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 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.
Key events
- 5'Goal · James Forrest
- 8'Yellow card · Jozo Šimunović
- 24'Goal · Odsonne Édouard
- 31'Yellow card · Stephen O'Donnell
- 34'Goal · Mikael Lustig
- 45'Goal · Ryan Christie
- 51'Penalty goal · Eamonn Brophy
- 53'Yellow card · Alan Power
- 54'Yellow card · Greg Stewart
- 67'Goal · James Forrest
- 75'Yellow card · Emilio Izaguirre
Head-to-head
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