Celtic vs St Johnstone

16 March 2024 · Scottish Premiership · 2023/24 · Referee E Anderson

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • Kyogo Furuhashi 40’
  • Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn 46’
  • James Forrest 68’
  • Connor Smith 81’

Match summary

Celtic beat St Johnstone 3-1. Celtic led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Kyogo Furuhashi put Celtic ahead with a header in the 40th minute. In the second half, Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn made it 2-0 in the 46th minute, James Forrest made it 3-0 in the 68th minute, and Connor Smith pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 81st minute.

Shots finished 22-6 to Celtic, with 9 on target for Celtic and 2 for St Johnstone.

Match stats

Celtic St Johnstone
22 Shots 6
9 Shots on Target 2
10 Corners 2
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Celtic St Johnstone
Kick-off
Kyogo Furuhashi1-0 (Celtic)
40’
Half-time1-0
Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn2-0 (Celtic)
46’
James Forrest3-0 (Celtic)
68’
81’
Connor Smith3-1 (St Johnstone)
Full-time3-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

St Johnstone
  • Ryan McGowan
  • Daniel Phillips
  • Adama Sidibeh

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 St Johnstone attacking Celtic attacking 
15’ Adama Sidibeh (St Johnstone), open play, blocked 19’ Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic), from a corner, off target 26’ Daizen Maeda (Celtic), from a corner, blocked 26’ Daizen Maeda (Celtic), from a corner, blocked 26’ Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic), from a corner, blocked 26’ Stephen Welsh (Celtic), from a corner, off target 29’ Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic), open play, off target 32’ Tomoki Iwata (Celtic), from a corner, blocked 32’ Paulo Bernardo (Celtic), from a corner, blocked 37’ Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic), open play, blocked 38’ Tomoki Iwata (Celtic), from a corner, saved 40’ Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic), open play, goal 44’ Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic), open play, off target 48’ Matt O'Riley (Celtic), open play, blocked 46’ Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn (Celtic), open play, goal 52’ Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic), open play, hit the woodwork 56’ Daniel Phillips (St Johnstone), from a corner, blocked 56’ Andy Considine (St Johnstone), from a corner, blocked 62’ Matt O'Riley (Celtic), direct free kick, saved 68’ James Forrest (Celtic), open play, goal 76’ Stevie May (St Johnstone), open play, blocked 81’ Connor Smith (St Johnstone), open play, goal 81’ Stevie May (St Johnstone), open play, saved 88’ James Forrest (Celtic), open play, blocked 90+6’ Adam Idah (Celtic), open play, blocked 90+6’ Adam Idah (Celtic), open play, saved 90+6’ Greg Taylor (Celtic), open play, saved 90+7’ Tomoki Iwata (Celtic), from a corner, off target 90+7’ Stephen Welsh (Celtic), from a corner, off target 15’ Adama Sidibeh (St Johnstone), open play, blocked 19’ Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic), from a corner, off target 26’ Daizen Maeda (Celtic), from a corner, blocked 26’ Daizen Maeda (Celtic), from a corner, blocked 26’ Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic), from a corner, blocked 26’ Stephen Welsh (Celtic), from a corner, off target 29’ Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic), open play, off target 32’ Tomoki Iwata (Celtic), from a corner, blocked 32’ Paulo Bernardo (Celtic), from a corner, blocked 37’ Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic), open play, blocked 38’ Tomoki Iwata (Celtic), from a corner, saved 40’ Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic), open play, goal 44’ Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic), open play, off target 48’ Matt O'Riley (Celtic), open play, blocked 46’ Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn (Celtic), open play, goal 52’ Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic), open play, hit the woodwork 56’ Daniel Phillips (St Johnstone), from a corner, blocked 56’ Andy Considine (St Johnstone), from a corner, blocked 62’ Matt O'Riley (Celtic), direct free kick, saved 68’ James Forrest (Celtic), open play, goal 76’ Stevie May (St Johnstone), open play, blocked 81’ Connor Smith (St Johnstone), open play, goal 81’ Stevie May (St Johnstone), open play, saved 88’ James Forrest (Celtic), open play, blocked 90+6’ Adam Idah (Celtic), open play, blocked 90+6’ Adam Idah (Celtic), open play, saved 90+6’ Greg Taylor (Celtic), open play, saved 90+7’ Tomoki Iwata (Celtic), from a corner, off target 90+7’ Stephen Welsh (Celtic), from a corner, off target
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
Joe Hart
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Cameron Carter-Vickers Taken off
75′ – – 2 – – – –
90′ – – 2 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Matt O'Riley Taken off
86′ – – 2 – – – –
90′ – – 3 – – – –
Paulo Bernardo Taken off
63′ – – 1 – – – –
Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn Taken off
63′ 1 – 1 – – – –
Kyogo Furuhashi Taken off
75′ 1 – 5 – – – –
90′ – – 2 – – – –
James Forrest Came on as a substitute
27′ 1 – 2 – – – –
Daniel Kelly Came on as a substitute
27′ – – – – – – –
Odin Thiago Holm Came on as a substitute
15′ – – – – – – –
Adam Idah Came on as a substitute
15′ – – 2 – – – –
Gustaf Lagerbielke Came on as a substitute
4′ – – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Celtic win 84% Avg odds 1.13
Draw 11% Avg odds 8.60
St Johnstone win 5% Avg odds 18.91

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.