Celtic 3-1 Kilmarnock: result and report
Premiership · Sunday 23 February 2020
Result
Celtic 3-1 Kilmarnock
Premiership · Sunday 23 February 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Celtic 3-1 Kilmarnock: match report
Celtic defeated Kilmarnock 3-1 in the Premiership on Sunday 23 February 2020. The half-time score was 2-1.
E. Brophy opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Celtic's goals came from Kristoffer Ajer (29'), Odsonne Edouard (33') and Leigh Griffiths (62'). Kilmarnock scored through E. Brophy (6', penalty).
Discipline: Celtic received 1 yellow card; Kilmarnock received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 73 points from 27 and Kilmarnock 7th on 32 points from 27. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 80 points, and Kilmarnock 8th with 33.
Celtic lined up in a 3-5-2 and Kilmarnock in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan Christie of Celtic (8.1), ahead of Laurențiu Brănescu (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Celtic wins, 2 draws and 2 for Kilmarnock.
Going into the match Celtic's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Kilmarnock's L-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 6'Penalty goal · E. Brophy
- 21'Yellow card · M. El Makrini
- 29'Goal · Kristoffer Ajer
- 33'Goal · Odsonne Edouard
- 45+1'Yellow card · Alan Power
- 57'Second yellow · Alan Power
- 62'Goal · Leigh Griffiths
- 67'Yellow card · Callum McGregor
Head-to-head
Team news
Celtic line-up (3-5-2)
Fraser Forster, Jozo Simunovic, Christopher Jullien, Kristoffer Ajer, Jeremie Frimpong, Tom Rogić, Callum McGregor, Ryan Christie, Greg Taylor, Leigh Griffiths, Odsonne Édouard
Kilmarnock line-up (3-5-2)
Laurențiu Brănescu, Dario Del Fabro, Stuart Findlay, Kirk Broadfoot, Stephen O'Donnell, G. Dicker, Mohamed El Makrini, Alan Power, Niko Hämäläinen, Eamonn Brophy, Nicke Kabamba