Kilmarnock 2-1 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 23 September 2018

Result

Kilmarnock 2-1 Celtic

Premiership · Sunday 23 September 2018, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

Kilmarnock · Celtic · Premiership predictions

Kilmarnock 2-1 Celtic: match report

Kilmarnock won against Celtic 2-1 in the Premiership on Sunday 23 September 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Leigh Griffiths opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Kilmarnock's goals came from C. Burke (64') and Stuart Findlay (90+3'). Celtic scored through Leigh Griffiths (34').

Discipline: Kilmarnock received 1 yellow card; Celtic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Kilmarnock were 8th on 7 points from 5 and Celtic 4th on 10 points from 5. Kilmarnock went on to finish that season 3rd with 67 points, and Celtic 1st with 87.

Kilmarnock lined up in a 4-4-2 and Celtic in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Kilmarnock win, 4 draws and 5 for Celtic.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Dedryck BoyataCeltic
  • 34'Goal · Leigh GriffithsCeltic · 0-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Youssouf MulumbuCeltic
  • 61'Yellow card · A. TshibolaKilmarnock
  • 64'Goal · C. BurkeKilmarnock · 1-1
  • 90+3'Goal · Stuart FindlayKilmarnock · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Kilmarnock 1, draws 4, Celtic 5.

Team news

Kilmarnock line-up (4-4-2)

Jamie MacDonald, Stephen O'Donnell, Kirk Broadfoot, Stuart Findlay, Greg Taylor, C. Burke, Aaron Tshibola, Alan Power, Jordan Jones, Greg Stewart, Eamonn Brophy

Celtic line-up (4-2-3-1)

Craig Gordon, Mikael Lustig, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera, Jack Hendry, Kieran Tierney, Scott Brown, Youssouf Chafiq Mulumbu Ngangu, Mikey Johnston, Ryan Christie, Scott Sinclair, Leigh Griffiths