Premiership 26/27 · 9 Sep 2026

St. Johnstone 0–1 Celtic

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Aug 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Footybot made Celtic favourites at 46%.

Celtic won and made the better chances: 2.2 xG to 0.8.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: James Forrest, 77.7 in 22′.

Player	Min	xG	Score
Toby Steward Goalkeeper	95	–	66.8
Cheick Diabate Defender	95	–	44.0
Ruari Paton Forward	32	0.16	43.7
Danny Schmidt Forward	21	–	43.7
Danny Finlayson Defender	95	–	43.1
Jason Holt Midfielder	63	–	42.7
Reece McAlear Midfielder	95	–	41.6
Taylor Steven Midfielder	74	0.08	41.4
Enes Alić Defender	95	0.04	40.8
Joel Cotterill Midfielder	87	0.31	37.9
Josh Fowler Forward	63	0.21	37.7
Kai Fotheringham Midfielder	21	–	37.5
Sam Stanton Midfielder	32	–	37.1
Josh Campbell Midfielder	74	–	33.5
Matty Todd Midfielder	95	–	29.8
Macaulay Tait Midfielder	8	–	13.1

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score
James Forrest Midfielder	22	0	0	0.09	77.7
Shumaira Mheuka Forward	9	0	0	0.48	66.2
Sam Johnstone Goalkeeper	95	0	0	–	60.1
Benjamin Nygren Forward	28	0	0	0.18	59.5
Dane Murray Defender	95	0	0	–	58.6
Colby Donovan Defender	95	0	0	0.02	55.8
Mika Baur Midfielder	95	1	0	0.88	52.1
Auston Trusty Defender	95	0	0	–	49.8
Haissem Hassan Midfielder	73	0	1	0.10	49.7
Sebastian Tounekti Forward	73	0	0	0.07	40.3
Liam Scales Defender	87	0	0	–	40.1
Kasper Høgh Forward	86	0	0	0.09	39.5
Callum McGregor Midfielder	95	0	0	0.20	39.0
Camilo Durán Forward	22	0	0	–	37.6
Oliver Sørensen Midfielder	67	0	0	0.03	36.1
Kieran Tierney Defender	8	0	0	–	4.0