Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 17

Dec 10, 2023 at 12pm UK

Rugby Park

Kilmarnock
2 - 1
Celtic

Phillips (75' og.), Kennedy (87')
Lyons (41'), Deas (69'), Armstrong (79')

FT(HT: 0-1)

O'Riley (33')
Johnston (83')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Scottish Premiership clash between Kilmarnock and Celtic, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Kilmarnock

All competitions

Last Game: Aberdeen 0-1 Kilmarnock
Wednesday, December 6 at 7.45pm in Scottish Premiership

Goals
for

Top scorers

Celtic

All competitions

Scottish Premiership

Last Game: Celtic 4-1 Hibernian
Wednesday, December 6 at 7.45pm in Scottish Premiership

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Kilmarnock 0-2 Celtic

Kilmarnock might not have been consistent this season, but they have managed to provide upsets and prove to be stubborn opposition throughout the campaign. While that will lead to the hosts providing a competitive game, the quality that Celtic possess should be enough to see them through here. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Celtic win with a probability of 51.81%. A win for Kilmarnock had a probability of 25.41% and a draw had a probability of 22.8%.

The most likely scoreline for a Celtic win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.67%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (8.52%) and 0-2 (7.86%). The likeliest Kilmarnock win was 2-1 (6.44%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.48%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 6.4% likelihood.

Result
Kilmarnock	Draw	Celtic
25.41% ( 0)	22.78% ( -0.01)	51.81% ( 0.01)

Both teams to score 59.59% (

0.05)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

59.35% (

0.06)

40.65% (

-0.06)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

36.96% (

0.06)

63.04% (

-0.06)

Kilmarnock Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

70.76% (

0.03)

29.24% (

-0.04)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

34.81% (

0.04)

65.19% (

-0.05)

Celtic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

84.21% (

0.02)

15.79% (

-0.03)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

55.06% (

0.04)

44.94% (

-0.05)

Score Analysis

Kilmarnock 25.41%

Celtic 51.81%

Draw 22.78%

Kilmarnock	Draw	Celtic
2-1 @ 6.44% ( 0) 1-0 @ 5.68% ( -0.01) 2-0 @ 3.49% ( -0) 3-1 @ 2.64% ( 0) 3-2 @ 2.44% ( 0.01) 3-0 @ 1.43% Other @ 3.29% Total : 25.41%	1-1 @ 10.48% ( -0.01) 2-2 @ 5.95% ( 0) 0-0 @ 4.62% ( -0.01) 3-3 @ 1.5% ( 0) Other @ 0.23% Total : 22.78%	1-2 @ 9.67% 0-1 @ 8.52% ( -0.02) 0-2 @ 7.86% ( -0.01) 1-3 @ 5.95% ( 0) 0-3 @ 4.84% ( -0) 2-3 @ 3.66% ( 0.01) 1-4 @ 2.75% ( 0) 0-4 @ 2.23% ( 0) 2-4 @ 1.69% ( 0) 1-5 @ 1.01% ( 0) Other @ 3.63% Total : 51.81%