Celtic recovers a 0-1 deficit to prevail over Ross County 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

GLASGOW. Celtic found a way to reverse the scoreline against Ross County to win 2-1.

November 13, 2022

GLASGOW. Celtic was capable to reverse the scoreline against Ross County to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Ross County to strike first with a penalty of D. Cancola at the 50′. Then it was a goal in the 62′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, S. Haksabanovic gave the win to Celtic in the 68′ minute. Celtic was surely better in terms of ball possession (75%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

The match was played at the Celtic Park stadium in Glasgow on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was David Munro with the support of Ross MacLeod and David Doig. The 4th official was Peter Stuart. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11.9 degrees Celsius or 53.35 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.

Match Statistics

Celtic

2 - 1

Ross County

! 75 Ball Possession 25

Shots

22 Total 2
6 On Target 2
16 Off Target 0
0 Shots blocked 0

126 Attack 75
90 Dangerous attack 19
0 Ball safe 0

0 Penalties 1
9 Corners 0

Fouls

14 Total 5
1 Yellow Cards 4
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Celtic had a strong ball possession 75% while Ross County was struggling with a 25% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Celtic had a more offensive attitude with 90 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Celtic won the match.

Celtic shot 22 times, 6 on target, 16 off target. Talking about the opposition, Ross County shot 2 times, 2 on target, 0 off target.

Cards

Celtic received 1 yellow card (D. Turnbull). Talking about the opposition, Ross County received 4 yellow cards (D. Cancola, R. Laidlaw, D. Samuel and K. Olaigbe).

Match Timeline

38'

41'

45'

50'

56'

Ross Laidlaw- Yellow

62'

66'

68'

69'

74'

82'

84'

G. Taylor- sub ->A. Bernabei

86'

87'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this encounter, Celtic will have 42 points to remain in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Ross County will stay with 15 points like Kilmarnock to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premiership, Celtic will play away against Rangers on the 2nd of January with a 23-19 head to head in favor of Celtic (9 draws).

Ross County will play away agasint Aberdeen on the 2nd of January with a 15-9 head to head in favor of Aberdeen (5 draws).

Celtic – Formation

Celtic

Joe Hart 1.England

6.4

A. Ralston 56.Scotland

6.4

Cameron Carter-Vickers 20.United States

7.0

Moritz Jenz 6.Germany

7.1

38'

Alexandro Bernabéi 25.Argentina

6.2

86'

D. Turnbull 14.Scotland

7.8

45'

62'

Matt O'Riley 33.England

7.1

Reo Hatate 41.Japan

8.0

Sead Haksabanovic 9.Montenegro

6.8

69'

68'

Kyogo Furuhashi 8.Japan

6.2

69'

Daizen Maeda 38.Japan

6.6

69'

Substitutes

B. Siegrist 31.Switzerland

G. Taylor 3.Scotland

86'

Carl Starfelt 4.Sweden

6.9

38'

Oliver Abildgaard 28.Denmark

Aaron Mooy 13.Australia

James Forrest 49.Scotland

Liel Abada 11.Israel

6.5

69'

Jota 17.Portugal

6.8

69'

G. Giakoumakis 7.Greece

6.5

69'

Celtic started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Angelos Postecoglou decided to play with the following team: Joe Hart (6.4), Anthony Ralston (6.4), Cameron Carter-Vickers (7.0), Moritz Jenz (7.1), Alexandro Bernabei (6.2), Reo Hatate (8.0), Matt O’Riley (7.1), David Turnbull (7.8), Daizen Maeda (6.6), Kyogo Furuhashi (6.2) and Sead Hakšabanović (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Benjamin Siegrist, Greg Taylor, Carl Starfelt (6.9), Oliver Abildgaard, Aaron Mooy, James Forrest, Liel Abada (6.5), Jota (6.8) and Giorgos Giakoumakis (6.5).

Substitutions

Celtic made 5 changes: M. Jenz for C. Starfelt (38′), K. Furuhashi for G. Giakoumakis (69′), D. Maeda for Jota (69′), S. Haksabanovic for L. Abada (69′) and A. Bernabei for G. Taylor (86′).

Best player: Reo Hatate

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Celtic was Reo Hatate even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.0) with 43 passes (83% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 3. He performed 2 crosses.

Ross County – Formation

Ross County

Ross Laidlaw 1.Scotland

6.3

56'

Callum Johnson 12.England

6.1

Keith Watson 15.Scotland

6.6

Alex Iacovitti 6.Scotland

6.2

George Harmon 16.England

6.3

David Cancola 4.Austria

6.8

66'

41'

50'

Victor Loturi 14.Canada

6.8

Josh Sims 11.England

7.0

66'

Jordan Tillson 22.England

6.5

74'

Yan Dhanda 10.England

6.2

84'

Jordan White 26.Scotland

7.2

86'

Substitutes

Ross Munro 21.Scotland

Jake Eastwood 31.England

Dylan Smith 30.Scotland

William Akio 18.South Sudan

6.2

86'

O. Edwards 7.England

6.8

74'

K. Olaigbe 17.Belgium

84'

87'

Jordy Hiwula 19.England

6.4

66'

D. Samuel 9.England

6.4

66'

82'

Ross County started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Malky Mackay played with: Ross Laidlaw (6.3), Callum Johnson (6.1), Keith Watson (6.6), Alex Iacovitti (6.2), George Harmon (6.3), Victor Loturi (6.8), David Cancola (6.8), Yan Dhanda (6.2), Jordan Tillson (6.5), Josh Sims (7.0) and Jordan White (7.2).

These were the players on the bench: Ross Munro, Jake Eastwood, Dylan Smith, William Akio (6.2), Owura Edwards (6.8), Kazeem Olaigbe, Jordy Hiwula (6.4) and Dominic Samuel (6.4).

Substitutions

Ross County made 5 changes: J. Sims for J. Hiwula (66′), D. Cancola for D. Samuel (66′), J. Tillson for O. Edwards (74′), Y. Dhanda for K. Olaigbe (84′) and J. White for W. Akio (86′).