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St. Johnstone vs Celtic
9 Sept 2026, 20:00 · Premiership · 2026/2027
Referee
Matthew MacDermidPremiership 2026/2027 · 3 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
St. JohnstoneMin
Celtic- 52′⚽
Mika Baur 0-1
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Haissem Hassan
Right foot shot
Josh Campbell
Yellowcard · Foul
Foul
55′- ⇄
R. Paton
Substitution
Off: Josh Fowler
62′ - ⇄
Sam Stanton
Substitution
Off: J. Holt
62′ - 67′⇄
Benjamin Nygren
Substitution
Off: Oliver Sørensen
Reece McAlear
Yellowcard · Foul
Foul
69′- 73′⇄
Camilo Durán
Substitution
Off: Haissem Hassan
- 73′⇄
James Forrest
Substitution
Off: Sebastian Tounekti
- ⇄
Kai Fotheringham
Substitution
Off: T. Steven
74′ - ⇄
Danny Schmidt
Substitution
Off: Josh Campbell
74′ - 82′
Liam Scales
Yellowcard · Foul
Foul
- 86′⇄
Shumaira Mheuka
Substitution
Off: Kasper Høgh
- ⇄
Macaulay Tait
Substitution
Off: Joel Cotterill
87′ - 87′⇄
Kieran Tierney
Substitution
Off: Liam Scales
- 90+4′
Mika Baur
Yellowcard · Handball
Handball
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 8.07 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6.50 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.80 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.85 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | 7.33 | |
| 63 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.56 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 6.65 | |
| 74 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.24 | |
| 87 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.40 | |
| 74 | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | 6.97 | |
| 63 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 6.87 | |
| 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.45 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 27 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6.63 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 16 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.79 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 16 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.67 | |
| 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Before this match
Recent form
Select W, D or L to see that match’s stats. Pink outline = 2026/2027.
St. Johnstone
Latest: Hibernian · 2–1
Match stats
6 Sept 2026, 15:00 · Home vs Hibernian · 2026/2027
Celtic
Latest: St. Mirren · 2–1
Match stats
5 Sept 2026, 20:00 · Away vs St. Mirren · 2026/2027
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At St. Johnstone’s ground: 27 previous meetings, 5 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare St. Johnstone’s home games with Celtic’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2026/2027. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
St. Johnstone
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Tackles
Celtic
Yellow cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
St. Johnstone
Celtic
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
St. Johnstone
Celtic
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
St. Johnstone
Celtic
Previous meetings
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