Match Pictures | Matches: 2022 – 2023
Trivia
- KO: 19:45 Wednesday; Premier TV
- League Cup Second round. Celtic had a bye to this round due to Europe involvement.
- First midweek and cup game for Celtic this season, so what a long trip for that!
- 9 changes from Sundays starting 11. Interesting to note that despite making nine changes, James Forrest and James McCarthy still can’t get into the team, both later came on as subs. Sead Haksabanovic made his debut from the bench. First starts for Siegrist, Bernabei & Mooy
- 4 away games this season, 21 goals. 5.25 goals per game
- Celtic get the “entirety of the North and East Stands” due to low uptake in home ticket sales
- Dundee Utd sacked Jack Ross after their 9-0 defeat against Celtic at the weekend. They won today though!
- Ange on the ball in presser; asked how he feels about the managerial merry-go-round with Malky McKay the only managerial survivor since Ange came to Scotland.
Ange replied: “Robbie Neilson is still at Hearts unless you know something I don’t.” There’s actually 5/11 who are still around so the questioner was an idiot. - Hearts: Liam Boyce suffers major Hearts blow as striker faces ‘NINE months’ out with knee injury
- Sunderland confirm ex-Celt Tony Mowbray as new manager.
- Mikhail Gorbachev: Former Soviet leader has died, a giant of global politics in the last century.
- Reports:
- Final transfer day for the window is tomorrow.
- Albian Ajeti and Mikey Johnston both have exit options on the table.
- Celtic and Sevco reportedly after Ross Barkley recently freed by Chelsea on a free
- Celtic back in for 17-year-old St Mirren midfielder Dylan Reid, who turned down an offer from the Parkhead club this summer, and a six-figure deal could now be thrashed out
- Ex Celt Jack Hendry pondering a loan move to Serie A newcomers Cremonese, with Augsburg and English Championship sides also in the running for the 25-year-old, who has fallen out of favour at Belgian champions Club Bruges
- Transfers:
- Owen Moffat has joined Blackpool on a permanent transfer.
- Albian Ajeti has joined Austrian side Sturm Graz on loan for the remainder of the season.The Austrians who will compete in this seasons Europa League will also have the option to make the deal permanent for £2.1M next summer.
Summary
Rob Maclean media:“9 changes tonight Ange. Clearly thinking about Saturday and next week”?
Ange (sigh): “No, thinking about tonight”.
Malky McKay (RC manager): “For 45 minutes, to go man for man against the league champions, who are about to play Real Madrid, and play the way we did, and cause them the problems we did, and score – we are the only team in the country to score against Celtic, and we’ve done it twice now. The momentum was with us [before Celtic’s two later goals]. I’ve got to be proud of them for that.
@fatboab of KDS:
Very comfortable in the circumstances. Thought we dipped a bit into training mode just before they scored but picked the pace up again to pull away. Their goal started with Collum giving us an inexplicable free kick when we had a great advantage.
Haskabanovic looks like the best player on the planet and Bernabei came on to a good game.
Mooy is going to be really important this season, he just does the simple stuff well by being in the right place at the right time. He’ll get better too.
What a squad Ange is building, I can’t recall a time when we had such strength in depth.
God bless Glasgow Celtic.
ifu95702 of KDS:
Berabei looks raw but he’s got the raw materials so I think he’ll be fine.
Hacksaw (can we call him that yet?) looks like an absolute gem.
How good a player has Anthony Ralston become?
Mooy strolled it again.
Seigrist looked solid.
Maeda vs Abada this weekend…. Too close to call.
Jenz looked a little off the pace but he’s probably never played at anywhere near the pace of the Scottish league before. He’ll come good as well.
I thought Welsh was having a great game before his injury.
EDP of KDS:
To think that utter clown Mackay was the man hand-picked by the people ruining (sic?) our national game to be Performance Director and thus in charge of player development across the land.
A team of absolute howfers and through-the-man merchants given free reign by a ref who just wanted to get through the match unscathed.
We were very good under the circumstances even if one or two of the new lads looked a bit rattled at times. Mooy, in particular, was outstanding
Twitter:
@bp: Excellent stuff. 9 changes and still turned in a great performance. Mooy was excellent, Siegrist had a good save at an important poor and Haksabanovic looked very sharp when he came on. Bernabei needs a bit of work but got better as the game went on. Good night’s work.
@etims: FT Ross County 1 #Celtic 4
Outstanding 1st half. So good to watch. Slow start to second. Lost weak goal defensively but responded quickly with two fine goals. Haksers debut late in 2nd half. Looks a talented player.
Celts through to quarter finals
Teams
Celtic
Formation 4-3-3
- 31 Siegrist
- 56 Ralston
- 57 Welsh Substituted for Starfelt at 56′minutes
- 6 Jenz
- 25 Bernabei
- 13 Mooy
- 42 McGregor Substituted for McCarthy at 76′minutes
- 14 Turnbull
- 11 Abada Substituted for Forrest at 56′minutes
- 7 Giakoumakis
- 38 Maeda Substituted for Haksabanovic at 76′minutes
Substitutes
- 4 Starfelt
- 8 Furuhashi
- 9 Haksabanovic
- 16 McCarthy
- 17 Neves Filipe
- 29 Bain
- 41 Hatate
- 49 Forrest
- 88 Juranovic
Goals:
- McGregor (21′ minutes),
- Giakoumakis (25′ minutes),
- Maeda (73′ minutes),
- Forrest (90′ minutes)
Assists:
- Turnbull (21′ minutes),
- Ralston (25′ minutes, 90′ minutes)
Ross County
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 31Eastwood
- 12Johnson
- 15Watson Substituted for Paton at 79′minutes
- 6Iacovitti
- 3Purrington
- 22Tillson
- 14Loturi Substituted for Edwards at 45′minutesBooked at 78mins
- 11Sims Substituted for Olaigbe at 80′minutes
- 9Samuel Substituted for Hiwula-Mayifuila at 61′minutes
- 16Harmon Substituted for Cancola at 45′minutes
- 26White
Substitutes
- 1Laidlaw
- 4Cancola
- 7Edwards
- 17Olaigbe
- 18Akio
- 19Hiwula-Mayifuila
- 21Munro
- 24Paton
- 30Smith
Goals:
- Iacovitti (68′ minutes)
Assists:
- White (68′ minutes)
Ref: William Collum
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- Away20
- Shots on Target
- Home2
- Away7
- Corners
- Home1
- Away11
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- Home15
- Away8
Articles
Celtic sweep aside Ross County as fans belt out Rangers chant – new signing instantly electrifies
Celtic experienced precious few issues seeing off Ross County in their Premier Sports Cup last 16 tie.
By Andrew Smith
Wednesday, 31st August 2022, 10:26 pm
https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/celtic/celtic-sweep-aside-ross-county-as-fans-belt-out-rangers-chant-new-signing-instantly-electrifies-3826589
As Ange Postecoglou was able to derive everything out of the 4-1 victory in Dingwall he desired courtesy of giving more than a few of his central performers the night off ahead of facing up to Rangers and Real Madrid across the next six days.
In all, nine of those that started Celtic’s record 9-0 annihilation of Dundee United at the weekend weren’t stripped at the first whistle. Kyogo Furuhashi, Jota, Josip Juranovic, Joe Hart, Greg Taylor, Matt O’Riley and Cameron Carter-Vickers didn’t get their boots dirty at any stage, with the final four not even in the matchday squad. More notable was that latest signing Sead Haksabanovic was allowed to do so with a 15 minutes run-out in which he instantly looked electric.
In the initial stages of a tie in which Celtic appeare d the home team thanks to their supporters filling two stands as the other two stands featured modest home gatherings, Postecoglou’s alterations made little difference to the intensity and aggression shown by his team. With Aaron Mooy, Alexandro Bernabei and Benjamin Seigrist earning their first starts, they swarmed over their hosts and claimed a 2-0 lead inside 25 minutes – with strikes from ever-in-place Callum McGregor and Giorgos Giakoumakis then appearing to put the tie in place.
But, the Highland club, themselves featuring five changes from their previous outing, didn’t prove as instantly collapsible as United had three days earlier. And when, 67 minutes in, Alex Iacovitti headed in a Jordan White knock-down for his third goal against Celtic in two years, there seemed life in the contest. It took five minutes for that to be snuffed out, keeper Jake Eastwood slapping out a McGregor drive that wasn’t exactly travelling to allow Daizen Maeda to steam in and fire high into the net. Further punishment for the home team was dished out in the form of James Forrest’s 98th goal of his 12-year senior Celtic career, the substitute slamming in from eight yards following a cut-back from Anthony Ralston.
It was the sort of compelling move that Celtic fashioned regularly in the opening exchanges, with David Turnbull’s craft to the fore as he sent in a series of corners that County struggled to handle. After Stephen Welsh hit the crossbar from one and a deflection from another led to the goalframe rattling again, a third after 21 minutes resulted in McGregor neatly side-footing in for his first goal of the campaign. Giakoumakis, putting himself about as if his life depended on it, seemed certain to have his moment. It arrived four minutes after the opener when a delightful backheel allowed the Greek to shimmy his way into space, wrap his foot around the ball and curl it into the corner.
By the final whistle, the travelling fans were bellowing “bring on the Rangers”. Saturday’s colossal meeting of the pair in Glasgow’s east end on Saturday will roll around soon enough, and Celtic – in whatever guise – certainly look ready for that altogether more exacting challenge. Six straight victories in this fledgling season that have brought 25 goals will engender that feeling.
BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62712765
Celtic maintained their unbeaten start to the season after the holders dispatched fellow Scottish Premiership side Ross County to set up a League Cup quarter final at Motherwell.
Two goals in four first-half minutes from Callum McGregor and Giorgos Giakoumakis put the visitors firmly in the driving seat in Dingwall.
Malky Mackay saw an improvement from his side after the break as Alex Iacovitti nodded in to pull one back, but Celtic sealed the win with strikes from Daizen Maeda and James Forrest.
The result warms up Ange Postecoglou’s side – who have now scored 25 goals in their opening six domestic games – perfectly for Saturday’s derby with Rangers.
Holders Celtic to face Motherwell in last eight
Podcast: Reaction to Wednesday’s action
Reaction & as it happened
After Sunday’s record-breaking 9-0 win at Tannadice, Postecoglou made nine alterations to his XI, but there was no change in Celtic’s relentless attacking intent, as they hit the County crossbar twice in the opening five minutes.
First, Stephen Welsh crashed a header off the woodwork, before David Turnbull’s deflected free-kick looped high and bounced off the bar.
The large away crowd wouldn’t have to wait much longer to see the net ripple, though, as Turnbull’s quick corner caught County off guard and McGregor cushioned a first-time finish in via a deflection.
Four minutes later, it was two. This time Giakoumakis made space for himself on the edge of the home box and drove a left-foot finish into the bottom left-hand corner.
County threatened to make a second-half comeback when unmarked Iacovitti nodded in after a Jordan White knock-down.
But just five minutes later, Celtic reinstated their two-goal cushion as Maeda was quickest to react to a rebound after McGregor had a shot saved.
And substitute Forrest put further gloss on the victory by hooking in his first goal of the season from a Anthony Ralston cut-back.
Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou: “I’m happy with the efforts and glad to still be in it. I made nine changes, which should affect the cohesion, but the boys have bought into what we are doing.
“To win 4-1 away from home is a very good performance. It is going to be a pretty hectic schedule and it’s great to know I can rely on these guys.”
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Match ends, Ross County 1, Celtic 4.
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Ross County 1, Celtic 4.
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Goal!
Goal! Ross County 1, Celtic 4. James Forrest (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Anthony Ralston.
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Attempt missed. Alexander Bernabei (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Aaron Mooy.
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Attempt missed. Kazeem Olaigbe (Ross County) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jordan Tillson.
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Attempt saved. Sead Haksabanovic (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Moritz Jenz.
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Hand ball by Owura Edwards (Ross County).
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Foul by James McCarthy (Celtic).
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Kazeem Olaigbe (Ross County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Giorgos Giakoumakis (Celtic).
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Callum Johnson (Ross County) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Carl Starfelt (Celtic).
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Jake Eastwood (Ross County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Kazeem Olaigbe.
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Substitution
Substitution, Ross County. Kazeem Olaigbe replaces Josh Sims.
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Substitution
Substitution, Ross County. Ben Paton replaces Keith Watson.
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Booking
Owura Edwards (Ross County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Alexander Bernabei (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Owura Edwards (Ross County).
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Corner, Ross County. Conceded by Benjamin Siegrist.
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Attempt saved. Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila (Ross County) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Substitution
Substitution, Celtic. James McCarthy replaces Callum McGregor.
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Substitution
Substitution, Celtic. Sead Haksabanovic replaces Daizen Maeda.
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Attempt missed. Aaron Mooy (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Alexander Bernabei.
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James Forrest (Celtic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Ben Purrington (Ross County).
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Goal!
Goal! Ross County 1, Celtic 3. Daizen Maeda (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
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Attempt saved. Callum McGregor (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Giorgos Giakoumakis.
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Offside, Ross County. Callum Johnson tries a through ball, but Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila is caught offside.
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Goal!
Goal! Ross County 1, Celtic 2. Alex Iacovitti (Ross County) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jordan White with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
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Foul by Giorgos Giakoumakis (Celtic).
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Alex Iacovitti (Ross County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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James Forrest (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by David Cancola (Ross County).
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Hand ball by Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila (Ross County).
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Anthony Ralston (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Alex Iacovitti (Ross County).
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Substitution
Substitution, Ross County. Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila replaces Dominic Samuel.
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David Turnbull (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by David Cancola (Ross County).
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Foul by Daizen Maeda (Celtic).
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Callum Johnson (Ross County) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Substitution
Substitution, Celtic. James Forrest replaces Liel Abada.
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Substitution
Substitution, Celtic. Carl Starfelt replaces Stephen Welsh because of an injury.
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Attempt missed. Josh Sims (Ross County) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Owura Edwards with a cross.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Keith Watson.
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Attempt saved. Liel Abada (Celtic) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Alex Iacovitti.
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David Turnbull (Celtic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Jordan Tillson (Ross County).
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Ben Purrington.
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Second Half
Second Half begins Ross County 0, Celtic 2.
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Substitution
Substitution, Ross County. Owura Edwards replaces Victor Loturi.
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Substitution
Substitution, Ross County. David Cancola replaces George Harmon because of an injury.
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Half Time
First Half ends, Ross County 0, Celtic 2.
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Offside, Ross County. Keith Watson tries a through ball, but George Harmon is caught offside.
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Attempt missed. David Turnbull (Celtic) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the left. Assisted by Alexander Bernabei.
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Attempt missed. Giorgos Giakoumakis (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Callum McGregor.
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Attempt blocked. Aaron Mooy (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Attempt missed. Moritz Jenz (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Liel Abada with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Keith Watson.
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Attempt missed. Alexander Bernabei (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Callum McGregor following a corner.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Alex Iacovitti.
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Attempt missed. Giorgos Giakoumakis (Celtic) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by David Turnbull with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Keith Watson.
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Foul by Anthony Ralston (Celtic).
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George Harmon (Ross County) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Liel Abada (Celtic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Ben Purrington (Ross County).
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Attempt missed. Keith Watson (Ross County) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
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Goal!
Goal! Ross County 0, Celtic 2. Giorgos Giakoumakis (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Anthony Ralston.
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Stephen Welsh (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Jordan White (Ross County).
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Goal!
Goal! Ross County 0, Celtic 1. Callum McGregor (Celtic) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by David Turnbull with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Josh Sims.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Jordan White.
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Aaron Mooy (Celtic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Callum Johnson (Ross County).
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Alex Iacovitti.
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Offside, Ross County. George Harmon tries a through ball, but Jordan White is caught offside.
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Attempt missed. Giorgos Giakoumakis (Celtic) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by David Turnbull with a cross.
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Aaron Mooy (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Dominic Samuel (Ross County).
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Liel Abada (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Ben Purrington (Ross County).
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Stephen Welsh (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Jordan White (Ross County).
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Foul by Daizen Maeda (Celtic).
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Callum Johnson (Ross County) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Giorgos Giakoumakis (Celtic).
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Alex Iacovitti (Ross County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Giorgos Giakoumakis (Celtic) right footed shot from very close range is too high following a set piece situation.
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Attempt blocked. David Turnbull (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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David Turnbull (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Jordan Tillson (Ross County).
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Attempt blocked. Callum McGregor (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Stephen Welsh.
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Stephen Welsh (Celtic) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by David Turnbull with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Ben Purrington.
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Kick Off
First Half begins.
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Lineups are announced and players are warming up.