Kilmarnock 1-3 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 21 September 2008

Result

Kilmarnock 1-3 Celtic

Premiership · Sunday 21 September 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Kilmarnock 1-3 Celtic: match report

Kilmarnock were beaten by Celtic 1-3 in the Premiership on Sunday 21 September 2008. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Shaun Maloney opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Kilmarnock's goal came from Mehdi Taouil (89', penalty). Celtic scored through Shaun Maloney (26'), Georgios Samaras (56') and Georgios Samaras (81', penalty).

Discipline: Kilmarnock received 1 yellow card; Celtic received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Kilmarnock were 4th on 10 points from 5 and Celtic 3rd on 10 points from 5. Kilmarnock went on to finish that season 8th with 44 points, and Celtic 2nd with 82.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Kilmarnock wins, 1 draw and 9 for Celtic.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Missed penalty · Shaun MaloneyCeltic
  • 26'Goal · Shaun MaloneyCeltic · 0-1
  • 38'Yellow card · David FernandezKilmarnock
  • 44'Yellow card · Shaun MaloneyCeltic
  • 44'Yellow card · S. McManusCeltic
  • 56'Goal · Georgios SamarasCeltic · 0-2
  • 81'Penalty goal · Georgios SamarasCeltic · 0-3
  • 87'Red card · Gary CaldwellCeltic
  • 89'Penalty goal · Mehdi TaouilKilmarnock · 1-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Kilmarnock 0, draws 1, Celtic 9.

Team news

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

Stephen McManus, Lee Naylor, Scott McDonald, Artur Boruc, G. Caldwell, Scott Brown, Jirí Jarosík, Massimo Donati, John Kennedy