December 24th features a match where St. Johnstone will travel to Glasgow to battle Celtic in a meeting of these two Premiership teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only -1 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 1st placed Celtic is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Aberdeen. Callum McGregor scored the first goal for Celtic in the 87th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Aberdeen couldn’t muster any offence and Celtic ran away with the shutout win. Celtic is on a hot streak lately, with 9 wins in their last 10 matches, while st. Johnstone sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Ross County. Jordan White scored the first goal for Ross County in the 22nd minute, but Ali Crawford got the equalizer for St. Johnstone in the 77th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 79th minute on a goal by Ali Crawford to cap off a wild match. With 17 points in their last 10 matches St. Johnstone should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, in Mcdiarmid Park, Celtic won by a score of 2 to 1. Andy Considine scored the first goal for Celtic on an own goal in the 42nd minute, but Alex Mitchell got the equalizer for St. Johnstone in the 3rd minute of the second half’s stoppage time.
St. Johnstone is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Nicholas Clark and Ali Crawford each having 2 goals in their last five. Sead Hakšabanović has been the most prolific scorer on Celtic in the last five matches with three goals.