Celtic 5-1 Kilmarnock: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 12 April 2025

Result

Celtic 5-1 Kilmarnock

Premiership · Saturday 12 April 2025, 11:30 UTC · half-time 4-1

Celtic · Kilmarnock · Premiership predictions

Celtic 5-1 Kilmarnock: match report

Celtic defeated Kilmarnock 5-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 12 April 2025. It was 4-1 at half-time.

Reo Hatate opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Celtic's goals came from Reo Hatate (9'), Daizen Maeda (11'), Cameron Carter-Vickers (21'), Reo Hatate (24') and Anthony Ralston (90+3'). Kilmarnock scored through Danny Armstrong (29').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 78 points from 32 and Kilmarnock 9th on 35 points from 32. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 92 points, and Kilmarnock 9th with 44.

Celtic lined up in a 4-3-3 and Kilmarnock in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Reo Hatate of Celtic (8.9), ahead of Cameron Carter-Vickers (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Celtic wins, 1 draw and 1 for Kilmarnock.

Going into the match Celtic's last five read L-W-L-W-W and Kilmarnock's W-L-D-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Reo HatateCeltic · 1-0
  • 11'Goal · Daizen MaedaCeltic · 2-0
  • 21'Goal · Cameron Carter-VickersCeltic · 3-0
  • 24'Goal · Reo HatateCeltic · 4-0
  • 29'Goal · Danny ArmstrongKilmarnock · 4-1
  • 90+3'Goal · Anthony RalstonCeltic · 5-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Celtic 8, draws 1, Kilmarnock 1.

Team news

Celtic line-up (4-3-3)

Viljami Sinisalo, Alistair Johnston, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Liam Scales, Greg Taylor, Arne Engels, Callum McGregor, Reo Hatate, James Forrest, Adam Idah, Daizen Maeda

Kilmarnock line-up (4-5-1)

Kieran O'Hara, Lewis Mayo, Joe Wright, Stuart Findlay, Corrie Ndaba, Danny Armstrong, Brad Lyons, David Shankland Watson, Liam Donnelly, Fraser Murray, Bobby Wales