In this 25th week match, on Sun Feb 5th, St. Johnstone plays host to Celtic in a clash of the Premiership. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 3 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, St. Johnstone recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Motherwell. Drey Wright struck first for St. Johnstone in the 5th minute on a feed from Nicholas Clark, then Melker Hallberg added another in the 49th minute In the end, Motherwell couldn’t muster any offence and St. Johnstone ran away with the shutout win. St. Johnstone looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while 1st placed Celtic is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Livingston. Greg Taylor scored the first goal for Celtic in the 29th minute, then Daizen Maeda added another in the 33rd minute In the end, Livingston 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.
On the 24th of December, Celtic hosted St. Johnstone at the Celtic Park in their last match together. Celtic was victorious by a score of 4 to 1. Reo Hatate struck first for Celtic in the 14th minute, then Kyogo Furuhashi added another in the 18th minute on a feed from Matt O’Riley.
Celtic is fortunate enough to have Kyogo Furuhashi in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. Connor McLennan and Jamie Murphy are the top scorers for St. Johnstone in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.