ST Johnstone 2-4 Celtic
Key events
View all- L. Griffiths
- S. Sinclair
- J. Forrest
- D. Joseph Swanson
- S. MacLean
- R. Christie
FT 2–4
Venue
McDiarmid Park
Perth · Scotland
- Address
- Crieff Road
- Surface
- grass
- Capacity
- 10673
Match
Craig Alexander Thomson, Scotland
1st Phase, round 3
- Referee
- Craig Alexander Thomson, Scotland
- Stage
- 1st Phase, round 3
- Date
Competition
League · Scotland
- Country
- Scotland (GB-SCT)
- Season
- 2016
- Dates
- 2016-08-06 → 2017-05-21
Match statistics
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Visual snapshot of possession, chance quality, and shooting.
Possession
46%46%54%54%
Total shots
627%1673%
Shots on target
536%964%
Team form & competition
View all- #4 Position
- 58 Points
- 17-7-14 W-D-L
- 50/46 Goals F/A
- Best wins
- 3-0 / 0-3
- Worst defeats
- 2-5 / 4-1
- #1 Position
- 106 Points
- 34-4-0 W-D-L
- 106/25 Goals F/A
- Best wins
- 6-1 / 0-5
Head to head
View all4ST Johnstonewins
4Drawsmatches
12Celticwins
Recorded meetings: 20 (available previous meetings, not necessarily all-time).
- Highest scoring
- ST Johnstone 3–3 Celtic
- ST Johnstone most goals
- ST Johnstone 3–3 Celtic
- Celtic most goals
- Celtic 4–0 ST Johnstone
Match headlines
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Celtic fired more attempts (16 vs 6 shots). ST Johnstone was more accurate in front of goal (83% on target vs 56%). Celtic held more of the ball (54% possession).