Celtic perform at a high level so far being 2nd in the table. Kilmarnock can look both up and down from their 7th position.
- Celtic has the most points from losing position (9) in Premiership
- Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Kilmarnock have scored away.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Lille, was also a home game here at Celtic Park. The away team is better rested.
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 41 matches resulting in 14 wins, 10 draws and 17 defeats with the goal stats 40-49 (scored/conceded).
Celtic form and stats
13 points is a decent return from 6 Premiership games here at Celtic Park for Celtic. The data says 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Celtic's previous game was a Europa League match also played at home, ending 3-2 versus Lille. The home side are looking to build on that result. In the match before that, Celtic hosted St. Johnstone and drew the Premiership game 1-1.
Celtic are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (15 goals in 6 games). 6 goals have been conceded.
Kilmarnock form and stats
Kilmarnock have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Premiership, after 2-1-5 (8 played). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Kilmarnock have lost on their last two travels.
Kilmarnock play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Hamilton Academical (placed 10th). Before that, Kilmarnock secured a home win against Ross County with the score 3-1.
The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Kilmarnock we find two games. Results are zero Kilmarnock wins, zero draws and two defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Kilmarnock as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. Kilmarnock have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Kilmarnock - Celtic 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Celtic won six games, two matches ended with a draw and Kilmarnock has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  M. Elyounoussi 5 goals |  O. Édouard 5 goals |  A. Ajeti 5 goals |
Celtic missing players
Kilmarnock missing players
| Celtic | Kilmarnock | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 35 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 62% |
| 64% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 38% | 50% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 38% | 44% |
| 36% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 7% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 44% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 17.1 | 16.2 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.4 | 9.1 |
| 6.6 | 6.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.7 | 1.9 | 2.9 |
| 38% | 39% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 47% | 41% |
- All of Celtic's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Celtic has the most points from losing position (9) in Premiership
- Celtic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Kilmarnock have scored away.
- Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kilmarnock haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rangers | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 42 | 44 |
| 2 | Celtic | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 21 | 31 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 29 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 |
| 5 | Motherwell | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 21 |
| 6 | Dundee United | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 20 |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 17 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -6 | 17 |
| 9 | Livingston | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 15 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 25 | -17 | 14 |
| 11 | Ross County | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -20 | 13 |
| 12 | St. Mirren | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -14 | 12 |