Kilmarnock 1–2 Celtic

KILKilmarnock

1–2

Full Time

CELCeltic

David Watson 83′ · assist Greg Kiltie

Daizen Maeda 56′ · assist Marcelo Saracchi
Kelechi Iheanacho 90+6′ pen

Sunday 14 September at 15:00 · Rugby Park · Referee John Beaton

Match stats

24%Possession76%

12Shots21

2Shots on target6

2Big chances3

6Corners7

208Passes

How it happened

39′Sebastian Tounekti · away
55′Benjamin Nygren · away
56′Daizen Maeda · assist Marcelo Saracchi · away
58′James Forrest on for Michel-Ange Balikwisha · away
58′Kieran Tierney on for Marcelo Saracchi · away

Line-ups

Kilmarnock5-3-24-3-3Celtic

Next meetingCeltic v KilmarnockSun, 9 Nov 2025

Previous meetings · last 5

0

Kilmarnock

1

Draws

4

Celtic

730

69%Pass accuracy90%

14Tackles13

11Interceptions5

4Saves1

10Fouls10

2Offsides0

2Yellow cards3

70′Kelechi Iheanacho on for Daizen Maeda · away

70′Luke McCowan on for Reo Hatate · away

70′Bruce Anderson on for Djenairo Daniels · home

71′Greg Kiltie on for Rory McKenzie · home

71′Jack Thomson on for Liam Polworth · home

77′Marley Watkins on for George Stanger · home

83′David Watson · assist Greg Kiltie · home

84′Zac Williams on for James Brown · home

88′Hyun-jun Yang on for Sebastian Tounekti · away

90+4′James Forrest · away

90+5′Greg Kiltie · home

90+5′David Watson · home

90+6′Kelechi Iheanacho (penalty) · away

90+7′Kelechi Iheanacho · away

KILKilmarnock5-3-2

1Maksymilian Stryjek
15James Brown▾ 84′ (Williams on)
14George Stanger▾ 77′ (Watkins on)
5Lewis Mayo
6Robbie Deas
3Dominic Thompson
12David Watson
31Liam Polworth▾ 71′ (Thomson on)
7Rory McKenzie▾ 71′ (Kiltie on)
9Marcus Dackers
29Djenairo Daniels▾ 70′ (Anderson on)

4Zac Williams▴ 84′ for Brown

11Greg KiltieA▴ 71′ for McKenzie

19Bruce Anderson▴ 70′ for Daniels

22Jack Thomson▴ 71′ for Polworth

23Marley Watkins▴ 77′ for Stanger

Bench: Ethan Schilte-Brown, Eddie Beach, Ruari Ellis, A. Traynor

CELCeltic4-3-3

1Kasper Schmeichel
51Colby Donovan
20Cameron Carter-Vickers
5Liam Scales
36Marcelo SaracchiA▾ 58′ (Tierney on)
8Benjamin Nygren
42Callum McGregor
41Reo Hatate▾ 70′ (McCowan on)
10Michel-Ange Balikwisha

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Feb 2024Celtic1–1Kilmarnock

We go again

▾ 58′ (Forrest on)

38Daizen Maeda▾ 70′ (Iheanacho on)

23Sebastian Tounekti▾ 88′ (Yang on)

13Hyun-jun Yang▴ 88′ for Tounekti

14Luke McCowan▴ 70′ for Hatate

17Kelechi Iheanacho▴ 70′ for Maeda

49James Forrest▴ 58′ for Balikwisha

63Kieran Tierney▴ 58′ for Saracchi

Bench: Viljami Sinisalo, Arne Engels, Paulo Bernardo, Dane Murray