ST Johnstone v Celtic result

Full-time · ST Johnstone 0–2 Celtic

Premiership · Sun, 04 Oct 2020 12:00 BST · McDiarmid Park

Updated 12 May 2026, 04:53 UK · refreshed continuously

Team pages: ST Johnstone · Celtic · Head-to-head

ST Johnstone 0–2 Celtic — Celtic won this Premiership match.

Match report, in numbers

The result

Celtic won 2–0 at McDiarmid Park in the Premiership on Sunday 4 October. Celtic have scored in at least 15 consecutive matches in all competitions.

The goals

It was 0–0 at half-time. The goals — Celtic: Leigh Griffiths (90’, assisted by H. Elhamed) and P. Klimala (90’, assisted by S. Duffy).

Discipline

N. Walsh showed five yellow cards — against 4.2 yellows a game across the last 20 matches refereed (this competition). The bookings — ST Johnstone: D. Wotherspoon (19’), M. Davidson (68’) and Liam Gordon (90’); Celtic: O. Ntcham (13’) and David Turnbull (49’).

What it changes

ST Johnstone have lost their last four matches in all competitions. Celtic have won their last eight matches in all competitions. Celtic have kept a clean sheet in their last four matches in all competitions. ST Johnstone have failed to score in their last four matches in all competitions.

Who stood out

By TACTIX Impact for this match, H. Elhamed (Celtic) 7.5, S. Duffy (Celtic) 6.1 and M. Davidson (ST Johnstone) 5.2 led the match.

Next up

ST Johnstone next travel to Rangers on 24 October 2026.

Celtic next host Celta Vigo on 22 October 2026.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

Next for ST Johnstone: Rangers v ST Johnstone, Saturday 24 October — the preview. Next for Celtic: Celtic v Celta Vigo, Thursday 22 October — the preview.

The numbers

Result: ST Johnstone 0–2 Celtic · Premiership
Venue: McDiarmid Park · Perth
Referee: N. Walsh
Head-to-head (last 6): ST Johnstone 0 · draws 0 · Celtic 6 · 3.5 goals/game
Recent form: ST Johnstone 1W 0D 4L · Celtic 5W 0D 0L

ST Johnstone 0–2 Celtic (Premiership): this fixture is settled. TACTIX’s pre-match coverage ran across every major market, and every graded call — wins and losses — is in the live track record (as of 12 May 2026). See the live track record →

Key stats

0.38 / 2.38

Goals

against 1.25 / 0.63 · 0 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

5.38 / 5.4

Corners

against 4.63 / 2.6 · 3 of the last 5 over 9.5

over 5 matches

2.63 / 7.8

Shots on target

against 2.88 / 2.8 · 0 of the last 5 over 8.5

over 5 matches

1.63 / 1.2

Cards

against 2.13 / 2 · 3 of the last 5 over 3.5

over 5 matches

4.2 yellows

Referee · N. Walsh

1.75 home / 2.45 away

over 20 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 1 October 2020. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 1 October 2020. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	ST Johnstone for / against	Line	Celtic for / against
Goals scored	0.38 for · 1.25 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	2.38 for · 0.63 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	5.38 for · 4.63 against n 8 Last 5	9.5standard	5.4 for · 2.6 against n 5 Last 5
Shots	12.38 for · 8.25 against n 8 Last 5	19.5standard	19.4 for · 7.4 against n 5 Last 5
Shots on target	2.63 for · 2.88 against n 8 Last 5	8.5standard	7.8 for · 2.8 against n 5 Last 5
Fouls committed	12 for · 13.88 against n 8 Last 5	21.5standard	11 for · 11.6 against n 5 Last 5
Cards shown	1.63 for · 2.13 against n 8 Last 5	3.5standard	1.2 for · 2 against n 5 Last 5

Referee: N. Walsh — 4.2 yellow cards a game, 0.15 red cards, 23.4 fouls over 20 matches (1.75 to the home side, 2.45 to the away side).

Home 1.75Away 2.45

ST Johnstone

ST Johnstone — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 1 October 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
C. Kane n 3	22.7	5.3 2/2	1.3 1/0	—
M. Davidson n 4	32.5	4.2 3/2	1.4 1/1	Mohamed Elyounoussi
S. Rooney n 4	27.3	2.5 3/0	0 0/0	—
M. O'Halloran n 8	67.4	2.3 7/5	1.8 6/3	—
C. Hendry n 8	66.5	1.9 5/3	1 6/0	—

ST Johnstone — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 1 October 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
C. Hendry n 8	66.5	3.2 8/6	0.8 4/1
M. Davidson n 4	32.5	2.1 3/0	1.4 2/0
S. May n 6	48.5	1.9 4/1	0.6 2/0
M. O'Halloran n 8	67.4	1.5 4/3	0.7 3/1
L. Craig n 8	71.8	1.3 5/2	0.2 1/0

ST Johnstone — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 1 October 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
L. Craig n 8	71.8	0.2 1/0	0.2 1/0
S. May n 6	48.5	0.3 1/0	0 0/0
M. O'Halloran n 8	67.4	0.2 1/0	0 0/0
C. Conway n 8	63.8	0 0/0	0.2 1/0
D. Wotherspoon n 8	60.3	0.2 1/0	0 0/0

ST Johnstone — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 1 October 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
C. Kane n 3	22.7	4 2/1
S. Rooney n 4	27.3	3.3 2/1
A. McCann n 8	90.5	3 8/7
J. Robertson n 4	8.8	2.6 1/0
D. Wotherspoon n 8	60.3	2.1 6/4

ST Johnstone — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 1 October 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
E. Parish n 8	90.5	2 6/2

Celtic

Celtic — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 1 October 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
S. Brown n 8	86.5	2 6/4	2 7/6	—
A. Ajeti n 8	33	2 5/1	1.7 4/1	—
S. Duffy n 8	68.9	1.6 5/4	0.8 2/2	—
Mohamed Elyounoussi n 8	55.6	1.4 3/3	1.2 4/1	M. Davidson
N. Bitton n 8	52.5	1.3 4/2	0.2 1/0	—

Celtic — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 1 October 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
O. Édouard n 8	80.8	4.3 8/7	2.5 8/5
R. Christie n 8	75.3	4.2 8/7	1.6 6/3
P. Klimala n 8	24.9	3.6 4/3	2.3 3/2
D. Turnbull n 8	62.3	3.3 6/4	1.1 4/1
A. Ajeti n 8	33	3.1 7/2	2 5/1

Celtic — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 1 October 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
A. Ajeti n 8	33	1.7 5/0	0.3 1/0
R. Christie n 8	75.3	0.4 3/0	0.6 3/1
P. Klimala n 8	24.9	0.9 2/0	0 0/0
O. Édouard n 8	80.8	0.8 4/1	0 0/0
Mohamed Elyounoussi n 8	55.6	0.2 1/0	0.4 2/0

Celtic — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 1 October 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
N. Bitton n 8	52.5	3.4 6/4
K. Ajer n 8	81.1	1.9 5/5
C. Jullien n 8	90.4	1.7 8/4
Mohamed Elyounoussi n 8	55.6	1.6 6/1
C. McGregor n 8	88.4	1.4 6/4

Celtic — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 1 October 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
V. Barkas n 8	90.4	1.7 2/2

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Match statistics & details

Full-time team statistics as recorded by the data provider; – = not recorded.
ST Johnstone		Celtic
31%	Possession	69%
7	Shots	19
0	Shots on target	3
3	Shots off target	7
4	Blocked shots	9
4	Shots inside the box	14
1	Corners	11
1	Offsides	1
13	Fouls	14
3	Yellow cards	2
0	Red cards	0
1	Saves	0
274	Passes	613
63%	Pass accuracy	85%

ST Johnstone player stats

Player	Min	Sh	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
Z. Clark	90	0	0	0	0	6.2
L. Gordon	90	0	0	2	Y	6.6
J. McCart	90	0	0	6	0	6.9
D. McNamara	90	0	0	0	0	6.7
A. McCann	90	0	0	3	0	7
M. Davidson	90	0	0	4	Y	7.2
S. Tanser	90	0	0	1	0	6.3
C. Conway	90	1	1	0	0	6.7
S. May	90	0	1	3	0	6.9
J. Kerr	89	0	0	2	0	7.2
D. Wotherspoon	67	2	2	3	Y	7.2
M. O'Halloran sub	23	0	0	0	0	6.2
C. Hendry sub	1	0	0	0	0	–

Celtic player stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
V. Barkas	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.9
H. Elhamed	90	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	7.3
S. Duffy	90	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	7.9
K. Ajer	90	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7
Jeremie Frimpong	90	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	6.9
C. McGregor	90	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	7.5
G. Taylor	82	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	7.2
O. Ntcham	76	0	0	0	0	1	0	Y	6.3
Mohamed Elyounoussi	76	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.2
D. Turnbull	59	0	0	2	0	5	0	Y	7.5
O. Édouard	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.6
R. Christie sub	31	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7.2
P. Klimala sub	31	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	7.2
T. Rogić sub	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.5
Leigh Griffiths sub	14	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	7.2
S. Brown sub	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.9

Sh = shots, SoT = shots on target, KP = key passes, Tkl = tackles; – = not recorded for that player. Rating is the data provider’s.

Form, head-to-head & standings

The numbers behind ST Johnstone v Celtic — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

ST JohnstoneLWLLL

Last 5: 1W 0D 4L · 0.2 scored / 1 conceded per game

CelticWWWWW

Last 5: 5W 0D 0L · 2 scored / 0.6 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 6

ST Johnstone 0 · 0 draws · Celtic 6 · 3.5 goals/game

2020-03-01 ST Johnstone 0–1 Celtic
2020-01-29 ST Johnstone 0–3 Celtic
2019-08-03 Celtic 7–0 ST Johnstone
2019-02-03 ST Johnstone 0–2 Celtic
2019-01-30 Celtic 2–0 ST Johnstone
2018-10-07 ST Johnstone 0–6 Celtic

League standing · 2020/21

Last recorded position — not updated during the season.

ST Johnstone#5 pos45 pts38 pl-10 GD

Celtic#2 pos77 pts38 pl+49 GD

Goals per game

ST Johnstone scored0.95

Celtic scored2.05

ST Johnstone conceded1.21

Celtic conceded0.76

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What is the head-to-head record between ST Johnstone and Celtic?: In their last 6 meetings, ST Johnstone won 0, Celtic won 6 and there were 0 draws, averaging 3.5 goals per game.
What is the recent form of ST Johnstone and Celtic?: Recent form — ST Johnstone 1W 0D 4L; Celtic 5W 0D 0L.

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