In this week 33 match, on Saturday Apr 9th, Celtic will host St. Johnstone at Celtic Park in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Premiership teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 1st placed Celtic is fresh off their 2-1 win against Rangers. Aaron Ramsey scored the first goal for Rangers in the 3rd minute, then Tom Rogić tied it up for Celtic in the 7th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 43rd minute on a goal by Cameron Carter-Vickers to cap off a wild match. Celtic looks to continue their winning ways, having 9 wins in their last 10 matches, while 11th placed St. Johnstone is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Livingston. Callum Hendry struck first for St. Johnstone in the 3rd minute on a penalty kick, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Livingston was frustrated by St. Johnstone’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. St. Johnstone ended the match with the shutout victory. St. Johnstone is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
St. Johnstone and Celtic last played eachother at the Mcdiarmid Park on Sunday Dec 26th. Celtic took the match by a score of 3 to 1. Abada scored the first goal for Celtic in the 9th minute, then Abada added another in the 22nd minute. Celtic’s most prolific scorer has been Giorgos Giakoumakis. The Greek attacker has netted three goals over the last 5 matches.