi.
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Substitution

Substitution, St. Johnstone. Stevie May replaces Graham Carey.
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Substitution

Substitution, St. Johnstone. Connor Smith replaces Matt Smith.
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Goal!

Goal! Celtic 3, St. Johnstone 0. James Forrest (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matt O’Riley.
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Substitution

Substitution, St. Johnstone. Tony Gallacher replaces Luke Robinson.
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Substitution

Substitution, St. Johnstone. Benjamin Mbunga Kimpioka replaces Adama Sidibeh.
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Substitution

Substitution, Celtic. Daniel Kelly replaces Paulo Bernardo.
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Substitution

Substitution, Celtic. James Forrest replaces Nicolas Kühn.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Dimitar Mitov.
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Attempt saved. Matt O’Riley (Celtic) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is saved in the top centre of the goal.
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Alistair Johnston (Celtic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Daniel Phillips (St. Johnstone).

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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Luke Robinson.
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Alistair Johnston (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

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Foul by Max Kucheryavyi (St. Johnstone).
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Corner, St. Johnstone. Conceded by Paulo Bernardo.
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Attempt blocked. Daniel Phillips (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Attempt blocked. Andy Considine (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Graham Carey with a cross.
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Corner, St. Johnstone. Conceded by Paulo Bernardo.
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Foul by Tomoki Iwata (Celtic).
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Matt Smith (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic).
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Adama Sidibeh (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Matt O’Riley.
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Paulo Bernardo (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Daniel Phillips (St. Johnstone).
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Alistair Johnston (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Adama Sidibeh (St. Johnstone).
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Foul by Alistair Johnston (Celtic).
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Matt Smith (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Luke Robinson.
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Goal!

Goal! Celtic 2, St. Johnstone 0. Nicolas Kühn (Celtic) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kyogo Furuhashi with a cross.

Second Half

Second Half begins Celtic 1, St. Johnstone 0.
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Half Time

First Half ends, Celtic 1, St. Johnstone 0.

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Offside, Celtic. Nicolas Kühn is caught offside.
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Offside, Celtic. Daizen Maeda is caught offside.
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Attempt blocked. Matt O’Riley (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolas Kühn.
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Booking

Adama Sidibeh (St. Johnstone) 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 Adama Sidibeh (St. Johnstone).
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Attempt missed. Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic) left footed shot from very close range misses to the right.
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Goal!

Goal! Celtic 1, St. Johnstone 0. Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nicolas Kühn.
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Offside, Celtic. Kyogo Furuhashi is caught offside.
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Attempt saved. Tomoki Iwata (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Liam Gordon.
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Attempt blocked. Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
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Offside, Celtic. Kyogo Furuhashi is caught offside.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Andy Considine.
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Offside, St. Johnstone. Adama Sidibeh is caught offside.
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Attempt blocked. Tomoki Iwata (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Attempt blocked. Paulo Bernardo (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cameron Carter-Vickers.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Daniel Phillips.

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Foul by Paulo Bernardo (Celtic).
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Max Kucheryavyi (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

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Attempt missed. Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Nicolas Kühn.
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Attempt blocked. Daizen Maeda (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Cameron Carter-Vickers.
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Attempt blocked. Daizen Maeda (Celtic) left footed shot from very close range is blocked.
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Attempt missed. Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
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Attempt missed. Stephen Welsh (Celtic) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Matt O’Riley with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Graham Carey.
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Substitution

Substitution, St. Johnstone. Max Kucheryavyi replaces Sven Sprangler because of an injury.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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Delay in match because of an injury Sven Sprangler (St. Johnstone).
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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Delay in match because of an injury Sven Sprangler (St. Johnstone).
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Daizen Maeda (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by David Keltjens (St. Johnstone).
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Attempt missed. Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Matt O’Riley with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Ryan McGowan.
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Alistair Johnston (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Luke Robinson (St. Johnstone).
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Paulo Bernardo (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

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Foul by Sven Sprangler (St. Johnstone).
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Foul by Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic).

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Daniel Phillips (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt blocked. Adama Sidibeh (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sven Sprangler.
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Paulo Bernardo (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Liam Gordon (St. Johnstone).
Kick Off

First Half begins.
Posted at 14:01

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Lineups are announced and players are warming up.