Match Report
| St. Johnstone | St. Johnstone |  |  | Celtic | Celtic | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Mitchell Green | Mitchell Green | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stuart Caldwell | S. Caldwell |  | 73 | G |  | 1 | | G | 72 |  | Ismael Izzet | I. Izzet | |||||||||
| Scott Young | S. Young | | 66 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 63 | | Andy Souness | A. Souness | |||||||||
| Colin Law | C. Law | | 62 | D | | 3 | | D | 61 | | Callum Dalglish | C. Dalglish | |||||||||
| Callum McStay | C. McStay | | 61 | D | | 4 | | D | 67 |  | Tobias Basler | T. Basler | |||||||||
| Franceco Turato | F. Turato |  | 60 | D | | 5 | | D | 65 |  | Jose Javier Pascual | J. Pascual | |||||||||
| Sergio Lima | S. Lima |  | 74 | M | | 6 | | M | 54 | | Jaime Barros | J. Barros | |||||||||
| Ron Van Vliet | R. Van Vliet |  | 70 | M | | 7 | | M | 62 |  | Adrien André | A. André | |||||||||
| Ron Landzaat | R. Landzaat | | 63 | M | | 8 | | M | 57 | | Billy Caldwell | B. Caldwell | |||||||||
| David Ferguson | D. Ferguson | | 60 | M | | 9 | | A | 66 | | Franois Zerdoux | F. Zerdoux | |||||||||
| Billy Souness | B. Souness | | 67 | A | | 10 | | A | 72 | | Gavin Mcallister | G. Mcallister | |||||||||
| Scott McGrory | S. McGrory | | 65 | A | | 11 | | A | 65 | | Julian Velasco | J. Velasco | |||||||||
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Match Report
An overcast sky looms overhead here at McDiarmid Park where St. Johnstone play host to Celtic. A crowd of 20,309 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
St. Johnstone are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while Celtic appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
St. Johnstone are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while Celtic appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
0.00
0-0St. Johnstone get the match underway!
2.15
0-0Ron Landzaat deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Scott McGrory. Scott McGrory threads the ball through to Billy Souness but he's offside!
6.01
0-0Adrien André flicks the ball to his team mate, Julian Velasco. Julian Velasco shoots from 25 yards but Stuart Caldwell is on top of it.
8.36
0-0Jaime Barros deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Gavin Mcallister. Gavin Mcallister whips in a cross ball towards Julian Velasco. Julian Velasco is unmarked! He powers a header at goal but it flies wide!
12.17
Adrien André knocks the ball forward to Gavin Mcallister. Gavin Mcallister tries a spectacular long range effort but it is miles over!
14.40
0-0St. Johnstone are easily keeping Celtic at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
15.13
0-0Ron Van Vliet passes the ball forward to Billy Souness. Billy Souness knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Tobias Basler.
16.22
Jose Javier Pascual threads the ball through to Billy Caldwell. Billy Caldwell makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Julian Velasco. Julian Velasco goes all the way! Julian Velasco shows great control and tries a shot on goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
18.58
The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
45.00
The whistle indicates the end of the first half!
45.00
Celtic kick off and get the second half underway!
48.48
0-0Franois Zerdoux clumsily knocks into Callum McStay. The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Callum McStay runs off the knock.
49.57
Ron Van Vliet kicks a strong pass forward to Scott McGrory. Scott McGrory finds some space and shoots from distance but he balloons it over the crossbar!
54.16
Adrien André threads the ball through to Julian Velasco. Julian Velasco goes all the way! Julian Velasco shows great control and tries a shot on goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
59.20
Ron Van Vliet makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Scott McGrory. Scott McGrory shoots from distance but it curls horrendously wide!
66.26
David Ferguson advances with the ball. David Ferguson shoots from long range but he balloons it over the crossbar!
67.21
Sergio Lima makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Billy Souness. Billy Souness knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Ismael Izzet who gathers it comfortably.
73.53
David Ferguson knocks the ball to his team mate, Billy Souness. Billy Souness controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. It's miles wide!
75.41
Adrien André comes in with a late challenge on Ron Landzaat. The referee calls over Adrien André and shows him a yellow card! Ron Landzaat runs off the knock.
90.00
Callum McStay hacks Julian Velasco from behind! The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Julian Velasco stretches but gets up unharmed.
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
0
0
Shots on Target
0
1
Shots off Target
4
4
Offsides
1
1
Fouls
1
2
Yellow Cards
1
2
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
53.1%
46.9%
Play Area
20.3%
50%
29.7%