Celtic 5-1 Kilmarnock: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 8 December 2018

Result

Celtic 5-1 Kilmarnock

Premiership · Saturday 8 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 4-0

Celtic · Kilmarnock · Premiership predictions

Celtic 5-1 Kilmarnock: match report

Celtic beat Kilmarnock 5-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 8 December 2018. The half-time score was 4-0.

James Forrest opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Celtic's goals came from James Forrest (5'), Odsonne Édouard (24'), Mikael Lustig (34'), Ryan Christie (45') and James Forrest (67'). Kilmarnock scored through Eamonn Brophy (51', penalty).

Discipline: Celtic received 2 yellow cards; Kilmarnock received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Celtic were 3rd on 30 points from 14 and Kilmarnock 1st on 31 points from 16. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Kilmarnock 3rd with 67.

Celtic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Kilmarnock in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Celtic wins, 3 draws and 2 for Kilmarnock.

Going into the match Celtic's last five read D-W-D-W-W and Kilmarnock's W-W-D-W-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · James ForrestCeltic · 1-0
  • 8'Yellow card · Jozo ŠimunovićCeltic
  • 24'Goal · Odsonne ÉdouardCeltic · 2-0
  • 31'Yellow card · Stephen O'DonnellKilmarnock
  • 34'Goal · Mikael LustigCeltic · 3-0
  • 45'Goal · Ryan ChristieCeltic · 4-0
  • 51'Penalty goal · Eamonn BrophyKilmarnock · 4-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Alan PowerKilmarnock
  • 54'Yellow card · Greg StewartKilmarnock
  • 67'Goal · James ForrestCeltic · 5-1
  • 75'Yellow card · Emilio IzaguirreCeltic

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Celtic 5, draws 3, Kilmarnock 2.

Team news

Celtic expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Craig Gordon, Kieran Tierney, Filip Benkovic, Mikael Lustig, Ryan Christie, Callum McGregor, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera

Kilmarnock expected line-up (4-4-2)

Daniel Bachmann, Kirk Broadfoot, Stephen O'Donnell, Stuart Findlay, Greg Taylor, G. Dicker, Alan Power, C. Burke, Jordan Jones, Greg Stewart