Scotland - PremiershipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Kilmarnock and Celtic, taking place on Wednesday, 15 May 2024, at The BBSP Stadium Rugby Park in Kilmarnock.
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Kilmarnock, Recent FormKilmarnock will be happy to take away 3 points from their last match, with an important 1-0 away win against St Mirren. They came away from that fixture with 38% of the possession and clocked up 15 attempts on goal with 4 on target. By comparison, St Mirren managed 10 attempts on goal, with 2 on target.
While they have been reasonably effective at circumventing their opponents defence, scoring 6 in their last 6 games, it's largely been tit for tat with their own defence proving to be equally ineffectual, conceding 5, and leading to valuable points being dropped. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 games whilst also keeping a clean sheet in 4 of those games.
Winning 4 and being undefeated in 5 of their last 6 league games at The BBSP Stadium Rugby Park, marks a good spell of home form for Kilmarnock.
Celtic, Recent FormCeltic will be very happy having secured 3 points in their last match with a significant 2-1 home win against Rangers. They achieved 68% possession in that match and had 22 strikes at goal, with 6 hitting the target, up against Rangers' tally of 8 efforts at goal, 1 of which were on target.
Their boss Brendan Rodgers has every reason to be happy with his side's attacking prowess of late, which has seen them net 16 goals in their last 6 matches; however, they may have some work to do in defence with 5 goals conceded across those matches. They've failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 away games; however, this season they have scored in 16 of their 18 games on the road.
They've had a good run of form recently, with 4 straight wins in a row, and are on an unbeaten run of 7 games.
On an individual basis, Adam Idah will be looking to cause Kilmarnock some problems having scored 5 goals in Celtic's last 6 away games in the league.
In the previous encounter between these sides, both teams grabbed goals, with the match finishing in a 1-1 draw.
The Bhoys will feel sure their attacking prowess will yield results in this one, having scored at least 1 goal in the previous 16 encounters with Kilmarnock. When Celtic visit Killie in the league, goals tend to happen, with 10 from their previous 3 encounters and a scoring average of 3.33 goals per match.
The injury list is starting to mount up for Kilmarnock manager Derek McInnes with James Balagizi (Sprained knee), Kyle Magennis (Hamstring) and Greg Stewart (Hernia) all unavailable for selection, and Brad Lyons (Hamstring) out for the rest of the season.
With Adam Montgomery (Hamstring) being out for the rest of the season and James McCarthy (Hamstring) also unavailable in the shorter term, Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers will be pleased to have no other major fitness concerns going into this tie.
Kilmarnock Playing at home | Celtic Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.6 | Goals scored | 2.2 |
| 0.9 | Goals conceded | 0.8 |
| 48' | Time first goal scored | 35' |
| 38' | Time first goal conceded | 57' |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 1.4 |
| 0.1 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 3.9 | Subs used | 4.3 |
| 5-2 | Biggest victory | 4-1 |
| 2-1 | Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
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