It's advantage Celtic so far with their 1st position in the Premiership table, welcoming Kilmarnock who are placed 4th.
Celtic and Kilmarnock should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
This pitch has grass, which is not Kilmarnock's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Kilmarnock have performed like this: Played 37 matches resulting in 11 wins, 16 draws and 10 defeats with the goal stats 40-45 (scored/conceded).
Celtic form and stats
Celtic has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive games without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Valencia defeat.The home team returns to venue after sharing the points with Hibernian on their last time out; the Premiership game ended 0-0. In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Aberdeen.
Kilmarnock form and stats
Kilmarnock has drawn their two previous away games.The manager S. Clarke was unhappy after their last game, a Premiership match played at their home ground. Kilmarnock suffered a 0-1 loss to Aberdeen. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus St. Johnstone.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Kilmarnock - Celtic 0-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 6 - 2 - 2 (Celtic wins - draws - Kilmarnock wins).Top Goalscorers
 
O. Édouard
14 goals / 5 assists
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J. Forrest
11 goals / 10 assists
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S. Sinclair
9 goals / 2 assists
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Celtic missing players
Kilmarnock missing players
| Celtic | Kilmarnock | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | Played | 17 | 34 |
| 71 | 43 | Scored | 17 | 46 |
| 17 | 6 | Conceded | 16 | 29 |
| 85% | 88% | Over 0.5 | 76% | 85% |
| 65% | 71% | Over 1.5 | 53% | 65% |
| 47% | 59% | Over 2.5 | 29% | 41% |
| 26% | 35% | Over 3.5 | 18% | 18% |
| 21% | 24% | Over 4.5 | 12% | 9% |
| 26% | 29% | Both teams to score | 47% | 47% |
| 65% | 71% | Clean Sheet | 47% | 41% |
| 24% | 12% | Failed To Score | 29% | 26% |
| 7.2 | 8.1 | Corners For (avg) | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| 3.3 | 3.1 | Corners Against (avg) | 4.4 | 3.7 |
| 1.1 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 1 | 6 |
- Celtic is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Celtic | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 71 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 78 |
| 2 | Rangers | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 76 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 51 | 69 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 53 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 61 |
| 4 | Kilmarnock | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 46 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 58 |
| 5 | Hibernian | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 49 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 53 |
| 6 | Hearts | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 39 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 50 |
