Scotland - PremiershipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Celtic and Kilmarnock, taking place on Saturday, 17 February 2024, at Celtic Park in Glasgow.
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Celtic, Recent FormCeltic enter this game with a comfortable 2-1 away win over Hibernian last time out in the league. They came away from that fixture with 66% of the possession and clocked up 8 attempts on goal with 3 on target. By comparison, Hibernian managed 12 attempts on goal, with 4 on target.
Their boss Brendan Rodgers will be rightly happy with his team of late, having seen them score 12 goals in their last 6 matches while only letting 3 over their own goal line. They have only kept 2 clean sheets in their last 6 home games; however, overall they've scored in 22 of their 25 games this season.
They have been performing well recently, both home and away, and remain unbeaten in their last 7 games.
Kilmarnock, Recent FormKilmarnock head into this match with some confidence in the knowledge that they recorded a solid 1-0 home win against Livingston in their last league encounter. Their share of possession in that meeting was 64%, while racking up 12 shots along the way, 6 of which were on target. Livingston had 11 shots on goal with 4 on target.
It's reasonable to say they have enjoyed some decent goal scoring form of late, with 8 goals notched up in their last 6 matches, but while their offensive line is working, their defensive setup has shown cause for concern with 8 goals shipped and valuable points dropped. In their last 6 away games, they have scored in 4 and kept a clean sheet in 4.
Kilmarnock will take some comfort from being unbeaten in 5 of their last 6 away games, but with only 2 wins there is some room for improvement.
It was one to forget for Celtic last time they met Kilmarnock in the league, falling to a 2-1 defeat.
The Killie defence has struggled against Celtic in past meetings, having conceded 1 or more goals in each of their last 15 games. In their recent meetings Kilmarnock have struggled to keep The Bhoys at bay, having conceded 15 goals in their last 5 games.
Kilmarnock will be hoping to get at least a point from this game having lost the last 7 times they've visited Celtic in the league and not won this away fixture at Celtic Park for 16 games in a row.
The injury list is starting to mount up for Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers with Cameron Carter-Vickers (Hamstring), Reo Hatate (Calf), James McCarthy (Hamstring) and Greg Taylor (Calf) all unavailable for selection, and Adam Montgomery (Hamstring) out for the rest of the season.
There is only really one injury concern for the Kilmarnock manager Derek McInnes ahead of this clash, with Kyle Magennis (Hamstring) missing out, which gives McInnes a strong squad to pick his starting eleven from.
Celtic Playing at home | Kilmarnock Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.3 | Goals scored | 0.8 |
| 0.8 | Goals conceded | 1.2 |
| 28' | Time first goal scored | 44' |
| 58' | Time first goal conceded | 30' |
| 1.4 | Yellow cards | 2.6 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 4.7 | Subs used | 3.8 |
| 6-0 | Biggest victory | 1-0 |
| 2-0 | Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
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