PERTH. Celtic had a easy win over St. Johnstone. Celtic scored with Andy Considine (13′), Kyogo Furuhashi (22′), Aaron Mooy (38′) and David Turnbull (90′). On the other side, Drey Wright (25′) scored for St. Johnstone. Celtic was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (71%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the McDiarmid Park stadium in Perth on Sunday and it started at 12:00 pm local time. The referee was David Dickinson who had the assistance of Calum Spence and Ross MacLeod. The 4th official was David Munro. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 23.4 degrees Celsius or 74.16 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Celtic had a superior ball possession 71% while St. Johnstone was struggling with a 29% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Celtic had a more offensive attitude with 41 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Celtic won the match.​

St. Johnstone shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Celtic shot 13 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

St. Johnstone received 2 yellow cards (Connor McLennan and James Brown). Talking about the opposition, Celtic received 2 yellow cards (Jota and Greg Taylor).

(St. Johnstone) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (90′).

Standings

After this match, St. Johnstone will stay with 27 points to hold in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Celtic will have 70 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premiership, St. Johnstone will host Hibernian on the 22nd of April with a 12-12 head to head.

Celtic will host Motherwell on the 22nd of April with a 47-4 head to head stats in favor of Celtic (9 draws).

St. Johnstone – Formation

St. Johnstone started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

The manager Callum Davidson decided to play with the following team: Remi Matthews (5.8), Drey Wright (7.4), James Brown (7.0), Alex Mitchell (6.3), Andy Considine (6.4), Tony Gallacher (6.4), Graham Carey (6.6), Cameron MacPherson (6.6), Daniel Phillips (6.7), Graham Carey, Connor McLennan (6.2) and Stevie May (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Ross Sinclair, Liam Gordon, David Wotherspoon (6.4), Melker Hallberg (6.3), Jamie Murphy, Ali Crawford, Michael O’Halloran, Thelonius Bair and Zak Rudden (6.2).

Substitutions

St. Johnstone made 5 changes: Drey Wright for David Wotherspoon (69′), Daniel Phillips for Melker Hallberg (79′), Stevie May for Zak Rudden (79′), Graham Carey for Thelonius Bair (84′) and Connor McLennan for Jamie Murphy (84′).

Best player: Drey Wright​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for St. Johnstone was Drey Wright.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 23 passes (69% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 3 crosses.

Celtic – Formation

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

Angelos Postecoglou played with: Joe Hart (6.4), Alistair Johnston (6.4), Cameron Carter-Vickers (7.2), Carl Starfelt (7.4), Greg Taylor (6.5), Aaron Mooy (7.4), Callum McGregor (7.4), Reo Hatate (6.4), Jota (7.4), Kyogo Furuhashi (7.1), Daizen Maeda (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Scott Bain, Tomoki Iwata, Yuki Kobayashi, David Turnbull (7.1), James Forrest, Sead Hakšabanović, Matt O’Riley (6.1), Liel Abada (6.6) and Hyun-gyu Oh (6.4).

Substitutions

Celtic made 5 changes: R. Hatate for Liel Abada (69′), Daizen Maeda for Matt O’Riley (69′), Aaron Mooy for David Turnbull (79′), Kyogo Furuhashi for Oh Hyun-Gyu (79′) and Jota for Sead Hakšabanović (87′).

Best player: Aaron Mooy​

The most impressive player for Celtic was Aaron Mooy.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 52 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 1. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premiership.​

• St. Johnstone – Celtic – 1-4