📊 Form Guide
Celtic LWLWWL
Celtic will be looking to improve on their last outing here following a 3-1 Europa League defeat in their last game at the hands of FC Midtjylland.
In that game, Celtic had 39% possession and 5 shots at goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Celtic was Reo Hatate (81'). At the other end, FC Midtjylland got 23 attempts at goal with 12 on target. Martin Erlić (33'), Mikel Gogorza (35') and Franculino Djú (41') scored for FC Midtjylland.
At least three goals per match have been seen in 5 of the last 6 meetings where Celtic have taken part. Opposing sides scored 9 times in these games while Celtic amassed a tally of 13. However, it remains to be seen if the trend will persist in this next match.
Looking at their past form shows that Celtic:
- haven't been beaten in the league by Kilmarnock in their last 6 games.
- have not been beaten in their last 9 home league matches. A very good run at home.
Kilmarnock WWLLLL 📉
Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Falkirk in Premiership action, Kilmarnock and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.
In that match, Kilmarnock managed 52% possession and 9 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer for Kilmarnock was Tyreece John-Jules (69'). Falkirk had 12 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. Ethan Williams (7'), Ross MacIver (22') and Calvin Miller (38') scored for Falkirk.
Stuart Kettlewell's Kilmarnock have converted 6 times in the course of their previous 6 matches. The number of goals that have been scored against them during those matches equals 10.
Their prior results show that Kilmarnock:
- have left without a victory over Celtic when they've played them away from home in the last 19 league games. A shocking away run it has been.
- are without an away win for the past 2 league games.
↔️ Head to head
A study of their past head to head meetings stretching back to 15/05/2024 reveals that these fixtures have not been good ones for Kilmarnock. They have not been able to register any wins at all whereas Celtic have dominated them, getting wins in 100 per cent of those games played.
A lot of goals were also scored during this period, 23 in all which averages out at 3.83 goals per match.
The last league contest between the two was Premiership match day 5 on 14/09/2025 when it finished Kilmarnock 1-2 Celtic.
On that occasion, Kilmarnock managed 24% possession and 12 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was David Watson (82').
Celtic got 21 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Daizen Maeda (56') and Kelechi Ịheanachọ (96') scored.
The match was refereed by John Beaton.
🗞️ Team News: Celtic
The Celtic manager Martin O'Neill has zero fitness worries at all ahead of this match thanks to a fully healthy squad available for selection.
In our view, The Bhoys could use the 4-3-3 system for this one, handing starts to Kasper Schmeichel, Tony Ralston, Auston Trusty, Liam Scales, Marcelo Saracchi, Benjamin Nygren, Callum McGregor, Reo Hatate, Sebastian Tounekti, Johnny Kenny and James Forrest.
ℹ️ Team News: Kilmarnock
Due to a completely injury-free squad ready to go, the Kilmarnock manager Stuart Kettlewell doesn’t have any fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this match.
We are inclined to think that Killie will likely utilise a 3-5-2 lineup with a starting lineup of Toby Oluwayemi, George Stanger, Robbie Deas, Dominic Thompson, Ben Brannan, Brad Lyons, Scott Tiffoney, David Watson, Rory McKenzie, Bruce Anderson and Marcus Dackers.
💭 Prediction
It looks to us that Celtic have it within them to be able to create a high number of chances and successful shots on target.
However, Kilmarnock may well struggle to score a goal of their own although we do see them converting at least once as well.
Our selection here is for a comfortable 3-1 win for Celtic when the full-time whistle blows.