Keep up with all the live action as Celtic take on St Johnstone, with a chance of possibly going 8 points clear at the top of the Premiership table.
FT Celtic 3-0 St Johnstone
90+1′ Klimala clears off the line and then shows us that ‘pace’ on the counter as well.
86′ Klimala inches away from getting his foot to the ball. Would have been his first goal in the Green-and-White.
77′ Forster does brilliantly to deny St Johnstone.
65′ The game has settled down.
46′: SUBSTITUTION. Second half is back underway. Moritz Bauer comes in for Jozo Simunovic.
HT: St. Johnstone 0-3 Celtic. Bhoys look great, and the formation that Lennon has been putting out in the second half seems to be doing wonders. Also, the return of Leigh Griffiths is real. Great stuff.
38′: Olivier Ntcham just misses to the right of goal from outside the box.
26′: GOALLLL!!! Leigh Griffiths gets it done again! St. Johnstone 0-3 Celtic.
20′
GOAL! FORREST! Brilliant finish past the St Johnstone keeper to make it 2-0.
6′
GOAL! NTCHAM! What a start. Beautiful cross from Forrest and Ntcham just heads it in. 1-0
Kickoff
Celtic XI
Fraser Froster
Jozo Simunovic
Kris Ajer
Christopher Jullien
Greg Taylor
Scott Brown (C)
Callum McGregor
Olivier Ntcham
James Forrest
Leigh Griffiths
Odsonne Edouard
Substitutes: Craig Gordon, Moritz Bauer, Jonny Hayes, Tom Rogic, Mikey Johnston, Ryan Christie, Patryk Klimala.
St Johnstone XI
Z. Clark
L. Gordon
J. Kerr
C. Booth
W. Duffy
A. McCann
J. Holt
D. Wotherspoon
S. Tanser
M. O’ Halloran
C. Hendry
Substitutes: J. McCart, C. Kane, D. Swanson, E. Parish, S. May, L. Craig, J. Northcott.
Neil Lennon’s line-up against St Johnstone is interesting to say the least. True to form, the Celtic boss has not been afraid of experimenting although much of that has been forced on him due to injuries as well. He has decided to go with the attacking duo of Edouard and Griffiths once again. But it is hard to figure how that defence and midfield is set up ahead of the game. Ryan Christie is back from suspension, but has only made the bench this time around.
St Johnstone currently sit at eight in the Premiership table and should not possess huge problems to Celtic. But if Rangers’ loss against Hearts has taught us anything, it is that no team can be taken lightly. Any small misstep can have huge consequences at the end of the season. Thus, the Bhoys will do well to come out of the gates firing on all cylinders and finish off the game as quickly as possible.