DINGWALL. Celtic prevails over Ross County 3-1. Celtic was surely superior in terms of ball possession (77%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Global Energy Stadium stadium in Dingwall on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Don Robertson who was helped by Calum Spence and Steven Traynor. The 4th official was Gavin Duncan. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.1 degrees Celsius or 62.83 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.
Match Statistics
- ! 23 Ball Possession 77
Shots
- 5 Total 23
- 2 On Target 8
- 3 Off Target 15
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 66 Attack 134
- 28 Dangerous attack 77
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 12
- 5 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 10 Total 4
- 4 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 8 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Celtic had a superior ball possession 77% while Ross County was struggling with a 23% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Celtic had a more offensive attitude with 77 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Celtic won the contest.
Ross County shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Celtic shot 23 times, 8 on target, 15 off target.
Cards
Ross County received 4 yellow cards (R. Callachan, J. Tillson, D. Cancola and C. Randall). On the other side, Celtic received 2 yellow cards (M. Jenz and L. Abada).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Ross County stays with 0 points to occupy the 9th place in the table. On the other side, Celtic has 3 points (1st).
Next matches
In the next match in the Premiership, Ross County will play away against Aberdeen on the 2nd of January with a 15-9 head to head stats in favor of Aberdeen (4 draws).
Celtic will play away agasint Rangers on the 2nd of January with a 22-19 head to head stats in favor of Celtic (9 draws).
Ross County – Formation
Ross County
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Ross County started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Malky Mackay decided to play with the following team: Ross Laidlaw , Connor Randall , Jack Baldwin , Alex Iacovitti , Ben Purrington , Ross Callachan , David Cancola , Jordan Tillson , Dominic Samuel , Ben Paton and Jordy Hiwula .
The home team had on the bench: Jake Eastwood, Callum Johnson , George Harmon , Owura Edwards , Josh Sims, Yan Dhanda, Victor Loturi , Jordan White and Kazeem Olaigbe.
Ross County could not rely on the presence of C. Johnson (injured).
Substitutions
Ross County made 5 changes: D. Samuel for V. Loturi (46′), B. Paton for O. Edwards (46′), J. Hiwula for G. Harmon (70′), C. Randall for C. Johnson (71′) and D. Cancola for J. White (83′).
Best player: Owura Edwards
The most impressive player for Ross County was Owura Edwards.
His rating is with 9 passes (55% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 2 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.
Celtic – Formation
Celtic
Celtic started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Angelos Postecoglou played with: Joe Hart , Josip Juranović , Cameron Carter-Vickers , Moritz Jenz , Greg Taylor , Matt O’Riley , Callum McGregor , David Turnbull , Jota , Kyogo Furuhashi and Daizen Maeda .
They had on the bench: Benjamin Siegrist, Anthony Ralston, Alexandro Bernabei, Carl Starfelt, James McCarthy, James Forrest, Aaron Mooy , Liel Abada and Giorgos Giakoumakis .
Substitutions
Celtic made 3 changes: D. Maeda for L. Abada (46′), D. Turnbull for G. Giakoumakis (73′) and K. Furuhashi for A. Mooy (85′).
Best player: Jota
The most impressive player for Celtic was Jota even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 42 passes (83% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 6 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premiership.
- Ross County – Celtic – 1-3
- Rangers – Kilmarnock – 2-0
- Motherwell – St. Johnstone – 1-2
- Aberdeen – St. Mirren – 4-1
