Kilmarnock vs Celtic

10 December 2023 · Scottish Premiership · 2023/24 · Referee D Munro

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Nathaniel Phillips 75’ (og)
  • Matthew Kennedy 87’
  • Matt O'Riley 33’

Match summary

Kilmarnock came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Celtic, with a late winner. Celtic led 1-0 at half-time.

Matt O'Riley put Celtic ahead in the 33rd minute, Phillips's own goal equalised in the 75th minute, and Matthew Kennedy won it in the 87th minute.

Shots finished 16-13 to Celtic, with 6 on target for Kilmarnock and 7 for Celtic.

Match stats

Kilmarnock Celtic
13 Shots 16
6 Shots on Target 7
5 Corners 9
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Kilmarnock Celtic
Kick-off
33’
Matt O'Riley0-1 (Celtic)
Half-time0-1
Nathaniel Phillips
Own goal1-1 (Kilmarnock)
75’
Matthew Kennedy2-1 (Kilmarnock)
87’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Kilmarnock
  • Robbie Deas
  • Bradley Lyons
  • Danny Armstrong
Celtic
  • Alistair Johnston

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Celtic attacking Kilmarnock attacking 
5’ Matt O'Riley (Celtic), open play, saved 7’ Mikey Johnston (Celtic), open play, blocked 7’ Greg Taylor (Celtic), open play, blocked 9’ Matt O'Riley (Celtic), open play, saved 10’ Nathaniel Phillips (Celtic), from a corner, blocked 12’ Hyeon-gyu Oh (Celtic), from a corner, saved 12’ Nathaniel Phillips (Celtic), from a corner, blocked 23’ Hyeon-gyu Oh (Celtic), open play, off target 30’ Luis Palma (Celtic), open play, hit the woodwork 32’ Danny Armstrong (Kilmarnock), open play, hit the woodwork 33’ Matt O'Riley (Celtic), open play, goal 33’ Callum McGregor (Celtic), open play, saved 37’ Corrie Ndaba (Kilmarnock), open play, blocked 37’ Danny Armstrong (Kilmarnock), open play, saved 50’ Bradley Lyons (Kilmarnock), set piece, blocked 52’ Stuart Findlay (Kilmarnock), from a corner, blocked 53’ Bradley Lyons (Kilmarnock), open play, blocked 53’ Danny Armstrong (Kilmarnock), from a corner, blocked 53’ Corrie Ndaba (Kilmarnock), from a corner, saved 54’ Robbie Deas (Kilmarnock), from a corner, off target 56’ Danny Armstrong (Kilmarnock), open play, saved 61’ Nathaniel Phillips (Celtic), set piece, off target 69’ Matt O'Riley (Celtic), open play, off target 71’ Luis Palma (Celtic), open play, saved 71’ Yang Hyun-Jun (Celtic), open play, blocked 75’ Nathaniel Phillips (Celtic), own goal 81’ Marley Watkins (Kilmarnock), open play, off target 81’ Stuart Findlay (Kilmarnock), set piece, saved 87’ Matthew Kennedy (Kilmarnock), open play, goal 89’ Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic), open play, saved 5’ Matt O'Riley (Celtic), open play, saved 7’ Mikey Johnston (Celtic), open play, blocked 7’ Greg Taylor (Celtic), open play, blocked 9’ Matt O'Riley (Celtic), open play, saved 10’ Nathaniel Phillips (Celtic), from a corner, blocked 12’ Hyeon-gyu Oh (Celtic), from a corner, saved 12’ Nathaniel Phillips (Celtic), from a corner, blocked 23’ Hyeon-gyu Oh (Celtic), open play, off target 30’ Luis Palma (Celtic), open play, hit the woodwork 32’ Danny Armstrong (Kilmarnock), open play, hit the woodwork 33’ Matt O'Riley (Celtic), open play, goal 33’ Callum McGregor (Celtic), open play, saved 37’ Corrie Ndaba (Kilmarnock), open play, blocked 37’ Danny Armstrong (Kilmarnock), open play, saved 50’ Bradley Lyons (Kilmarnock), set piece, blocked 52’ Stuart Findlay (Kilmarnock), from a corner, blocked 53’ Bradley Lyons (Kilmarnock), open play, blocked 53’ Danny Armstrong (Kilmarnock), from a corner, blocked 53’ Corrie Ndaba (Kilmarnock), from a corner, saved 54’ Robbie Deas (Kilmarnock), from a corner, off target 56’ Danny Armstrong (Kilmarnock), open play, saved 61’ Nathaniel Phillips (Celtic), set piece, off target 69’ Matt O'Riley (Celtic), open play, off target 71’ Luis Palma (Celtic), open play, saved 71’ Yang Hyun-Jun (Celtic), open play, blocked 75’ Nathaniel Phillips (Celtic), own goal 81’ Marley Watkins (Kilmarnock), open play, off target 81’ Stuart Findlay (Kilmarnock), set piece, saved 87’ Matthew Kennedy (Kilmarnock), open play, goal 89’ Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic), open play, saved
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players12 players
Will Dennis
90′ – – – – – – –
Lewis Mayo
90′ – – – – – – –
Robbie Deas
90′ – – 1 – – –
Stuart Findlay
90′ – – 2 – – – –
Corrie Ndaba
90′ – – 2 – – – –
Liam Donnelly Taken off
66′ – – – – – – –
Bradley Lyons
90′ – – 2 – – –
Danny Armstrong Taken off
90′ – – 4 – – –
Liam Polworth
90′ – – – – – – –
Matthew Kennedy Taken off
90′ 1 – 1 – – – –
Kyle Vassell Taken off
90′ – – – – – – –
Marley Watkins Came on as a substitute
24′ – – 1 – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Kilmarnock win 13% Avg odds 7.46
Draw 18% Avg odds 5.07
Celtic win 69% Avg odds 1.37

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Kilmarnock WLDLW
Celtic WWDWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Celtic 3-1 Kilmarnock, 07 Oct 23 Next meeting: Celtic 1-1 Kilmarnock, 17 Feb 24  All Kilmarnock vs Celtic meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.