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Kilmarnock v Celtic : Premiership match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 13th Sep, 15:00 BST, Rugby Park, Kilmarnock

Brendan Rodgers pays counterpart Stuart Taylor a visit on Saturday afternoon in the Premiership, as their Celtic and Kilmarnock teams face each other at the Rugby Park. You'll find stats supporting our top of Kilmarnock to win below, but don't forget to explore 16 other betting markets we cover too. Each has been designed to give you as full a picture as possible, with Premiership performances and head to heads (H2Hs) included, so that you can make a smart bet. Finally, be sure to get the best odds and bet smart.

Best Tip: Celtic to win

Going to Rugby Park and winning is never easy, especially in the Premiership, but we're predicting Celtic gaffer Brendan Rodgers is capable of inspiring his side to do exactly that. Stats, head-to-head (H2H) records and odds from the bookies all add credence to the away win, and we're making it the best bet on this match.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 77% chance of Celtic coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Kilmarnock 9%	11.00	-
Draw 14%	5.50	-
Celtic 77%	1.25	-
Celtic 2-0 11%	7.00	-
Celtic 3-0 10%	8.00	-
Celtic 2-1 9%	9.00	-
Celtic 1-0 8%	9.00	-
Celtic 3-1 8%	11.00	-
Draw 1-1 7%	11.00	-
Celtic 4-0 7%	12.00	-
Celtic 4-1 5%	15.00	-
Draw 2-2 4%	21.00	-
Celtic 5-0 3%	21.00	-
Celtic 3-2 3%	23.00	-
Draw 0-0 3%	19.00	-
Celtic 5-1 3%	26.00	-
Kilmarnock 2-1 3%	29.00	-
Kilmarnock 1-0 3%	29.00	-
Over 2.5 Goals 67%	1.50	-
Under 2.5 Goals 33%	2.63	-
Home 1st Goal 36%	3.50	-
Away 1st Goal 62%	1.30	-
No 1st Goal 2%	19.00	-
BTTS - Yes 51%	1.91	-
BTTS - No 49%	1.91	-
BTTS - Home Win 5%	17.00	-
BTTS - Draw 11%	7.00	-
BTTS - Away Win 35%	2.75	-
Home/draw 23%	3.75	-
Away/draw 91%	1.05	-
Home/away 86%	1.14	-
Over 1.5 Goals 86%	1.14	-
Under 1.5 Goals 14%	5.50	-
Over 3.5 Goals 46%	2.20	-
Under 3.5 Goals 54%	1.67	-
Over 4.5 Goals 27%	3.75	-
Under 4.5 Goals 73%	1.29	-
Over 5.5 Goals 14%	6.50	-
Under 5.5 Goals 86%	1.11	-
Over 0.5 Goals 97%	1.02	-
Under 0.5 Goals 3%	19.00	-
Home DNB 19%	9.00	-
Away DNB 87%	1.07	-
Kilmarnock win to nil 4%	19.00	-
Celtic win to nil 42%	2.10	-
Kilmarnock / Kilmarnock 4%	19.00	-
Kilmarnock / Celtic 4%	19.00	-
Kilmarnock / Draw 4%	21.00	-
Draw / Kilmarnock 4%	21.00	-
Draw / Celtic 21%	4.00	-
Draw / Draw 9%	9.00	-
Celtic / Kilmarnock 2%	51.00	-
Celtic / Celtic 48%	1.73	-
Celtic / Draw 4%	19.00	-

Win / draw / win Premiership table

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Kilmarnock Celtic
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Hearts	4	4	10	Oct 18	Dec 3	Mar 14	-	Dec 6	Oct 25	-	Jan 24
2	Celtic	3	6	9	Sep 13	Nov 8	Feb 14	-	-	-	-	-
3	Hibernian	2	1	4	Jan 3	d 2-2A	-	Apr 4	Sep 27	Nov 29	Feb 21	-
4	Motherwell	4	0	4	Nov 22	d 2-2F	-	Jan 24	Oct 4	Dec 30	Mar 14	-
5	Kilmarnock	4	0	4	-	-	-	-	Nov 8	Sep 13	-	Feb 14
6	Livingston	4	-2	4	d 2-2F	Jan 10	Mar 21	-	w 3-0F	Dec 27	Feb 11	-
7	Rangers	3	0	3	Dec 6	Oct 25	-	Feb 4	Jan 3	Aug 31	-	Feb 28
8	Dundee	3	-1	2	d 0-00-0	Dec 30	Apr 11	-	Dec 3	Oct 18	-	Apr 4
9	St. Mirren	3	-1	2	Oct 4	Dec 27	Feb 11	-	w 1-0F	Nov 22	Apr 11	-
10	Dundee Utd	2	-1	1	Nov 29	Sep 27	-	Feb 21	Jan 10	Nov 1	-	Mar 21
11	Falkirk	2	-2	1	Dec 20	Nov 1	-	Feb 28	Oct 29	Dec 13	Jan 31	-
12	Aberdeen	2	-4	0	Oct 29	Dec 13	Jan 31	-	Dec 20	w 0-2F	-	Feb 4

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Kilmarnock	0 - 0	Dundee
Kilmarnock	2 - 2	Livingston
Kilmarnock	0 - 1	Hearts
Kilmarnock	3 - 2	Dundee
Kilmarnock	2 - 0	Ross County
Kilmarnock	2 - 0	Motherwell
Kilmarnock	1 - 1	Hibernian
Kilmarnock	2 - 4	Rangers
Kilmarnock	3 - 1	St. Johnstone
Kilmarnock	1 - 0	Dundee Utd
Kilmarnock	0 - 0	Motherwell
Kilmarnock	0 - 1	Ross County
Kilmarnock	2 - 0	St. Mirren
Kilmarnock	4 - 0	Aberdeen
Kilmarnock	1 - 0	Hearts
Kilmarnock	1 - 1	Dundee
Kilmarnock	0 - 2	Celtic
Kilmarnock	1 - 0	Rangers
Kilmarnock	3 - 3	Dundee Utd
Kilmarnock	1 - 1	Hibernian

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Kilmarnock	2 - 2	Motherwell
H	Kilmarnock	0 - 0	Dundee
A	Kilmarnock	2 - 2	Hibernian
H	Kilmarnock	2 - 2	Livingston
H	Kilmarnock	0 - 1	Hearts
A	Kilmarnock	0 - 3	Motherwell
H	Kilmarnock	3 - 2	Dundee
A	Kilmarnock	2 - 0	St. Johnstone
H	Kilmarnock	2 - 0	Ross County
A	Kilmarnock	1 - 5	Celtic
H	Kilmarnock	2 - 0	Motherwell
A	Kilmarnock	1 - 5	St. Mirren
H	Kilmarnock	1 - 1	Hibernian
A	Kilmarnock	0 - 1	Ross County
H	Kilmarnock	2 - 4	Rangers
A	Kilmarnock	0 - 1	Aberdeen
H	Kilmarnock	3 - 1	St. Johnstone
H	Kilmarnock	1 - 0	Dundee Utd
A	Kilmarnock	2 - 3	Hearts
H	Kilmarnock	0 - 0	Motherwell

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Aberdeen	0 - 2	Celtic
Aberdeen	1 - 5	Celtic
Rangers	1 - 1	Celtic
Dundee Utd	0 - 5	Celtic
St. Johnstone	1 - 0	Celtic
St. Mirren	2 - 5	Celtic
Hibernian	2 - 1	Celtic
Motherwell	1 - 3	Celtic
Dundee	3 - 3	Celtic
Ross County	1 - 4	Celtic
Rangers	3 - 0	Celtic
Dundee Utd	0 - 0	Celtic
Aberdeen	0 - 1	Celtic
Hearts	1 - 4	Celtic
Kilmarnock	0 - 2	Celtic
Motherwell	0 - 3	Celtic
Ross County	1 - 2	Celtic
St. Johnstone	0 - 6	Celtic
St. Mirren	0 - 3	Celtic
Hibernian	0 - 2	Celtic

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Celtic	3 - 0	Livingston
A	Celtic	2 - 0	Aberdeen
H	Celtic	1 - 0	St. Mirren
H	Celtic	1 - 1	St. Mirren
A	Celtic	5 - 1	Aberdeen
H	Celtic	3 - 1	Hibernian
A	Celtic	1 - 1	Rangers
A	Celtic	5 - 0	Dundee Utd
H	Celtic	5 - 1	Kilmarnock
A	Celtic	0 - 1	St. Johnstone
H	Celtic	3 - 0	Hearts
H	Celtic	2 - 3	Rangers
A	Celtic	5 - 2	St. Mirren
H	Celtic	5 - 1	Aberdeen
A	Celtic	1 - 2	Hibernian
H	Celtic	3 - 0	Dundee Utd
H	Celtic	6 - 0	Dundee
A	Celtic	3 - 1	Motherwell
A	Celtic	3 - 3	Dundee
A	Celtic	4 - 1	Ross County

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Celtic have beaten Kilmarnock in 4 consecutive league meetings

Celtic have not lost to Kilmarnock in 5 consecutive league meetings

Kilmarnock

Celtic

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 18

17 / 18

Clean sheets

1 / 18

10 / 18

KIL

CEL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Kilmarnock
	0 - 2	Celtic
	0 - 5	Celtic
Kilmarnock	2 - 1
	1 - 4	Celtic
	0 - 5	Celtic
	0 - 4	Celtic
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	1 - 3	Celtic
	0 - 1	Celtic
Kilmarnock	2 - 1
Kilmarnock	1 - 0
	0 - 2	Celtic
	0 - 1	Celtic
	0 - 1	Celtic
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	0 - 2	Celtic
	0 - 3	Celtic
	2 - 5	Celtic

Celtic

Kilmarnock

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

16 / 18

10 / 18

Clean sheets

8 / 18

2 / 18

CEL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Celtic
Celtic	5 - 1
Celtic	4 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Celtic	3 - 1
Celtic	2 - 0
Celtic	2 - 0
Celtic	3 - 1
Celtic	3 - 1
Celtic	1 - 0
Celtic	5 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Celtic	3 - 1
Celtic	6 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Celtic	4 - 1
Celtic	2 - 0
Celtic	4 - 0

Goal Statistics

With a PG of just 0.8, Kilmarnock look set to struggle here. Add in the fact that Celtic haven't conceded a goal in 3 consecutive Premiership matches, and it could be a long afternoon for Stuart Taylor's men.

A PG of 2.7 is decent for Celtic in their meeting with Kilmarnock, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 25 consecutive Premiership matches.

	Kilmarnock 5th	Celtic 2nd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	0.8 goals	2.7 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 45% 1 36% 2 14% 3 4+ There is a 81% probability of Kilmarnock scoring 1 goal or less	1 19% 2 25% 3 22% 4 15% 5+ 20% There is a 81% probability that Celtic will score 2 or more goals in this match

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-1 Kilmarnock’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+17 Celtic have scored 17% more goals when away than predicted
	1.5 average goals scored	2.6 average goals scored
	1.0 conceded	0.9 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Premiership - 2025/2026 season

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KIL

CEL

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Games scored	0		0
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	0		0
Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
Avg. shots per goal	0		0
Conversion rate for	0		0
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

better

KIL

CEL

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Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	0		0
Avg. goals conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/game conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/goal conceded	0		0
Conversion rate against	0%		0%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

Kilmarnock v Celtic Premiership lLine ups will show here when available.

Kilmarnock Premiership squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
4	2	1	3
M Stryjek	D. Daniels	L Polworth	B Lyons

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Stryjek GLK	4			-
D Thompson DEF	4			-
L Mayo DEF	4			1 -
L Polworth MID	4	1	1	-
D Watson MID	4	1		1 -
B. Brannan MID	4	1		1 -
M Dackers FWD	4			1 -
D. Daniels FWD	4	2		1 -
B Anderson FWD	4			1 -
J Brandon DEF	3			1 -
R Deas DEF	3			1 -
B Lyons MID	3		1	3 -
R McKenzie FWD	3			-
G Stanger DEF	2	1		1
T Lowery MID	2			-
G Kiltie FWD	2			-
K Magennis MID	1			1 -
M Watkins FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	4	1	2
D. Daniels	D Watson	L Polworth	L Polworth

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
D. Daniels FWD	2	3
L Polworth MID	1	1	1	2
D Watson MID	1	4
B. Brannan MID	1	2		1
G Stanger DEF	1	1
M Dackers FWD		1
B Anderson FWD		1
B Lyons MID		1	1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
188	14	31
L Mayo	J Brandon	M Dackers

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Mayo DEF	188	7	15
L Polworth MID	164	11	24
R Deas DEF	119	4	12
M Stryjek GLK	107	1	1
J Brandon DEF	89	14	24
B Lyons MID	88	3	10
B. Brannan MID	87	12	21
D Watson MID	84	8	30
M Dackers FWD	75	3	31
T Lowery MID	50	2	8
G Stanger DEF	40	1	6
D. Daniels FWD	33	5	13
D Thompson DEF	31	2	5
R McKenzie FWD	31	2	4
G Kiltie FWD	22	2	4
B Anderson FWD	20	4	11
K Magennis MID	3		1
M Watkins FWD			1

Celtic Premiership squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
3	3	2	1
K Schmeichel	B Nygren	D Maeda	L Scales

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
K Schmeichel GLK	3			-
L Scales DEF	3			1 -
A Engels MID	3			1 -
L McCowan MID	3	1		-
J Forrest MID	3			-
C McGregor MID	3			1 -
B Nygren FWD	3	3	1	-
D Maeda FWD	3		2	-
K Tierney DEF	2		1	-
A Ralston DEF	2			-
C Carter-Vickers DEF	2			-
A Johnston DEF	2			-
A Trusty DEF	2			-
R Hatate MID	2	1		1 -
S Yamada FWD	2			-
Y Hyun-Jun FWD	2			-
J Kenny FWD	2	1		-
A Idah FWD	2			1 -
D Murray DEF	1			-
H Inamura DEF	1			-
P Bernardo MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	5	2	2
B Nygren	B Nygren	D Maeda	L Scales

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
B Nygren FWD	3	5	1	2
L McCowan MID	1	1
R Hatate MID	1	2
J Kenny FWD	1	2
L Scales DEF				2
J Forrest MID		1
C McGregor MID		1
D Maeda FWD		1	2	1
K Tierney DEF			1	2
A Ralston DEF		1
A Johnston DEF				2
S Yamada FWD		1
Y Hyun-Jun FWD		2		1
A Idah FWD		2
D Murray DEF				1
H Inamura DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
342	5	20
L Scales	A Johnston	L Scales

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Scales DEF	342	3	20
C Carter-Vickers DEF	224	2	8
C McGregor MID	199	3	6
B Nygren FWD	162	3	13
A Johnston DEF	162	5	11
K Tierney DEF	130	1	5
K Schmeichel GLK	121		1
R Hatate MID	108	1	4
D Murray DEF	93	3	6
H Inamura DEF	91	3	5
J Forrest MID	79	1	9
A Ralston DEF	75	1	9
P Bernardo MID	74		1
A Trusty DEF	72	1	4
D Maeda FWD	71	4	10
Y Hyun-Jun FWD	67		2
A Engels MID	66	2	5
L McCowan MID	47		2
A Idah FWD	20		7
S Yamada FWD	12		2
J Kenny FWD	7		1