Celtic tops St. Mirren 5-1 after playing a incredible match. HIGHLIGHTS

PAISLEY. Celtic defeats St. Mirren 5-1 after playing a incredible match.

By
John Ross
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Celtic tops St. Mirren 5-1 after playing a incredible match. HIGHLIGHTS

PAISLEY. Celtic conquers St. Mirren 5-1 after playing a incredible match. Celtic was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (83%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the The Paisley 2021 Stadium stadium in Paisley on Sunday and it started at 12:00 pm local time. The referee was David Dickinson who was helped by Ross MacLeod and David Dunne. The 4th official was Euan Anderson. The weather was rainy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.8 degrees Celsius or 44.19 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

St. Mirren

1 - 5

Team 1

Celtic

  • ! 18 Ball Possession 82
Shots
  • 1 Total 16
  • 1 On Target 8
  • 0 Off Target 2
  • 0 Shots blocked 6
  • 54 Attack 156
  • 13 Dangerous attack 104
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 1
  • 0 Corners 6
Fouls
  • 14 Total 7
  • 1 Yellow Cards 0
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 1 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Celtic had a strong ball possession 83% while St. Mirren was struggling with a 17% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Celtic was more aggressive with 104 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Celtic won the match.​

St. Mirren shot 1 times, 1 on target, 0 off target. Talking about the opposition, Celtic shot 16 times, 8 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

St. Mirren received 1 yellow card (Ryan Strain). On the other side, Celtic didn’t receive any yellow card.

(St. Mirren) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (38′).

Match Timeline

5'
Mark O'Hara(penalty)
6'
Ryan Strain- Yellow
37'
Charles Dunne- Red
38'
40'
Richard Taylor- sub ->Alexander Greive
45'
46'
56'
61'
Alistair Johnston(goal)
Tony Watt- sub ->Ryan Strain
63'
63'
66'
Hyeon-gyu Oh- sub ->Kyogo Furuhashi
66'
Matt O'Riley- sub ->R. Hatate
70'
71'
72'
Matt O'Riley(goal)L. Abada
74'
Tomoki Iwata- sub ->Aaron Mooy
74'
Scott Tanser- sub ->Oleksandr Shovkovskyi
75'
80'
Hyeon-gyu Oh(var)
81'
Hyeon-gyu Oh(penalty)

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Celtic
92
33
Rangers
79
33
Aberdeen
53
33
Hearts
48
33
Hibernian
44
33
St. Mirren
44
33
Livingston
42
33
Motherwell
37
33
St. Johnstone
33
33
Dundee United
31
33
Kilmarnock
31
33
Ross County
27
33

After this match, St. Mirren will stay with 37 points to sit in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, Celtic will have 76 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premiership, St. Mirren will host Kilmarnock on the 22nd of April with a 19-13 head to head in favor of Kilmarnock (13 draws).

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

St. Mirren – Formation

St. Mirren
G
Kevin McKenna 1.Northern Ireland
5.3
D
Marcus Fraser 22.Scotland
6.1
D
Alex Gogic 13.Cyprus
6.1
D
Charles Dunne 18.Republic of Ireland
6.2
38'
M
Ryan Strain 23.Australia
6.4
63' 37'
M
Greg Kiltie 11.Scotland
5.9
74'
M
Keanu Baccus 17.Australia
6.1
M
Mark O'Hara 6.Scotland
6.8
Goals6'
M
Thierry Small 16.England
6.2
63'
F
Alexander Greive 21.New Zealand
6.6
45'
F
Alex Greive 21.New Zealand
F
Oleksandr Shovkovskyi 10.England
6.8
75'
Substitutes
G
Peter Urminsky 27.Slovakia
D
Richard Taylor 5.England
6.3
45'
D
Joe Shaughnessy  4.Republic of Ireland
6.2
63'
D
Scott Tanser 3.England
6.2
75'
M
F. Taylor 30.Scotland
6.6
74'
M
Ryan Flynn 8.Scotland
F
Kieran Offord 25.Scotland
F
Tony Watt 9.Scotland
6.7
63'
F
Lewis Jamieson 24.Scotland

St. Mirren started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Stephen Robinson decided to play with the following team: Trevor Carson (5.3), Marcus Fraser (6.1), Alexander Gogić (6.1), Charles Dunne (6.2), Ryan Strain (6.4), Greg Kiltie (5.9), Keanu Baccus (6.1), Mark O’Hara (6.8), Thierry Small (6.2), Alex Greive, Curtis Main (6.8) and Alex Greive (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Peter Urminsky, Richard Taylor (6.3), Joe Shaughnessy (6.2), Scott Tanser (6.2), Ryan Flynn, Kieran Offord, Tony Watt (6.7), Fraser Taylor (6.6) and Lewis Jamieson.

Substitutions

St. Mirren made 5 changes: Alexander Greive for Richard Taylor (45′), Ryan Strain for Tony Watt (63′), T. Small for Joe Shaughnessy (63′), Oleksandr Shovkovskyi for Scott Tanser (75′) and Greg Kiltie for Fraser Taylor (74′).

Best player: Curtis Main​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for St. Mirren was Curtis Main.

His rating is (6.8) with 12 passes (58% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9.

Celtic – Formation

Celtic
G
Joe Hart 1.England
6.4
D
Alistair Johnston 2.Canada
7.6
Goals61'
D
Cameron Carter-Vickers 20.United States
7.1
D
Carl Starfelt 4.Sweden
6.8
D
G. Taylor 3.Scotland
6.6
M
Aaron Mooy 13.Australia
7.3
74'
M
Callum McGregor  42.Scotland
6.6
M
Reo Hatate  41.Japan
6.7
66'
F
Jota 17.Portugal
7.7
71' Goals56'
F
Kyogo Furuhashi 8.Japan
6.5
66'
F
Daizen Maeda 38.Japan
6.2
46'
Substitutes
G
Scott Bain 29.Scotland
D
Yuki Kobayashi 18.Japan
D
A. Ralston 56.Scotland
M
Tomoki Iwata 24.Japan
6.9
74'
M
Matt O'Riley 33.England
7.1
66' Goals72'
M
D. Turnbull 14.Scotland
M
Sead Haksabanovic 9.Montenegro
6.8
71'
F
Hyeon-gyu Oh 19.South Korea
7.3
66' Goals81'
F
Liel Abada 11.Israel
8.3
46' Goals70'

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

Angelos Postecoglou played with: Joe Hart (6.4), Alistair Johnston (7.6), Cameron Carter-Vickers (7.1), Carl Starfelt (6.8), Greg Taylor (6.6), Aaron Mooy (7.3), Callum McGregor (6.6), Reo Hatate (6.7), Jota (7.7), Kyogo Furuhashi (6.5), Daizen Maeda (6.2).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Scott Bain, Yuki Kobayashi, Tomoki Iwata (6.9), Anthony Ralston, Matt O’Riley (7.1), David Turnbull, Sead Hakšabanović (6.8), Hyun-gyu Oh (7.3) and Liel Abada (8.3).

Substitutions

Celtic made 5 changes: Daizen Maeda for Liel Abada (46′), R. Hatate for Matt O’Riley (66′), Kyogo Furuhashi for Oh Hyun-Gyu (66′), Jota for Sead Hakšabanović (71′) and Aaron Mooy for Tomoki Iwata (74′).

Best player: Liel Abada​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Celtic was Liel Abada.

His rating is (8.3) with 1 goal, 32 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 2. He performed 3 crosses.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.

Results of the day

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