Celtic FC vs St. Johnstone FC, Premier League 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Celtic FC vs St. Johnstone FC — Premier League at Celtic Park.
- Celtic FC 33 games · 67 pts (2025/26)
- St. Johnstone FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Matthew McDermid (Scotland)
- Assistant 1 Francis Connor
- Assistant 2 David Dunne
21 games this season 🟨 0.4/game ⚽ 3.5 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Heart of Midlothian FC 33 70 2 Rangers FC 33 69 3 Celtic FC 33 67 4 Motherwell FC 33 54 5 Hibernian FC 33 51 6 Falkirk FC 33 46 7 Dundee United FC 33 40 8 Aberdeen FC 33 33 9 Dundee FC 33 33 10 St. Mirren FC 33 30 11 Kilmarnock FC 33 28 12 Livingston FC 33 16 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 29 Dec St. Johnstone FC H 4–0 W 26 Dec Motherwell FC H 4–0 W 22 Dec Dundee United FC A 0–0 D 10 Dec GNK Dinamo Zagreb A 0–0 D 07 Dec Hibernian FC H 3–0 W 04 Dec Aberdeen FC A 1–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 29 Dec Celtic FC A 0–4 L 26 Dec Dundee United FC H 1–2 L 22 Dec Heart of Midlothian FC A 1–2 L 14 Dec St. Mirren FC H 2–3 L 07 Dec Aberdeen FC A 1–1 D 01 Dec Rangers FC H 0–1 L Key Stats
35% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history36% Clean Sheets
Celtic FC this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Celtic FC0-152/116-302/131-454/246-603/161-751/176+5/1■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. Celtic FC kicks off things out of here…
- 5' The travelling St. Johnstone FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
- 15' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Kasper Schmeichel suffering a number of foals already.
- 20' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Lewis Neilson made 179 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 25' Celtic FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 26' St. Johnstone FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 26.
- 30' Celtic FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Nicolas Kuhn on 30.
- 35' It’s high time Brendan Rodgers made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 40' Alistair Johnston has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 9 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 45' St. Johnstone FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 46' The supporters are chanting for Lewis Neilson. He replaces Aaron Essel on 46 minute.
- 51' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 56' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 59' Goal! Kyogo Furuhashi scores his 122 goal in 421 matches.
- 64' What a strike from Kyogo Furuhashi! The score is 3-0.
- 67' Callum McGregor is replacing Arne Engels for the Celtic FC side.
- 68' Time for substitution for Celtic FC. Nicolas Kuhn is replaced by Daizen Maeda.
- 69' Another substitution for St. Johnstone FC to replace Sven Sprangler by Graham Carey on 69 minute.
- 73' Goal! Daizen Maeda scores his 74 goal in 34 matches.
- 74' Anthony Ralston is replacing Alistair Johnston for the Celtic FC side.
- 79' The whistle greets Jack Sanders as he departs to be replaced by Jason Holt.
- 84' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Celtic FC that had 406 games and scored 765 goals.
- 89' Matthew Smith needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Celtic FC players.
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Lineups
Celtic FC Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
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- 20
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8
Kyogo Furuhashi ↓ Adam Idah 68'
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41
Reo Hatate ↓ Luke McCowan 74'
- 5
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10
Nicolas Kuhn ↓ Daizen Maeda 68'
- 2
- 28
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27
Arne Engels ↓ Callum McGregor 67'
- 13
- 11
Bench
- 6
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42
Callum McGregor ↑ 67'
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56
Anthony Ralston ↑ 74'
- 3
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38
Daizen Maeda ↑ 68'
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14
Luke McCowan ↑ 74'
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9
Adam Idah ↑ 68'
- 12
- 7
Coach Brendan RodgersSt. Johnstone FC Lineups
3-5-1-1Starting XI
- 22
- 2
- 4
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10
Nicky Clark ↓ Adama Sidibeh 46'
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23
Sven Sprangler ↓ Graham Carey 69'
- 27
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5
Jack Sanders ↓ Jason Holt 79'
- 12
- 3
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15
Aaron Essel ↓ Lewis Neilson 46'
- 46
Bench
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29
Benjamin Mbunga-Kimpioka ↑ 46'
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7
Jason Holt ↑ 79'
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11
Graham Carey ↑ 69'
- 14
- 33
- 20
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6
Lewis Neilson ↑ 46'
- 17
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16
Adama Sidibeh ↑ 46'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Kyogo Furuhashi 8 James Forrest 8 Odsonne Edouard 5 Ryan Christie 4 Callum McGregor 4 James Forrest 4 Giorgos Giakoumakis 3 Leigh Griffiths 3 Head to Head
Celtic FC Form
St. Johnstone FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 42.31 Celtic FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.7 St. Johnstone FC xGI would bet for: Celtic FC to win 72% + Over 2.5 goals 57%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Celtic FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.01Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 80% 20% ± 2.5 57% 43% ± 3.5 35% 65% ± 4.5 19% 81% Double Chance
Celtic FC or Draw 90%Draw or St. Johnstone FC 28%Celtic FC or St. Johnstone FC 82%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Celtic FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 122 – 0 13%1 – 0 11.1%3 – 0 9.8%2 – 1 8.9%1 – 1 8.6%3 – 1 6.9%0 – 0 6.5%4 – 0 Actual4 – 1 4.1%2 – 2 3.1%0 – 1 2.8%5 – 0 2.7%Asian Handicap — Celtic FC
Handicap Celtic FC covers Push St. Johnstone FC covers -2.5 28% — 72% -2 28% 22% 50% -1.5 50% — 50% -1 50% 23% 28% -0.5 72% — 28% +0.5 91% — 9% +1 91% 6% 2% +1.5 98% — 2% +2 98% 2% 0% +2.5 100% — 0% Clean Sheet
Celtic FC keeps clean sheet 50% ✓St. Johnstone FC keeps clean sheet 11% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.