What channel is St Johnstone v Celtic? TV, live stream and highlights plus team news, referee and VAR
How to watch St Johnstone v Celtic
Celtic will look to maintain their perfect start to the Scottish Premiership season when they travel to Perth to face St Johnstone on Wednesday night.
Martin O’Neill’s side have collected the maximum 15 points from their opening five matches, scoring 13 goals in the process, to sit three points clear of Hearts at the top of the table.
The defending champions, who won 2-1 at St Mirren on Saturday, return to McDiarmid Park for the first time since a 1-0 defeat under Brendan Rodgers in April 2025.
Simo Valakari’s Saints have made a positive start to their first season back in the top flight following promotion from the Championship. They have won their opening two home Premiership games against Kilmarnock and Hibs to sit seventh in the table.
They also boast the league’s top scorer with Josh Fowler topping the charts on four goals after his weekend double against Hibs, once more than the Celtic trio of Camilo Duran, Kasper Hogh and Benjamin Nygren.
St Johnstone v Celtic match details
The Scottish Premiership match between St Johnstone and Celtic takes place at McDiarmid Park, Perth on Wednesday, September 9, 2026. Kick-off is 8pm.
St Johnstone v Celtic TV channel
The match will be shown live on Sky Sports Football with coverage starting at 7.30pm. Highlights will be shown on Sportscene on BBC One Scotland at 10.40pm.
St Johnstone v Celtic live stream
Sky Sports subscribers can stream the match live via the Sky Go app. Non-subscribers can purchase a Sky Sports day pass from NowTV for £14.99.
St Johnstone v Celtic team news
St Johnstone could hand a debut to on-loan Hibernian midfielder Josh Campbell but attacker Jamie Gullan is out with a minor groin issue.
Celtic will assess Kasper Hogh and Kieran Tierney after their return to training. Yang Hyun-jun has left for the Asian Games, while Callum Osmand (ankle) remains out and Jota is building up his fitness after a long-term knee injury. The injured Landon Emenalo is still to arrive from Chelsea.
St Johnstone v Celtic referee and VAR
Matthew MacDermid is the match referee. The assistant referees are Chris Gentles and David Dunne while fourth official is Dan McFarlane. Grant Irvine is in charge of VAR, assisted by Duncan Williams.
St Johnstone 6/1, Draw 4/1, Celtic 10/21 - via oddschecker.com.
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