2024-04-13: Celtic 3-0 St Mirren, SP

Match Pictures | Matches: 2023 – 2024

Trivia

KO: 15:00; Saturday; Celtic TV only; League Match 33.
Last league game before the split.
Celtic end the weekend top of the league by 4 pts after Sevco surprisingly lost on Sunday to Ross County (3-2) for the time ever albeit Sevco have a game in hand. They even had another penalty! Celtic top now on 78pts & 54GD, (+5GD to Sevco).
Very windy day, had huge effect on the gameplay and the flight of the ball, especially in the first half when Celtic played into the wind.
Celtic had 6 subs on-fielf with Kuhn off for Forrest. 6th sub allowed apparently because St Mirren had a ‘concussion sub’
Sevco midweek game was postponed (again) due to rain etc so still have a game in hand. They are blaming Dundee (sic!) but Sevco postponed the game a week before obviously as they were to play Celtic at the weekend.
Post-Note: midweek later (18th), Sevco finally played their game in hand v Dundee and to the surprise of everyone, drew nil nil, and so effectively put Celtic in the driving seat with both now on same number of games played and 3pts in front, giving Celtic a buffer for the remainder of the season.
Injuries: Daizen Maeda injury ( hamstring) and Liam Scales misses tomorrow. Callum McGregor trained well today while Luis Palma is available. Maeda possibly out for far more games, and possibly rest of season is the fear!
Ex Rangers player and now Ibrox poodle pundit Neil McCann lost his appeal at the Upper Tier Tribunal v HMRC – leaving him with a tax bill of £~210k! Schadenfreude… He was an EBT cheat!
Historical child abuse cases: Celtic poised to pay multimillion-pound damages within months after agreeing to settle legal claims over systematic child abuse at their feeder club.
Scotland lose automatic Champions League spot.
Celtic submitted a letter to the SFA seeking answers over the penalty conceded v Sevco last week and have raised concerns over the VAR footage studied by referee John Beaton.
Sevco manager Philippe Clement defends Sevco cheat Fabio Silva following accusations of simulation, saying the criticism is “not justified” and comments: “In other teams I see players also going down a lot.” Unbelievable!
Brendan Rodgers has revealed he will play a major role in reshaping Celtic behind the scenes as the manager will have a say in who replaces recruitment duo Mark Lawwell and Joe Dudgeon.
Report: Celtic considering a move for Werder Bremen GK Michael Zetterer who rejected his clubs first offer of renewing his contract. Celtic are monitoring Coventry City midfielder Callum O’Hare, 25; Celtic could be priced out of a move for Trabzonspor goalkeeper Ugurcan Cakir amid reports Saudi side Al-Ahli have entered the race.
Ex-Celt Kieran Tierney has refused to rule out a return to Celtic as he addressed questions over his future, currently on loan to Real Sociedad in Spain.
Awy On Loan Mikey Johnstone (at WBA) has been named player of the month in the English second tier.
Middle East: Iran launchs retaliatory attack on Israel, follows heavy escalation of military action in the region.
Germany: Bayer Leverkusen, with ex-Celt Frimpong, sealed a maiden Bundesliga title in style with a 5-0 win over Werder Bremen.
A woman died inside Celtic Park prior to the match. Emergency services were called to the stadium after concerns were raised for the welfare of the 54-year-old inside the toilets within the ground but she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Summary

“We can only look at ourselves and go into each game and look to produce that level of performance. We want to bring a big level into every remaining game of the campaign.”
Brendan Rodgers (pre-match)

“We know that every single point matters.”
Alistair Johnston

Davie McLaughlin on twitter: “Big Cameron Carter-Vickers bosses everything. He just does.”

EverythingCeltic on Twitter: Said it once & I’ll say it again, Celtic are a completely different side with Reo Hatate in the team.

Etims on twitter: No long in fae game. For those not at the match the blustery conditions made if difficult…as did a ref keen to ensure no flow to game & keeping their physio off pitch after allowing ours on to ensure player didn’t have to go off…never seen anything like it! We weren’t good 1st half but even support at match didn’t grumble too much as appreciated conditions poor. 2nd half a diff story. Reo back and the magic returns. What a miss he’s been this season. The run, the touch and the finish. Genuine class. After that all The flow was then excellent. Reo pulling the strings. Kuhn stretching their defence & AJ putting in some great crosses. Those two have built a good partnership down our right & from that came 2nd goal, What a cross from AJ & Kyogo finished this time after missing similar sitter. Celtic continued to pile on pressure while controlling game. Bundle of subs (mild panic…we’ve made SIX FUCKEN SUBS!) clever ppl pointed out Saints concussion sub…every day is a school day! Big Adam keeps confidence high with finish. All Celtic. CalMac pulling strings last 20 mins or so was great. More like his old self & he’s only going to improve with fitness. There’s more confidence on display & I thought the support were magic today. Nervy 0-0 HT but nope…100% behind the team. All in this together

Tim Waits of KDS:

Job done. Hatate is class. Nice work from AJ for the assists, and CCV kept it together even when paired with both of our two least-favored CBs in succession.
Yang: that miss!

Griff @MildooWolf · 1h Really negative 1st half, much better in the 2nd, CCV is as good as VVD when he was here, Yang, Kuhn and Palma all get into great positions and then haven’t a fkn clue what to do with the ball great 3 points though

A very convincing second half sees Celtic pick apart a stubborn St Mirren defence & in all honesty it could have been more.

Inside The SPFL @AgentScotland: Comfortable win in the end for Celtic, Hatate with a bit of magic eased all the tension, Johnston was excellent in the second half, Kühn and Yang are just so frustrating though. Celtic should be the freshest team in Scotland, they only ever turn up for one half every week.. Kyogo’s scored 16 times this season in 16 different games, he hasn’t managed to score more than once in a match under Brendan Rodgers in 43 games 2021-22: He scored more than once in a match 4 times in 33 games 2022-23: He scored more than once in match 7 times in 50 games Kyogo’s mins per goal each season… 2023-24: goal every 182mins 2022-23: goal every 94mins 2021-22: goal 108mins

Teams

Celtic

Formation 4-3-3

1Hart
2Johnston
20Carter-Vickers
17Nawrocki
Substituted forWelshat 65′minutes
3Taylor
33O’Riley
24Iwata
Substituted forMcGregorat 71′minutes
41Hatate
Substituted forGonçalves Bernardoat 71′minutes
10Kühn
Substituted forForrestat 80′minutes
8Furuhashi
Substituted forIdahat 72′minutes
13Yang

Substituted forPalmaat 71′minutes

Substitutes

4Lagerbielke
7Palma
9Idah
28Gonçalves Bernardo
29Bain
42McGregor
49Forrest
56Ralston
57Welsh

Goals:

Hatate (52′ minutes),
Furuhashi (60′ minutes),
Idah (86′ minutes)

Assists:

Johnston (52′ minutes, 60′ minutes)

St Mirren

Formation 3-5-2

1Hemming
22Fraser
13GogicBooked at 37mins
5Taylor
Substituted forDunneat 83′minutes
42Bwomono
Substituted forStrainat 23′minutesBooked at 25mins
17Baccus
Substituted forScottat 83′minutes
6O’Hara
15Boyd-Munce
3Tanser
Substituted forBrownat 45′minutes
20Olusanya
Substituted forMandronat 72′minutes
11Kiltie

Substituted forJamiesonat 50′minutes

Substitutes

2Bolton
9Mandron
10McMenamin
14Scott
18Dunne
21Brown
23Strain
24Jamieson
27Urminsky

Goals:
Assists:

Ref:Steven McLean
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Articles

Match Report (see below)

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Stats

Home TeamCelticAway TeamSt Mirren

Possession: Home73%; Away27%

Shots: Home18; Away2

Shots on Target: Home9; Away0

Corners: Home11; Away1

Fouls: Home7; Away12

Articles

Celtic ready to ‘come alive’ in title fight with Rangers but will have to do it without key player

Strong second-half showing gives champions important win over St Mirren
By Graeme Macpherson
Published 13th Apr 2024, 18:33 BST

https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/celtic/celtic-ready-to-come-alive-in-title-fight-with-rangers-but-will-have-to-do-it-without-key-player-4590222

Comments

Brendan Rodgers believes Celtic are ready to “come alive” in the closing stages of the season after extending their lead at the top of the table with a 3-0 victory over St Mirren.

The champions were sluggish in the first half but showed greater vibrancy after the turn-around when goals from Reo Hatate, Kyogo Furuhashi and Adam Idah helped them ease to a relatively comfortable win. Celtic’s lead over Rangers now stands at four points – the Ibrox side have two games in hand – allowing them to now turn their attention to their Scottish Cup semi-final against Aberdeen next weekend in a positive frame of mind.

Rodgers doesn’t expect Daizen Maeda to feature again this season due to a hamstring injury but believes the rest of his squad is in good shape as they head into the business end of the campaign. He said: “We are where we want to be. It’s in our hands. I really look forward to this period because it’s where Celtic comes alive. There are five games to go with trophies at stake. There’s a Scottish Cup at stake, so bring it on. I’d rather be the team with points in the bag at the top.
Celtic’s Reo Hatate celebrates with Nicolas Kuhn and Matt O’Riley.
Celtic’s Reo Hatate celebrates with Nicolas Kuhn and Matt O’Riley.

“We’re in a really good position and when you know that everything is with you – and you can decide what your destiny is – that’s what you want. That’s why the result at Ibrox was huge for us, as well as the performance. We had to be tough last weekend, bite down on the gum shield, and see it through in a difficult environment. That bodes well for us. We know we can play our football now, with speed, and we can score goals. We’ve also shown a steeliness which will be important in the run-in.”

Callum McGregor started again from the bench against St Mirren but Rodgers believes having his captain plus Hatate and Cameron Carter-Vickers back from their respective injury lay-offs could prove significant. “You can see that we’ve missed players who are a huge influence for us and now they’re all back,” added Rodgers. “Carter-Vickers today was absolutely brilliant and on a different level. We’ve now got a bench that can really affect the game for us. Look at Adam coming on today. We’ve got players who can come in and make a difference, which is huge.

“I’m not sure we’ll see Daizen again this season, I don’t expect him to feature too much. It’s such a small window now. [Liam] Scales is different. He has soreness in his abductor but hopefully he’ll be okay. Otherwise, we’re strong.”

St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson hoped his side’s impressive first-half performance would stand them in good stead for their post-split fixtures. He said: “We were excellent for 45 minutes and then we can get undone by two excellent goals. Kyogo’s movement for the second goal was fantastic and the delivery as well. And the first goal was a super finish. That’s the difference in levels.

“There were a lot of good performances, it’s hard for me to single out anybody in particular. We’re a good football side, we passed the ball and the pitch was excellent. We now have these last five games to go and chase European football which would be an incredible achievement for this group of boys.”

BBC

Match ends, Celtic 3, St. Mirren 0.
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Full Time

Second Half ends, Celtic 3, St. Mirren 0.

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Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Mikael Mandron (St. Mirren).
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Attempt blocked. Greg Taylor (Celtic) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Marcus Fraser.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Zach Hemming.
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Attempt blocked. Luis Palma (Celtic) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
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Attempt saved. Luis Palma (Celtic) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matt O’Riley.
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Corner, St. Mirren. Conceded by Greg Taylor.
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Attempt saved. Paulo Bernardo (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Forrest with a cross.
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Goal!

Goal! Celtic 3, St. Mirren 0. Adam Idah (Celtic) header from very close range to the centre of the goal following a fast break.
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Attempt saved. Paulo Bernardo (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luis Palma.
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Substitution

Substitution, St. Mirren. Charles Dunne replaces Richard Taylor.
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Substitution

Substitution, St. Mirren. James Scott replaces Keanu Baccus.
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Attempt missed. James Forrest (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Paulo Bernardo.
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Matt O’Riley (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Caolan Boyd-Munce (St. Mirren).
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Substitution

Substitution, Celtic. James Forrest replaces Nicolas Kühn.
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Attempt missed. Adam Idah (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right.

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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Zach Hemming.
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Attempt saved. Luis Palma (Celtic) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.

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Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Mikael Mandron (St. Mirren).
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Foul by Alistair Johnston (Celtic).
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Jaden Brown (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Substitution

Substitution, St. Mirren. Mikael Mandron replaces Toyosi Olusanya.
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Substitution

Substitution, Celtic. Adam Idah replaces Kyogo Furuhashi.
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Substitution

Substitution, Celtic. Luis Palma replaces Yang Hyun-Jun.
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Substitution

Substitution, Celtic. Callum McGregor replaces Tomoki Iwata.
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Substitution

Substitution, Celtic. Paulo Bernardo replaces Reo Hatate.
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Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Jaden Brown (St. Mirren).
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Zach Hemming.
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Attempt saved. Reo Hatate (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Matt O’Riley.
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Attempt saved. Greg Taylor (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nicolas Kühn.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Marcus Fraser.
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Substitution

Substitution, Celtic. Stephen Welsh replaces Maik Nawrocki.
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Foul by Maik Nawrocki (Celtic).
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Keanu Baccus (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

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Goal!

Goal! Celtic 2, St. Mirren 0. Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alistair Johnston with a cross.
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Attempt blocked. Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Yang Hyun-Jun.

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Maik Nawrocki (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Toyosi Olusanya (St. Mirren).
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Foul by Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic).
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Alex Gogic (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Caolan Boyd-Munce.
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Attempt blocked. Nicolas Kühn (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cameron Carter-Vickers.
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Attempt blocked. Nicolas Kühn (Celtic) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yang Hyun-Jun.
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Goal!

Goal! Celtic 1, St. Mirren 0. Reo Hatate (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Alistair Johnston.
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Greg Taylor (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Ryan Strain (St. Mirren).
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Substitution

Substitution, St. Mirren. Lewis Jamieson replaces Greg Kiltie because of an injury.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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Delay in match because of an injury Greg Kiltie (St. Mirren).
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Attempt missed. Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Yang Hyun-Jun with a cross following a corner.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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Delay in match because of an injury Greg Kiltie (St. Mirren).
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Jaden Brown.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Marcus Fraser.

Second Half

Second Half begins Celtic 0, St. Mirren 0.
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Substitution

Substitution, St. Mirren. Jaden Brown replaces Scott Tanser.

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Half Time

First Half ends, Celtic 0, St. Mirren 0.
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Reo Hatate (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Toyosi Olusanya (St. Mirren).
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Foul by Nicolas Kühn (Celtic).
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Richard Taylor (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Toyosi Olusanya (St. Mirren) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Alex Gogic.
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Greg Taylor (Celtic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Keanu Baccus (St. Mirren).
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Booking

Alex Gogic (St. Mirren) is shown the yellow card.
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Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Alex Gogic (St. Mirren).
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Tomoki Iwata (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Greg Kiltie (St. Mirren).
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Attempt blocked. Matt O’Riley (Celtic) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolas Kühn.
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Attempt missed. Greg Kiltie (St. Mirren) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Toyosi Olusanya with a cross.
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Booking

Ryan Strain (St. Mirren) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Yang Hyun-Jun (Celtic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Ryan Strain (St. Mirren).

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Substitution

Substitution, St. Mirren. Ryan Strain replaces Elvis Bwomono because of an injury.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.

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Delay in match because of an injury Elvis Bwomono (St. Mirren).
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Offside, Celtic. Matt O’Riley is caught offside.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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Delay in match because of an injury Elvis Bwomono (St. Mirren).
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Elvis Bwomono.
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Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Toyosi Olusanya (St. Mirren).
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Offside, Celtic. Nicolas Kühn is caught offside.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Toyosi Olusanya.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Richard Taylor.
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Foul by Tomoki Iwata (Celtic).
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Toyosi Olusanya (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Yang Hyun-Jun (Celtic).
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Elvis Bwomono (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Offside, St. Mirren. Elvis Bwomono is caught offside.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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Delay in match because of an injury Toyosi Olusanya (St. Mirren).
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Foul by Maik Nawrocki (Celtic).

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Toyosi Olusanya (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Kick Off

First Half begins.

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Lineups are announced and players are warming up.