GLASGOW. Celtic and Ross County are playing in the 23rd round of the Premiership.

Alistair Johnston has scored a goal in the 1st minute to give a 1-0 lead to Celtic over Ross County.

Match Statistics

  • ! 70 Ball Possession 30
Shots
  • 17 Total 7
  • 7 On Target 2
  • 4 Off Target 5
  • 7 Shots blocked 1
  • 128 Attack 90
  • 82 Dangerous attack 39
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 2 Penalties 0
  • 7 Corners 7
Fouls
  • 12 Total 14
  • 1 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Celtic was in firm control of the ball 71% while Ross County was struggling with a 29% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Celtic had a more offensive attitude with dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 7 were on target.

Celtic shot 16 times, 7 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Ross County shot 5 times, 0 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Celtic received 1 yellow card (Paulo Bernardo). Regarding the opposition, Ross County received 1 yellow card (James Brown).

Alistair Johnston

Alistair Johnston

Defender, Midfielder

Canada

Age: 26

180 cm

kg

Season 2023/2024
Played 32 6 Missed
Minutes 2620 81.9 Avg
Goals 1 0.0 Avg
Assist 5 0.2 Avg
Attempt 28 0.9 Avg
Passes 2117 66.279.7% AvgSucc
Yellow 5 0.2 Avg
Red 0 0.0 Avg

This season he played in total 19 times for 1545 minutes for Premiership.

Alistair Johnston scored 1 goal for Celtic. He procured no assists. He received 3 yellow cards and no red cards.

His team is currently 1st in Premiership. In the last match Celtic won 3-0 against St. Mirren. The next match in Premiership will be against Aberdeen.

The last time the teams played each other, the score was 3-0 for Celtic.

Celtic performance and stats

Celtic

Manager: Brendan Rodgers
Rank 1st
Win 24
Draw 6
Loss 3
Goals 80-26
Diff 54
Rank 4th
Win 1
Draw 1
Loss 4
Goals 5-15
Diff -10

Celtic is currently 1st in the Premiership with 54 points.

In the last 22 games, it has won 17 times, drawn 3 times, and lost twice. In its last match, Celtic won 0-3 against St. Mirren.​​

It has a positive goal difference after scoring 53 goals and conceding 15.​

Celtic will play the next match in Premiership against Aberdeen on Saturday 3rd of February in Aberdeen.​

Ross County performance and stats

Ross County

Manager: Don Cowie
Rank 11th
Win 7
Draw 9
Loss 17
Goals 32-56
Diff -24

Ross County is currently 11th in the Premiership with 18 points.

In the last 19 games, it has won 4 times, drawn 6 times, and lost 9 times. In its last match, Ross County lost 0-3 against Aberdeen.​​

It has a negative goal difference after scoring 17 goals and conceding 29.​

Ross County will play the next match in Premiership against Hibernian on Saturday 23rd of December in Dingwall. The prediction is Ross County winning the match.​

Commentary

87'
Fouled by Paulo Bernardo - Celtic

82'
Kyogo Furuhashi - Celtic - won a free kick on the right wing.

80'
Missed chance. Matt O'Riley - Celtic - shot with left foot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner from a free kick.

82'
Fouled by Cameron Borthwick-Jackson - Ross County

80'
Substitution - Ross County. Josh Sims for Eli King.

78'
Kyogo Furuhashi - Celtic - won a free kick in attack.
Fouled by Loick Ayina - Ross County

53'
New attacking attempt. Kyogo Furuhashi - Celtic - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved in the right corner. Assist - Callum McGregor with a head.

46'
Shot blocked. Callum McGregor - Celtic - shot with right foot from the right side of the box is blocked.

45'
Shot blocked. Liel Abada - Celtic - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Kyogo Furuhashi.
New attacking attempt. Luis Palma - Celtic - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assist - Alexandro Bernabéi.
Corner - Celtic. Conceded by Eli King.
Shot blocked. Callum McGregor - Celtic - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked.
New attacking attempt. Luis Palma - Celtic - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal.
Shot blocked. Alexandro Bernabéi - Celtic - shot with left foot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assist - Liam Scales.

41'
Fouled by Simon Murray - Ross County

40'
Missed chance. Yan Dhanda - Ross County - shot with right foot from outside the box goes high. Assist - Eli King after corner.

34'
Shot blocked. Liel Abada - Celtic - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Luis Palma.

28'
Penalty saved. Luis Palma - Celtic - shot with right foot saved in the left corner.
VAR Decision: Other Decision Cancelled.

19'
New attacking attempt. Matt O'Riley - Celtic - shot with left foot from the left side of the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Paulo Bernardo.

1'
Shot blocked. Liel Abada - Celtic - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is blocked.