Celtic vs St Johnstone

29 December 2024 · Scottish Premiership · 2024/25 · Referee M MacDermid

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn 30’
  • Kyogo Furuhashi 59’, 64’
  • Daizen Maeda 73’

Match summary

Celtic won comfortably, 4-0 at home to St Johnstone. Celtic led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn put Celtic ahead in the 30th minute. In the second half, Kyogo Furuhashi made it 2-0 with a header in the 59th minute, Furuhashi made it 3-0 from a corner in the 64th minute, and Daizen Maeda made it 4-0 in the 73rd minute.

Shots finished 30-1 to Celtic, with 11 on target for Celtic and 0 for St Johnstone.

Match stats

Celtic St Johnstone
30 Shots 1
11 Shots on Target 0
12 Corners 2
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Celtic St Johnstone
Kick-off
Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn1-0 (Celtic)
30’
Half-time1-0
Kyogo Furuhashi2-0 (Celtic)
59’
Kyogo Furuhashi3-0 (Celtic)
64’
Daizen Maeda4-0 (Celtic)
73’
Full-time4-0

Bookings

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

St Johnstone
  • Aaron Essel

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 St Johnstone attacking Celtic attacking 
4’ Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic), from a corner, off target 4’ Reo Hatate (Celtic), from a corner, blocked 11’ Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn (Celtic), open play, off target 12’ Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic), open play, off target 14’ Arne Engels (Celtic), open play, off target 20’ Arne Engels (Celtic), open play, saved 22’ Arne Engels (Celtic), open play, blocked 26’ Arne Engels (Celtic), open play, saved 30’ Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn (Celtic), open play, goal 33’ Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn (Celtic), open play, saved 34’ Liam Scales (Celtic), from a corner, off target 38’ Alistair Johnston (Celtic), open play, off target 39’ Paulo Bernardo (Celtic), open play, blocked 39’ Álex Valle (Celtic), open play, saved 45’ Arne Engels (Celtic), open play, off target 49’ Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic), open play, off target 49’ Franciszek Franczak (St Johnstone), open play, off target 57’ Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic), open play, saved 59’ Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic), from a corner, goal 59’ Paulo Bernardo (Celtic), from a corner, saved 64’ Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic), from a corner, goal 69’ Adam Idah (Celtic), open play, off target 70’ Daizen Maeda (Celtic), open play, blocked 73’ Daizen Maeda (Celtic), open play, goal 75’ Paulo Bernardo (Celtic), open play, off target 78’ Callum McGregor (Celtic), open play, off target 82’ Álex Valle (Celtic), open play, off target 85’ Callum McGregor (Celtic), open play, off target 86’ Luke McCowan (Celtic), open play, saved 90’ Luke McCowan (Celtic), open play, off target 90+4’ Paulo Bernardo (Celtic), open play, blocked 4’ Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic), from a corner, off target 4’ Reo Hatate (Celtic), from a corner, blocked 11’ Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn (Celtic), open play, off target 12’ Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic), open play, off target 14’ Arne Engels (Celtic), open play, off target 20’ Arne Engels (Celtic), open play, saved 22’ Arne Engels (Celtic), open play, blocked 26’ Arne Engels (Celtic), open play, saved 30’ Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn (Celtic), open play, goal 33’ Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn (Celtic), open play, saved 34’ Liam Scales (Celtic), from a corner, off target 38’ Alistair Johnston (Celtic), open play, off target 39’ Paulo Bernardo (Celtic), open play, blocked 39’ Álex Valle (Celtic), open play, saved 45’ Arne Engels (Celtic), open play, off target 49’ Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic), open play, off target 49’ Franciszek Franczak (St Johnstone), open play, off target 57’ Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic), open play, saved 59’ Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic), from a corner, goal 59’ Paulo Bernardo (Celtic), from a corner, saved 64’ Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic), from a corner, goal 69’ Adam Idah (Celtic), open play, off target 70’ Daizen Maeda (Celtic), open play, blocked 73’ Daizen Maeda (Celtic), open play, goal 75’ Paulo Bernardo (Celtic), open play, off target 78’ Callum McGregor (Celtic), open play, off target 82’ Álex Valle (Celtic), open play, off target 85’ Callum McGregor (Celtic), open play, off target 86’ Luke McCowan (Celtic), open play, saved 90’ Luke McCowan (Celtic), open play, off target 90+4’ Paulo Bernardo (Celtic), open play, blocked
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
Kasper Schmeichel
90′ – – – – – – –
Alistair Johnston Taken off
74′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 2 – – – –
Arne Engels Taken off
67′ – – 5 – – – –
90′ – – 4 – – – –
Reo Hatate Taken off
74′ – – 1 – – – –
Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn Taken off
68′ 1 – 3 – – – –
Kyogo Furuhashi Taken off
68′ 2 – 5 – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Callum McGregor Came on as a substitute
23′ – – 2 – – – –
Adam Idah Came on as a substitute
22′ – – 1 – – – –
Daizen Maeda Came on as a substitute
22′ 1 – 2 – – – –
Tony Ralston Came on as a substitute
16′ – – – – – – –
Luke McCowan Came on as a substitute
16′ – – 2 – – – –
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 88% Avg odds 1.07
Draw 9% Avg odds 10.83
St Johnstone win 3% Avg odds 28.13

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.