GREAT SAVE!published at 31 mins
St Johnstone keeper Zander Clark is a man possessed today. Stuart Armstrong is about to celebrate doubling Celtic's lead but Clark claws it away for a corner.
What a save!
Thomas McGuigan
St Johnstone keeper Zander Clark is a man possessed today. Stuart Armstrong is about to celebrate doubling Celtic's lead but Clark claws it away for a corner.
What a save!
Scott Sinclair
This one is straight off the training ground. Stuart Armstrong fires a low corner to the edge of the area for the unmarked Scott Sinclair to fire the ball high into the net beyond the despairing Zander Clark.
"A wonderfully worked goal by Celtic," says BBC Sportsound pundit Michael Stewart.
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St Johnstone 0-0 Celtic
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A promising Celtic attack fizzles out as Dedryck Boyata fails to find team-mate Moussa Dembele. St Johnstone are frustrating the visitors by denying them space in the final third. It remains goalless with 25 minutes on the clock.
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St Johnstone 0-0 Celtic
Celtic continue to knock on the door in search of an opener but St Johnstone keeper Zander Clark is having none of it. Clark is once again alert as an impressive Celtic passing move is favoured by some fortune as the ball breaks to Scott Sinclair, but the winger is thwarted once again.
Two chances within a minute: Scott Sinclair does a mean shoe-shuffle as he dances away from the St Johnstone defence before Zander Clark gallops out to collect.
Seconds later, Callum McGregor coughs up possession for Steven MacLean, who tries an audacious lob... but it's over the bar. Craig Gordon didn't know that, as the Celtic keeper makes the net ripple as he hits the back of the net.
We're getting closer to a goal...
Blair Alston fouls Stuart Armstrong and the Celtic midfielder dusts himself down before taking the set-piece. However, the hosts repel the danger and it remains goalless.
St Johnstone have been sluggish out the traps and Callum McGregor is the latest Celtic player to have a shot at goal but his effort lacks menace and Zander Clark gathers comfortably.
St Johnstone 0-0 Celtic
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Former Scotland midfielder on BBC Sportsound
Quote MessageWhen the sun is beating down into your eyes, it makes it more difficult and that highlights why St Johnstone have to get balls into the box in this first half
St Johnstone 0-0 Celtic
Celtic are warming to the task in the opening 10 minutes as Moussa Dembele finds himself in space but the Frenchman's effort is well saved by the alert Zander Clark.
St Johnstone boss Tommy Wright scuttles out to the edge of his technical area to offer his players a verbal arm round the shoulder.
It remains goalless at a sun-kissed McDiarmid Park.
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First effort on goal from the visitors as Kieran Tierney feeds the ball inside for Stuart Armstrong to tee up James Forrest, whose shot is on target but comfortably saved by Zander Clark.
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Celtic cough up possession cheaply in the opening exchanges but St Johnstone fail to profit form Kieran Tierney's mistake.
It's a cracking day for football.
We're under way in Perth!
A minute's silence is observed at McDiarmid Park ahead of Remembrance Day commemorations...
St Johnstone v Celtic (12:30)
"Firstly, it's about three points and finishing this block of games with a win and consolidate our place at the top of the league," says Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers.
"But you can't hide away from... It's a history-making game. You don't get the opportunity to do it many times when you're in football. To be able to stand out on your own with this type of record would be truly special."
St Johnstone v Celtic (12:30)
St Johnstone manager Tommy Wright makes four changes, with full-back Brian Easton and midfielder Murray Davidson dropping out through injury.
Midfielder Liam Craig and striker Graham Cummings drop to the bench and they are joined there with Michael O'Halloran, who Wright thinks is only fit enough for a late introduction as substitute.
However, Stefan Scougall has shaken off a knock to start in midfield.
Into the starting line-up come full-backs Richard Foster and Scott Tanser, midfielder Blair Alston and striker Steven MacLean.