Comeback Win
Celtic
Celtic went behind and turned the match around.
- Final score
- 1–2
Premiership · Matchday 6
ST Mirren
N. Agrafiotis 22'
1 – 2
FT
HT 1–0
Celtic
L. Scales 51'
Yang Hyun-Jun 68'
Premiership
Matchday 6ST Mirren1–2Celtic
1.74
Expected goals
2.93
22′51′68′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: SM 1.74, CEL 2.93.
Match report
ST Mirren 1-2 Celtic
Celtic edged out ST Mirren 2-1 at The SMISA Stadium in Premiership. Agrafiotis opened the scoring for ST Mirren on 22' from the penalty spot, Scales levelled for Celtic on 51' and Hyun-Jun put Celtic back in front on 68'.
Expected goals finished ST Mirren 1.74, Celtic 2.93. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more. Celtic held 60.0% of the ball.
Celtic had to come from behind to get there, which is the detail the scoreline hides.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Celtic graded out for box occupation — 20 of 23 shots in the box and 0.13 xg per shot. ST Mirren graded out for shooting from range — 11 of 19 shots from range and 0.09 xg per shot.
Haissem Hassan came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.5 for Celtic from 2 key passes, 4 shots and 1 tackle.
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
40%Possession60%
19Shots23
1.74xG2.93
What the numbers say
4 readsBox Occupation
Celtic
Celtic kept getting bodies into the area — 87% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 20 of 23
- Share
- 87%
- xG per shot
- 0.13
Shooting From Range
ST Mirren
ST Mirren could not get inside the box and settled for distance — 58% of their shots came from outside it.
- Shots from range
- 11 of 19
- Share
- 58%
- xG per shot
- 0.09
Set-Piece Siege
Celtic
Celtic turned the game into a dead-ball contest with 10 corners.
- Corners
- 10
- Opponent
- 6
Timeline
🟨8'
Colby Donovan
Foul
N. Agrafiotis (Pen)
⚽22'
📺31'
Camilo Durán · Goal cancelled
Calvin Ramsay
Foul
🟨37'
Half-time
⚽51'
L. Scales — assist: B. Nygren
S. Ramos ↑ F. Taylor ↓
🔄62'
E. Sule ↑ N. Agrafiotis ↓
🔄68'
⚽68'
Yang Hyun-Jun — assist: C. Duran
L. Thomas ↑ C. R. Mochrie ↓
🔄69'
🔄72'
J. Forrest ↑ H. Hassan ↓
🔄73'
O. Sorensen ↑ M. Baur ↓
🔄73'
S. Tounekti ↑ Yang Hyun-Jun ↓
J. Young ↑ R. Carr ↓
🔄83'
🔄83'
S. Mheuka ↑ C. Duran ↓
🔄87'
D. Murray ↑ C. Donovan ↓
📺90+5'
Shumaira Mheuka · Goal cancelled
Eseosa Sule
Argument
🟨90+6'
Samuel Ramos
Argument
🟨90+7'
Paul Nsio
Argument
🟨90+7'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueThe SMISA Stadium, Paisley
RefereeRyan Lee, Scotland
CompetitionPremiership
Season2026
RoundMatchday 6
StatusMatch Finished