Only three points good enough for Celtic in Kilmarnock game

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Celtic and Kilmarnock.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Kilmarnock have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 16-11-14 (win-draw-loss) from 41 matches.

Celtic form and stats

Celtic, who have the most scored goals (79) in Premiership, have been outstanding at home so far in the Premiership with 12 wins, 0 draws and only 1 loss. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Celtic has won seven games in a row. The Rangers match was the last time out without a victory. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Celtic after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Celtic travelled for their previous game, a trip to København that ended 1-1. Before that match, a Premiership win away at Aberdeen.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Celtic, as the Europa League home game vs København is only four days away.

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Celtic is on fire here. A stunning 42 from 13 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Celtic have only let in 6 goals at home.

Kilmarnock form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Kilmarnock so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-9 (win-draw-lose).

Kilmarnock failed to get anything from their last game, a Scottish Cup home match vs Aberdeen (after extra-time) (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 3-4. The game before that, in the Premiership, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Hibernian.

A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Kilmarnock, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? Late heartbreak for Kilmarnock in the Aberdeen (after extra-time) match, as the deciding 3-4 goal came deep into overtime.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Kilmarnock as they have only managed to score 10 times from 13 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Kilmarnock have conceded 22 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Kilmarnock - Celtic 1-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Celtic six wins, two draws and Kilmarnock two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

O. Édouard 19 goals

R. Christie 11 goals

J. Forrest 10 goals

Celtic missing players

Kilmarnock missing players