St Mirren vs Celtic

Paisley is the only venue Ange Postecoglou's side have lost at this season and will be looking to avenge September's 2-0 defeat.

It’s going to be a tough challenge for us today. We treat every opponent the same. It’s a tough ask for us, but at the same time, we’ve been pretty good for a while now. [Stephen Robinson](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/stephen-robinson) will be looking to throw up another road block however, with the Buddies boss keen to put the bottom six in his rear view mirror and secure a top half finish for the first time. Mark O'Hara has scored a second penalty in as many games for St Mirren against Celtic. A cross ball from the left seeks to unlock Jota for the first time in this match. Gogic then does well to win a foul in the middle of the park. This is going to be a proper barrage of Celtic pressure for the rest of this game. He rolls it direct into the bottom corner and now there's a question for Celtic to answer. A gaffe at one end and a good cross a the other from Small. [St Mirren](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/st-mirren-fc) in Paisley, but they've since accelerated away from Rangers and show no sign on hitting the brakes at the top of the Scottish Premiership. But he just puts it into the stand, to the frustration of the away camp.

Ref David Dickinson had a busy afternoon in Paisley, as did Andrew Dallas in the VAR control room.

Sub Hyeongyu Oh was brought down inside the box with 10 minutes to go after a shirt tug from Alex Gogic. That prompted an angry reaction from the Celtic fans, but it was a close call. St Mirren players immediately cried for a spotkick, but ref Dickson allowed the game to continue before the ball finally went out of play. [St Mirren](https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/all-about/st-mirren-fc) an early penalty after a VAR check as Greg Taylor was punished for a handball. Dickinson then later blew for a [Celtic](https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/all-about/celtic-fc) spotkick as Charles Dunne was sent off for a last-ditch tackle on Kyogo, but the decision was overruled by Andrew Dallas in the VAR room who judged that the Hoops striker was outside the box. [Ange Postecoglou's](https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/all-about/ange-postecoglou) side did manage to get the job done, though, with a second-half goal blitz as the champions took full advantage of their extra man.

Stephen Robinson's Buddies came into the game unbeaten in the league this season after scoring the first goal - and the hosts kept the league leaders at bay for ...

For 45 minutes, it was the perfect game plan." The decision is a poor decision, it's a red card. "When you go a goal down, you have to maintain your composure and we did that. "They get the first goal and we're trying to change it to give us another platform up top with Tony Watt and they score from a free-kick. The boys are good where when they're playing, they are ready to play and it was a massive contribution. And there was a first Celtic league goal for Oh as well, with the South Korean striker being felled by Alex Gogic in the area. We know it's a difficult place to come to and we had to be really disciplined even after we went a man down. We stayed calm and looked for the best options. "You have to ask Greg if it's harsh on him. Nine minutes later, the low-on-confidence St Mirren players succumbed to a third goal. There's the argument of taking your arm out of the way, but Greives is getting round the other side." More quickfire strikes from substitutes Liel Abada, Matt O'Riley and a penalty from Hyeongyu Oh added further punishment to St Mirren.