Summary

  • Shankland nets at second attempt to give Hearts lead

  • Forrest doubles lead after Motherwell hit post twice in same move

  • Moult effort disallowed for offside & Penney strikes bar before Forrest adds late third

  • Win moves Hearts up to third

  1. Champions off to a flying startpublished at 11:49 British Summer Time 18 September 2022

    St Mirren v Celtic (12:00)

    Celtic have a perfect record in the Premiership, with six successive victories. The champions have knocked in 25 goals and conceded just one.

    Liel Abada and Kyogo have each scored six Premiership goals so farImage source, SNS
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    Liel Abada and Kyogo have each scored six Premiership goals so far

  2. Sportsound on airpublished at 11:46 British Summer Time 18 September 2022

    St Mirren v Celtic (12:00)

    Sportsound is up and running on BBC Radio Scotland, with pundits Steven Thompson and Pat Bonner joining match commentator Al Lamont.

    You can listen in via the tab at the top of the page.

  3. Mooy back where it all startedpublished at 11:42 British Summer Time 18 September 2022

    St Mirren v Celtic (12:00)

    Aaron Mooy makes his first Celtic start today against the side that gave the Australian his professional debut back in 2010.

    The midfielder scored twice in 30 outings for St Mirren before returning to his homeland.

    Then there were various big money moves involving Manchester City, Huddersfield, Brighton and a switch to China.

    Aaron Mooy warming up in PaisleyImage source, SNS
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    Aaron Mooy warming up in Paisley

  4. Six changes for Celticpublished at 11:38 British Summer Time 18 September 2022

    St Mirren v Celtic (12:00)

    Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou mixes things up after Wednesday's 1-1 away to Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League.

    Jota, Matt O'Riley, Reo Hatate and Sead Haksabanovic drop to the bench, while there's no sign of Cameron Carter-Vickers and Josip Juranovic.

    Stephen Welsh and Anthony Ralston come into defence, with Aaron Mooy, David Turnbull, Liel Abada and Daizen Maeda also handed starts.

    Daizen Maeda returns to the Celtic starting XIImage source, SNS
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    Daizen Maeda returns to the Celtic starting XI

  5. Tanser takes over from Taitpublished at 11:36 British Summer Time 18 September 2022

    St Mirren v Celtic (12:00)

    St Mirren boss Stephen Robinson resists the temptation to tinker after a 3-0 loss at St Johnstone last time out.

    Scott Tanser takes over from Richard Tait in the left wing-back role - and the rest of the starting XI remains the same.

  6. LINE-UPS at St Mirren Parkpublished at 11:32 British Summer Time 18 September 2022

    St Mirren v Celtic (12:00)

    St Mirren: Carson, Fraser, Gallagher, Dunne, Strain, Baccus, Erhahon, O'Hara, Tanser, Ayunga, Main.

    Substitutes: Urminsky, Tait, Flynn, Gogic, Brophy, Kiltie, Shaughnessy, Henderson, Greive.

    Celtic: Hart, Ralston, Welsh, Jenz, Taylor, McGregor, Mooy, Turnbull, Abada, Maeda, Furuhashi.

    Substitutes: Siegrist, Giakoumakis, Haksabanovic, Jota, Bernabei, O'Riley, Hatate, Forrest, Abildgaard.

  7. Good morningpublished at 11:30 British Summer Time 18 September 2022

    We have two games in the Scottish Premiership today, starting with champions Celtic at St Mirren at noon.

    Following that, Motherwell host Hearts at Fir Park.

    Let's get on with it...