Kilmarnock will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 29 points behind Celtic.
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 Kilmarnock and Celtic.
Celtic play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for Celtic when playing on artificial turf are 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat from four matches. They have scored 6 goals and conceded 2 times in these games.
Kilmarnock form and stats
The story so far in the Premiership for Kilmarnock at their home stadium (Rugby Park) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Kilmarnock with their five defeats in a row. Not since the St. Johnstone game, 49 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Kilmarnock haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 540 minutes ago. D. Del Fabro scored that one.
The Kilmarnock supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Queen's Park in Scottish Cup and win 6-0. Heartbreak before that as Kilmarnock lost 0-1 at St. Mirren's place.
As mentioned above, Kilmarnock "killed" Queen's Park in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
There will be little rest for Kilmarnock after this match as they are travelling to St. Johnstone for a Premiership game in only three days.
The Kilmarnock fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches. Kilmarnock have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Celtic form and stats
The away team, who have the most scored goals (55) in Premiership, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Premiership. Celtic has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Livingston.
Celtic play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Partick Thistle. The game before that, in the Premiership, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Rangers.
Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Celtic given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 18 matches with 12 wins as expected, 5 draws and 1 surprise home win. The favourites won 8 of these games by at least two goals.
After this away game Celtic return home for a Premiership game against Ross County. That game is only three sleeps after this.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Celtic are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's not easy to score on Celtic as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Celtic - Kilmarnock 3-1 played earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Kilmarnock won 2, Celtic won 6 and 2 draws. 4 games with over 2,5 goals, 6 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
O. Édouard
12 goals
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R. Christie
10 goals
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J. Forrest
8 goals
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Kilmarnock missing players
Celtic missing players
| Kilmarnock | Celtic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 21 | 55 |
| 24 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 86% | 70% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 52% | 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 95% |
| 43% | 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | 60% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 22% | 20% |
| 29% | 30% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 44% | 45% |
| 38% | 60% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 44% | 50% |
| 48% | 40% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 11% | 5% |
| 4 | 3.5 | 1.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7.3 | 6.8 | 7.1 |
| 5.2 | 4.1 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0.3 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 168 | 87 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 60 | 144 | 324 |
| 62 | 32 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 19 | 49 | 132 |
| 27% | 34% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 43% | 42% |
- Celtic has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6)
- Celtic has the most scored goals (55)
- Celtic has the most scored goals in the first half (27)
- Celtic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Celtic have scored more than double the goals of Kilmarnock.
- Celtic have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kilmarnock has the fewest scored goals in the second half (8)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Celtic | 20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 42 | 52 |
| 2 | Rangers | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 42 | 50 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 21 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 33 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 37 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 36 |
| 5 | Livingston | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 1 | 25 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -7 | 25 |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 18 | -7 | 23 |
| 8 | Ross County | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 42 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 21 |
| 9 | St. Johnstone | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | -18 | 20 |
| 10 | St. Mirren | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -12 | 19 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -14 | 18 |
| 12 | Hearts | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -17 | 13 |