Kilmarnock 1-5 Celtic: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 9 August 2026

Result

Kilmarnock 1-5 Celtic

Premiership · Sunday 9 August 2026, 12:30 UTC · Rugby Park, Kilmarnock · half-time 0-3

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Kilmarnock 1-5 Celtic: match report

Kilmarnock were beaten by Celtic 1-5 in the Premiership on Sunday 9 August 2026 at Rugby Park. It was 0-3 at half-time.

Kasper Høgh opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Kilmarnock's goal came from Michael Schjönning-Larsen (56'). Celtic scored through Kasper Høgh (2'), Kasper Høgh (33'), Kasper Høgh (35'), Benjamin Nygren (47') and Luke McCowan (75').

Discipline: Kilmarnock received 1 yellow card; Celtic received no yellow cards.

In the current table Kilmarnock are 11th on 9 points and Celtic are 1st on 28 points.

Kilmarnock lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Celtic in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kasper Høgh of Celtic (10.0), ahead of Arne Engels (8.4).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Kasper HøghCeltic · 0-1
  • 26'Yellow card · Joe HugillKilmarnock
  • 33'Goal · Kasper HøghCeltic · 0-2
  • 35'Goal · Kasper HøghCeltic · 0-3
  • 47'Goal · Benjamin NygrenCeltic · 0-4
  • 56'Goal · Michael Schjönning-LarsenKilmarnock · 1-4
  • 75'Goal · Luke McCowanCeltic · 1-5

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
1Celtic129122710+1728WWWDL
11Kilmarnock122371328-159LWLLD

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Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Maksymilian Stryjek, Jamie Brandon, George Stanger, J. Yfeko, Michael Schjönning-Larsen, Erik Ring, Aaron Tshibola, Tom Lowery, Greg Kiltie, Joe Hugill, Tyreece John-Jules

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

Viljami Sinisalo, Alistair Johnston, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Auston Trusty, Kieran Tierney, Callum McGregor, Arne Engels, Camilo Durán, Benjamin Nygren, Hyun-jun Yang, Kasper Høgh

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