Kilmarnock 0-2 Celtic: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 19 August 2017
Result
Kilmarnock 0-2 Celtic
Premiership · Saturday 19 August 2017, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Kilmarnock 0-2 Celtic: match report
Kilmarnock were beaten by Celtic 0-2 in the Premiership on Saturday 19 August 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.
James Forrest opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Kilmarnock did not score. Celtic scored through James Forrest (40') and Callum McGregor (88').
Discipline: Kilmarnock received 2 yellow cards; Celtic received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Kilmarnock were 9th on 0 points from 2 and Celtic 2nd on 6 points from 2. Kilmarnock went on to finish that season 5th with 59 points, and Celtic 1st with 82.
Kilmarnock lined up in a 4-5-1 and Celtic in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Kilmarnock wins, 2 draws and 8 for Celtic.
Key events
- 40'Goal · James Forrest
- 59'Yellow card · Stephen O'Donnell
- 85'Yellow card · Rory McKenzie
- 88'Goal · Callum McGregor
Head-to-head
Team news
Kilmarnock line-up (4-5-1)
Jamie MacDonald, Stephen O'Donnell, Steven Smith, Gordon Greer, Greg Taylor, Rory McKenzie, Jordan Jones, Dominic Thomas, Iain Wilson, Adam Frizzell, Kris Boyd
Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Craig Gordon, Kristoffer Ajer, Anthony Ralston, Kieran Tierney, Scott Brown, Stuart Armstrong, Tom Rogić, Kundai Benyu, Callum McGregor, James Forrest, Calvin Miller