Celtic 3

St Mirren 0.

Celtic moved in on the Scottish Premiership title as they strolled to a 3-0win over a tough St Mirren at Parkhead.

The win means the Hoops remain 24 points clear of Aberdeen, who have a game in hand, with eight games remaining and are now four points away from clinching a third successive championship.

Leigh Griffiths had an effort ruled out for offside before Stefan Johansen gave Celtic the lead a minute before the break with his first goal for the club, getting on to the end of a right footed cross from Griffiths to bullet a header beyond Kello in the St Mirren goal.


JOHANSEN CELEBRATES OPENING HIS ACCOUNT FOR THE HOOPS


Griffiths made it 2-0 in the 61st minute as he rounded off a great move involving Commons and Stokes, with the latter putting the ball on a plate for the front man to slot the ball home from 8 yards.

Anthony Stokes made it 3-0 in added time with a lethal touch and finish from the edge of the box.

Celtic could now win the championship away to Partick Thistle on Wednesday night if Aberdeen fail to win at Ross County.

Celtic manager Neil Lennon said afterwards, "I am delighted with the performance especially in the second half"

"We were a bit wasteful in front of goal at times but I can't ask any more as it's another comprehensive win and another clean sheet."

St Mirren boss Danny Lennon had been impressed by his side's plucky performance.

"The focus today was to come here and put in a strong performance and I think we did that,"

"It is a difficult place to come to and I think it shows how well we competed when we had 12 shots and could have had more. However, over the piece Celtic deserved their victory."


This match also saw a return for fan group the Green Brigade, who made themselves heard from section 118 during the game.