GLASGOW. Celtic found a way to turn the tables against St. Mirren to win 2-1. It was St. Mirren to strike first with an early goal of Conor McMenamin at the 7′. Then it was a goal in the 18′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Hyun-gyu Oh gave the win to Celtic in the 83′ minute. Celtic was much superior in terms of ball possession (76%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

David Turnbull didn’t convert a penalty (29′) for Celtic.​

The match was played at the Celtic Park stadium in Glasgow on Wednesday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was John Beaton with the collaboration of Graeme Stewart and Gordon Crawford. The 4th official was Stewart Luke. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 8.27 degrees Celsius or 46.89 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 97%.​

Match Statistics​

Celtic

2 - 1

St. Mirren

  • ! 76 Ball Possession 24
Shots
  • 23 Total 6
  • 8 On Target 2
  • 10 Off Target 1
  • 5 Shots blocked 3
  • 171 Attack 89
  • 112 Dangerous attack 19
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 12 Corners 2
Fouls
  • 9 Total 12
  • 2 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Celtic was in firm control of the ball 76% while St. Mirren was struggling with a 24% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Celtic had a more offensive attitude with 112 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Celtic won the match​.

Celtic shot 23 times, 8 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, St. Mirren shot 6 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Celtic received 2 yellow cards (Kyogo Furuhashi and Yang Hyun-Jun). Regarding the opposition, St. Mirren received 2 yellow cards (Mikael Mandron and Richard Taylor).

Match Timeline

7'
Conor McMenamin(goal)Greg Kiltie
18'
29'
28'
Kyogo Furuhashi- Yellow
45'
Hyun-jun Yang- sub ->James Forrest
56'
Daizen Maeda- sub ->Luis Palma
56'
Hyun-jun Yang- Yellow
64'
65'
65'
Mikael Mandron- sub ->Toyosi Olusanya
O. Holm- sub ->Matt O\'Riley
68'
Hyeon-gyu Oh- sub ->David Turnbull
74'
81'
Charles Dunne- sub ->Ryan Strain
82'
Mikael Mandron- Yellow
Hyeon-gyu Oh(goal)Odin Thiago Holm
83'
88'
Ryan Flynn- sub ->Caolan Boyd-Munce
88'
90'
Richard Taylor- Yellow

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Celtic
78
33
Rangers
75
33
Hearts
62
33
Kilmarnock
55
3
St. Mirren
46
3
Dundee
41
3
Hibernian
39
33
Motherwell
37
33
Aberdeen
35
33
St. Johnstone
31
33
Ross County
30
33
Livingston
18
33

After this match, Celtic will have 29 points to hold in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, St. Mirren will stay with 18 points to remain in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premiership, Celtic will host Hibernian on the 6th of December with a 31-8 head to head in favor of Celtic (16 draws).

St. Mirren will play away agasint St. Johnstone on the 6th of December with a 16-8 head to head stats in favor of St. Johnstone (14 draws).

Celtic – Formation

Celtic
G
Joe Hart 1.England
7.0
D
Alistair Johnston 2.Canada
7.5
D
G. Taylor 3.Scotland
8.1
D
Liam Scales 5.Republic of Ireland
7.7
D
N. Phillips 6.England
7.5
M
D. Turnbull 14.Scotland
7.9
74' 18'
M
Matt O'Riley 33.England
7.0
68'
M
Callum McGregor 42.Scotland
7.9
F
Luis Palma 7.Honduras
7.9
56'
F
Kyogo Furuhashi 8.Japan
6.6
45'
F
James Forrest 49.Scotland
7.0
56'
Substitutes
G
Scott Bain 29.Scotland
D
Maik Nawrocki 17.Poland
D
A. Ralston 56.Scotland
M
O. Holm 15.Norway
7.5
68'
M
Tomoki Iwata 24.Japan
M
Paulo Bernardo 28.Portugal
F
Hyun-jun Yang 13.South Korea
8.1
56' 64'
F
Hyeon-gyu Oh 19.South Korea
7.3
74' 83'
F
Daizen Maeda 38.Japan
7.0
56'

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 (7.5), Nathaniel Phillips (7.5), Liam Scales (7.7), Greg Taylor (8.1), Matt O’Riley (7.0), Callum McGregor (7.9), David Turnbull (7.9), James Forrest (7.0), Kyogo Furuhashi (6.6) and Luis Palma (7.9).

The home team had on the bench: Yang Hyun-Jun (8.1), Odin Thiago Holm (7.5), Maik Nawrocki, Hyun-gyu Oh (7.3), Tomoki Iwata, Paulo Bernardo, Scott Bain, Daizen Maeda (7.0) and Anthony Ralston.

Substitutions

Celtic made 4 changes: Matt O’Riley for Odin Thiago Holm (68′), James Forrest for Yang Hyun-Jun (56′), Luis Palma for Daizen Maeda (56′) and David Turnbull for Hyun-gyu Oh (74′).

Best player: Greg Taylor​

The player that probably impressed the most for Celtic was Greg Taylor even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 91 passes (90% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 11. He performed 3 crosses.

St. Mirren – Formation

St. Mirren
G
Zach Hemming 1.England
8.1
D
Richard Taylor 5.England
6.3
90'
D
Alex Gogic 13.Cyprus
5.7
D
Marcus Fraser 22.Scotland
7.0
M
Scott Tanser 3.England
6.7
M
Mark O'Hara 6.Scotland
7.1
M
Caolan Boyd-Munce 15.Northern Ireland
7.3
88'
M
Ryan Strain 23.Australia
6.4
81'
F
Conor McMenamin 10.Northern Ireland
6.8
65' 7'
F
Greg Kiltie 11.Scotland
6.7
88'
F
Toyosi Olusanya 20.England
6.7
65'
Substitutes
G
Peter Urminsky 27.Slovakia
D
J. Bolton 2.England
D
Charles Dunne 18.Republic of Ireland
6.6
81'
M
Ryan Flynn 8.Scotland
88'
F
Mikael Mandron 9.France
6.4
65' 82'
F
Thierry Small 16.England
F
S. Nahmani 19.Israel
88'
F
Alexander Greive 21.New Zealand
6.6
65'
F
Lewis Jamieson 24.Scotland

St. Mirren started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Stephen Robinson played with: Zachary Hemming (8.1), Marcus Fraser (7.0), Alexander Gogić (5.7), Richard Taylor (6.3), Ryan Strain (6.4), Caolan Boyd-Munce (7.3), Mark O’Hara (7.1), Scott Tanser (6.7), Conor McMenamin (6.8), Toyosi Olusanya (6.7) and Greg Kiltie (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: James Bolton, Ryan Flynn, Mikael Mandron (6.4), Thierry Small, Charles Dunne (6.6), Stav Nachmani, Alex Greive (6.6), Lewis Jamieson and Peter Urminsky.

Substitutions

St. Mirren made 5 changes: Toyosi Olusanya for Mikael Mandron (65′), Conor McMenamin for Alexander Greive (65′), Ryan Strain for Charles Dunne (81′), Caolan Boyd-Munce for Ryan Flynn (88′) and Greg Kiltie for Stav Nachmani (88′).

Best player: Zachary Hemming​

The most impressive player for St. Mirren was the goalkeeper: Zachary Hemming. His rating is 8.06. He performed 7 saves.

Results of the day

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