Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Celtic & Kilmarnock face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This arena has grass, which is not Kilmarnock's regular surface at their own football stadium. When appearing on grass Kilmarnock have performed like this: Played 34 matches earning 7 wins, 5 draws and 22 defeats with the goal data 24-49 (scored/conceded).
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Celtic form and stats
Celtic's last game was hosting Kilmarnock and winning 2-0. Celtic enjoyed their 2-0 win against Kilmarnock and the result could have been even better, as they hit the posts four times. Hatate (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.85/10. Hatate hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 58 successful passes (of 72 total).
Before that, Celtic played out a Premiership draw 2-2 when visiting Rangers.Everyone expects Celtic to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 17 games: 15 home wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Celtic have won with at least two goals margin 10 times in similar situations.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premiership game versus St. Mirren in only four days. This game is also played here at Hampden Park.
Kilmarnock form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.8 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Kilmarnock playing as the away team in the Championship this season.
Two away games in a row for Kilmarnock, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Celtic. Kilmarnock goalkeeper Walker could take pride in a splendid day's work versus Celtic, but even with achieving eight saves the defeat could not be helped.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs St. Mirren.After this away game Kilmarnock return home for a Premiership game against Rangers. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Kilmarnock have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 18 league away games 22 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Kilmarnock as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The 4 most recent fixtures featuring these sides have all ended as Celtic wins. Are we destined for another one?Top Goalscorers
  D. Turnbull 8 goals |   K. Lafferty 8 goals |  J. Forrest 3 goals |
Celtic missing players
Kilmarnock missing players
| Celtic | Kilmarnock | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 9 | 11 | ||
| 52 | 24 | Scored | S | 8 | 27 | ||
| 37 | 15 | Conceded | C | 21 | 37 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 62% | 40% | ||
| 6.8 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 3 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 17.7 | 19.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 10.7 | ||
| 6.6 | 7.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 2.3 | ||
| 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 47% | ||
| 8.2 | 6.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 12 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kilmarnock | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 50 | 27 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 23 | 67 |
| 2 | Arbroath | 36 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 54 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 26 | 65 |
| 3 | Inverness CT | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 53 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 19 | 59 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 46 | 40 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 6 | 52 |
| 5 | Raith Rovers | 36 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 50 |
| 6 | Hamilton Academical | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 38 | 53 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 25 | -15 | 42 |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 36 | 47 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 20 | -11 | 40 |
| 8 | Ayr United | 36 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 52 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 27 | -13 | 39 |
| 9 | Dunfermline Athletic | 36 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 36 | 53 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 29 | -17 | 35 |
| 10 | Queen of the South | 36 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 54 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 35 | -18 | 33 |
