GLASGOW. Celtic and St. Johnstone didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Celtic was surely superior in terms of ball possession (75%)​.

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 Matthew McDermid who had the assistance of Ross MacLeod and Graham McNeillie. The 4th official was Chris Fordyce. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 17.63 degrees Celsius or 63.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Celtic was in firm control of the ball 75% while St. Johnstone was struggling with a 25% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Celtic had a more offensive attitude with 114 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 5 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Celtic to win the match​.

Celtic shot 19 times, 5 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, St. Johnstone shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Celtic received 1 yellow card (Matt O’Riley). On the opposite side, St. Johnstone received 3 yellow cards (James Brown, Cameron MacPherson and Sam McClelland).

Standings

After this match, Celtic has 7 points to occupy the 1st place in the standings. On the opposite side, St. Johnstone has 1 points (11th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Premiership, Celtic will host St. Mirren on the 13th of April with a 35-3 head to head in favor of Celtic (5 draws).

St. Johnstone will host Kilmarnock on the 13th of April with a 18-15 head to head stats in favor of St. Johnstone (8 draws).

Celtic – Formation

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

The manager Brendan Rodgers decided to play with the following team: Joe Hart (7.0), Alistair Johnston (7.7), G. Lagerbielke (7.5), Liam Scales (7.3), Greg Taylor (7.7), Matt O’Riley (7.0), Callum McGregor (7.3), David Turnbull (7.3), Daizen Maeda (6.7), Kyogo Furuhashi (7.1) and Yang Hyun-Jun (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Sead Hakšabanović (7.0), Liel Abada (6.8), Odin Thiago Holm, Hyeok-kyu Kwon, Tomoki Iwata, Alexandro Bernabei (6.4), Scott Bain, James Forrest (7.1) and Anthony Ralston (6.8).

Celtic could not rely on the presence of James Forrest (injured).

Substitutions

Celtic made 5 changes: Yang Hyun-Jun for James Forrest (68′), Greg Taylor for Alexandro Bernabei (75′), Daizen Maeda for Liel Abada (60′), David Turnbull for Sead Hakšabanović (60′) and Alistair Johnston for Anthony Ralston (60′).

Best player: Alistair Johnston​

The player that probably impressed the most for Celtic was Alistair Johnston.

His rating is (7.7) with 49 passes (86% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 10. He performed 8 crosses.

St. Johnstone – Formation

St. Johnstone started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Steven MacLean played with: Dimitar Mitov (7.5), Oludare Olufunwa (7.1), Sam McClelland (7.3), Andy Considine (6.7), Luke Robinson (7.1), Dara Costelloe (7.3), Daniel Phillips (7.7), Matthew Smith (7.7), Graham Carey (7.9), Jay Turner-Cooke (6.8) and Luke Jephcott (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: James Brown (6.8), Tony Gallacher, Ryan McGowan, Stevie May (6.7), Cameron MacPherson (6.3), Chris Kane, Maksym Kucheriavyi, Cameron Ballantyne, Dave Richards and Liam Gordon (6.4).

St. Johnstone could not rely on the presence of Liam Gordon (injured).

Substitutions

St. Johnstone made 4 changes: Oludare Olufunwa for James Brown (55′), Luke Jephcott for Stevie May (55′), Andy Considine for Liam Gordon (65′) and Jay Turner-Cooke for Cameron MacPherson (82′).

Best player: Graham Carey​

The most impressive player for St. Johnstone was Graham Carey.

His rating is (7.9) with 32 passes (57% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 15. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Ross County – Rangers – 0-2
• Motherwell – Kilmarnock – 2-1
• Hibernian – Livingston – 2-3
• Celtic – St. Johnstone – 0-0