2022-08-14: Kilmarnock 0-5 Celtic, SP

Match Pictures | Matches: 2022 – 2023

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Trivia

• KO: 12:00 Sunday, league match 3, Sky Sports TV.
• Newly promoted Kilmarnock back to the top tier, first meeting since their relegation season. Tough start as played both Celtic and Sevco now in their first three matches on return.
• Celtic remain top of the league with 3/3 wins and +9 GD, +2 on Sevco.
• Celtic’s International Brigade – Goalscorers from Japan, Portugal, Germany, Sweden and Greece! But many put Taylor as man of the match.
• SP: M’well defeat Aberdeen; Sevco hammerred St Johnstone 4-0 the day before; Hearts won 4-1 v Dundee Utd.
• No trains between Glasgow and Kilmarnock on this match day.
• Ideguchi faces more injury frustration after a training ground knock at Celti
• Funeral of John ‘Yogi’ Hughes took place past Friday, the cortege passed Celtic Park following the Requiem Mass on his final journey. RIP
• Commonwealth games finishes. Big successes for Scottish contingent. But event is really not of much interest in general but B’ham put up a good show.
• Dundee Utd humilated 7-0 by AZ Alkmar in Europe after having won the home leg.
• Celtic assistant manager John Kennedy is being considered by Danish Superliga club Midtjylland for managerial role acc to reports. Postecoglu says he won’t stand in his way.
• St Johnstone supporter group Fair City Unity  boycott their club’s match at Ibrox due to the “unwarranted and extortionate” price of tickets.
• Pundit touts Neil Lennon for Motherwell vacancy. Unlikely, as he’s just started in a role in Cyprus.
• SPFL are in talks with Sky over a new £30m per year broadcasting deal that would run from 2025 to 2029. The current arrangement between the parties is a £25m per year contract. Proposed   more matches would be shown live and there would be a pay-per-view option for clubs Tom English “If this transpires then it’s a remarkable deal for Sky. The right to screen 60 games at less money per game than they currently pay while possessing the power to stop anybody (club or secondary rights company) broadcasting any other game that they don’t broadcast. Blimey.”
• “I fight the world, I fight myself”, out of favour Christoph Jullien gets heavy on Instagram social media, although not a dig at Celtic https://videocelts.com/2022/08/blogs/latest-news/i-fight-the-world-i-fight-myself-out-of-favour-celt-goes-heavy-on-social-media/
• Tennis: Sporting legend Serena Williams announces her retirement from tennis, saying the U.S. Open later this month will be her last Grand Slam.
• Economy: inflation high and energy bills shooting thru the roof. Difficult days for all families.
• Jerry Sadowitz: One of the biggest venue operators at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe says it was forced to pull the plug on an “extreme” Scottish comic because it could not ignore his on-stage “racism, sexism, homophobia and misogyny.”
• Reports:
  • Celtic reported to be interested in out-of-favour 28-year-old Chelsea midfielder Ross Barkley. Talk move has taken a fresh twist with a Chelsea source claiming a deal has been offered to the England international.
  • Celtic have “courted” Marseille over a potential transfer for Bamba Dien
  • Daily Record click bait nonsense that Celtic linked with Ronaldo! Silly season in full flow.
  • Celtic (reportedly) & Olympiacos have both made official offers for Barcelona attacking midfielder Alex Collado. Unlikely as already midfield heavy at Celtic.
  • Man U and Chelsea reportedly to bid for Juranovic. Early reports say 15m which is too low.
  • Kieran Tierney emerged as transfer target for Man City and Celtic could receive a cash windfall as a result of any deal.
  • Rogic in possible retirement rumour!

• Transfers:
  • Ex Celt Leigh Griffiths signs for Australian third tier minnows Mandurah City.
  • Celtic sign 18 year old goalkeeper Josh Clarke on a free.
  • Newcastle United have agreed a deal to sign East Fife keeper Jude Smith.  He impressed Newcastle after going on a successful trial last month. It has been some rise for Smith who was released by Celtic last year.

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Summary

“We are really big on having a strong mindset.”
“Our discipline, our commitment to play our football was really good and we got the rewards for it”
Ange Postecoglou

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Teams

Celtic:

Formation 4-3-3

• 1Hart
• 88Juranovic
• 20Carter-Vickers
• 6Jenz
• Substituted forStarfeltat 55′minutes
• 3Taylor
• 33O’Riley
• 42McGregorBooked at 85mins
• 14Turnbull
• Substituted forMooyat 66′minutes
• 17Neves Filipe
• Substituted forForrestat 80′minutes
• 8Furuhashi
• Substituted forGiakoumakisat 66′minutes
• 38MaedaBooked at 61mins

• Substituted forAbadaat 66′minutes

Substitutes

• 4Starfelt
• 7Giakoumakis
• 11Abada
• 13Mooy
• 16McCarthy
• 25Bernabei
• 31Siegrist
• 49Forrest
• 56Ralston

Goals:

• Furuhashi (7′ minutes), 
• Neves Filipe (35′ minutes), 
• Jenz (45’+1 minutes), 
• Starfelt (76′ minutes), 
• Giakoumakis (82′ minutes)

Assists:

• Maeda (7′ minutes, 35′ minutes)

Kilmarnock

Formation 4-4-2

• 20Walker
• 25Alebiosu
• 5Taylor
• 2Mayo
• 3Dorsett
• Substituted forWatersat 40′minutes
• 15Murray
• Substituted forArmstrongat 62′minutesBooked at 78mins
• 4Power
• Substituted forLyonsat 80′minutes
• 22DonnellyBooked at 42mins
• Substituted forPolworthat 79′minutes
• 7McKenzieBooked at 21mins
• 28LaffertyBooked at 60mins

• Substituted forCameronat 79′minutes
• 9Shaw

Substitutes

• 11Armstrong
• 17Lyons
• 18Waters
• 19Wright
• 21McInroy
• 23Sotona
• 27Cameron
• 31Polworth
• 50Woods

 

Goals:
Assists:

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Articles

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Pictures

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Stats

Possession

Home27%

Away73%

Shots

Home12

Away20

Shots on Target

Home3

Away11

Corners

Home2

Away8

Fouls

Home18

Away11

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Articles

Celtic in the mood to better Rangers with thirst-quenching display as Jota makes poignant celebration
On another stiflingly warm day, Celtic drank deep of the hosts’ munificence as well as demonstrating their own inspiration to register a comprehensive victory.
By Alan Pattullo
Sunday, 14th August 2022, 4:00 pm
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https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/celtic/celtic-in-the-mood-to-better-rangers-with-thirst-quenching-display-as-jota-makes-poignant-celebration-3805267

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This 5-0 win over a ragged Kilmarnock side edges them ahead of Rangers again at the top on goal difference. Anything they can do, we can do better was the mantra at Rugby Park.

The visitors bettered their rivals’ 4-0 win over St Johnstone the previous day and might indeed have done so by more in the final analysis. As well as scoring the opening, Kyogo Furuhashi hit the bar with a header.
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Jota added another stunning strike to his expanding portfolio after he found the top corner after letting fly from 30 yards. He later dedicated the goal to his Benfica mentor Fernando Chalana. The former Portugal international died at the age of 65 last week. Jota kissed a wrist band with Chalana’s name on it and pointed to the heavens.
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The Killie defence had more cracks in it than a dried-up river bed but four of Celtic’s five goals were still of the watch again and again variety. The parched, brown fields of Ayrshire were a good metaphor for a home team whose hopes had evaporated long before the final whistle. Kilmarnock’s own patch of turf is of course synthetic. Celtic made a mockery of the advantage it’s meant to hand the home side.

There were water breaks but little relief otherwise for Kilmarnock in front of watching Scottish Cup-winning manager Bobby Williamson, who took part in an entertainingly clipped interview on the park during the interval. The Killie cheerleaders also did their best to cheer up the locals at half-time but it was a forlorn effort.

Already three goals down, the game was up for Kilmarnock. When centre-halves are scoring acrobatic goals against you it’s probably allowable to concede it’s not going to be your day.

Moritz Jenz turned to hook in Celtic’s third over his shoulder to leave the hosts very much down and out. Substitute Carl Starfelt, who came on for Jenz after 55 minutes, scored his first goal for the club when he forced the ball into the net at the second attempt after 75 minutes. Kilmarnock might have hoped they had stemmed the tide. No such luck.

Giorgos Giakoumakis got in on the act with nine minutes left when he emulated Jenz with an overhead kick after a cross from the right from fellow substitute Liel Abada.

Kilmarnock manager Derek McInnes acknowledged the quality of some of Celtic’s play and goals. However, he still felt such a margin of defeat was unacceptable. He said he was “embarrassed” by the loss of five goals at home.

“I know we’ll be better and we’re capable of getting results in this league, but there is that kind of feeling that our season starts now,” he said.

“It still shouldn’t be 5-0, even though we’re not ready to take on a Celtic. That’s what I’m disappointed with.”

The Rugby Park side have endured a torrid start to their return to the top flight although they can console themselves they won’t have to play either half of the Old Firm in the league again until January, when they will once more face Celtic and Rangers in successive weeks. Currently second bottom of the table, McInnes will hope to have improved his side’s position before then.

Kilmarnock play bottom of the table Ross County next as they seek to kick-start their campaign but that tough trip to the Highlands will hardly be welcomed either.

They were their own worst enemies here as slackness helped Celtic open up a commanding first-half lead. Kyogo poked home the opener after seven minutes and a stunning strike from Jota made it seem a long, long way back for the home side in extremely muggy conditions. The slim prospect of a comeback was quashed when Jenz scored for the second time in successive weeks with a hooked finish more in keeping with a centre forward than centre half.

Any game-plan devised by McInnes had to be ripped up after the initial stages which saw Celtic take such an early lead. The Killie back four was too easily opened up but credit has to be given to man-of-the-match Greg Taylor, whose ball in behind the hosts’ defence set Maeda – who held his run to avoid being flagged offside – on his way.

He then crossed for his compatriot Kyogo to stab home off a post. It was all very straightforward but nonetheless devastating in its simplicity of execution. All Kilmarnock could offer in response was a tame effort into the hands of Joe Hart from Kyle Lafferty after he had been set up by strike partner Oli Shaw. Fraser Murray saw a shot skip past the far post.

Celtic were finding great joy down Kilmarnock’s left with Jota and Josip Juranovic combining well. McInnes’ problems were exacerbated when left back Jeriel Dorsett limped off five minutes before half time with suspect ligament damage to be replaced by Calum Waters.

Killie were two down and creaking badly. There was little they could have done about Jota’s strike except close him down with more alacrity than they managed. Maeda was again credited with an assist but it was an assist in the loosest sense of the word.

The Japanese brought down and then laid the ball off for Jota, who took a touch before launching a sensational strike towards Walker’s top right hand corner from fully 30 yards. Jenz hooked in number three on the stroke of half-time after Kilmarnock failed to clear a corner.

It wasn’t quite Manchester United levels of capitulation, but it came close. If Maeda had controlled Jota’s cross from the right he would have been in with a chance of scoring a fourth before half-time. Jota, too, had an excellent chance but opted to shoot rather than square the ball and Walker pulled off a good save.

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“Most significant of the lot” – Why Ange Postecoglou loved one of Celtic’s five goals against Kilmarnock more than others
Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou has hailed defender Carl Starfelt’s goalscoring return to action after a 5-0 win over Kilmarnock.
By Alan Pattullo
Sunday, 14th August 2022, 4:00 pm
https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/celtic/most-significant-of-the-lot-why-ange-postecoglou-loved-one-of-celtics-five-goals-against-kilmarnock-more-than-others-3805274

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On a day when his side scored two overhead kicks and one 30-yard strike, the manager described the Swede’s bundled-in goal to put Celtic four up with 15 minutes left as the most “significant” in terms of what it meant to the player personally.

As well as marking his return from a hamstring injury, it was also Starfelt’s first goal for the club on his 50th appearance. The centre half, who replaced fellow goalscorer Moritz Jenz ten minutes after half-time, needed two attempts to force the ball past Kilmarnock goalkeeper Sam Walker after he was in the right place at the right time following Matt O’Riley’s corner. It was his first appearance of the season.
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“He has worked really hard in rehab,” said Postecoglou. “He was really frustrated after such a strong season for us last year and then he went away on international duty and got injured and missed pretty much all of the pre-season for us.

“He has worked really hard to get himself back to a position where he is available again. Credit to him, he is a really good pro. He comes in every day and works really hard in training and he’s a really strong team-mate. I am really pleased for him to get a goal, he has been trying really hard. It was probably the ugliest of the five but probably the most significant.”

Celtic seemed to make a mockery of Postecoglou’s pre-match concerns about the quality of Kilmarnock’s synthetic pitch. However, the Australian still felt the park – as well as the heat, which saw two water breaks – represented a challenge.

“It wasn’t the easiest of conditions for our boys to play football both in terms of the temperature and the pitch,” he said.

“They had a singular focus. It (the pitch) still does affect us and it did affect us at times with our fluency, and stumbling a little bit because the natural mechanics of a turf pitch aren’t there.

“But again, you can either use that as a clutch to adjust how we play or we can stick to what we do and to the players’ credit they did that.”

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By Andrew PetrieBBC Sport Scotland

Last updated on

1 hour ago1 hour ago.From the section Scottish Premiership
Moritz Jenz fires in an acrobatic effort for Celtic’s third
Moritz Jenz fires in one of two acrobatic Celtic finishes during their victory

Celtic ran riot at Rugby Park as they swatted Kilmarnock aside to continue their unbeaten start in the Scottish Premiership.

Kyogo Furuhashi netted an early opener before Jota’s 30-yard screamer and Mortiz Jenz’s acrobatic effort made it three by the break.

Carl Starfelt then scored his first Celtic goal, with Georgios Giakoumakis’ overhead kick completing the rout.

Celtic are now 35 games unbeaten in the Scottish Premiership.

Meanwhile, Kilmarnock are still looking for their first win back in the top flight.

Reaction & as it happened

Ange Postecoglou said he felt no need to change the side which ended up winning at Ross County last weekend.

His decision was justified within seven minutes as Greg Taylor – looking increasingly comfortable as Celtic’s first-choice left-back – slipped in Daizen Maeda. He cut back to the onrushing Kyogo, who finished a straightforward move off the post.

Jota got the second, firing spectacularly into the top corner from distance – although there was a question mark over whether Killie keeper Sam Walker could have done better.

There wasn’t much he could do about the third though. Gathering a cleared corner, Callum McGregor fired the ball towards goal. It fell kindly to Jenz, who swivelled and hooked the ball over his shoulder to get his second Celtic goal in as many weeks.

It took the visitors longer to find their fourth, with Kilmarnock content to let the game fizzle out in the second half. That wasn’t to be though, as Walker’s save from a Celtic corner allowed Starfelt to prod home.

If there was debate about whether Jenz’s goal was an overhead kick, there was none about Giakoumakis’ effort. A crossed ball looped into the sky, the Greek striker watched it on to his foot and bicycle-kicked it through the legs of Walker for a classy fifth.
Man of the Match – Jota
Jota celebrates
Take your pick. It really could have been anyone in green and white.
Celtic look unstoppable as Killie cut to ribbons

There’s still a mighty long way to go this season, but Celtic have started in a fashion that will leave Postecoglou confident of retaining the title.

They were relentless at times, pinning Kilmarnock into their own 18-yard box and toying with them like a cat with a ball of string.

Of course, they are yet to face the test of two games a week, but that will start with the Champions League group stage in September. However, the depth they had on the bench this afternoon suggests rotation isn’t the threat it used to be.

It was an ominous message for the other teams in the league. Derek McInnes changed Kilmarnock’s formation to try and match Celtic in a 4-3-3. It simply didn’t work as individually Celtic’s stars showed too much quality in finding and creating space for themselves.
What they said

Kilmarnock boss Derek McInnes: “We talked about the importance of the start of the game. I do think that first goal is self-inflicted. It felt like a gimme, and it lifts them. You don’t need to give them any encouragement to play their football.

“Celtic controlled the game as we expected but when the ball arrived in our box, it was nothing to do with their level of player. It was the type of goal we shouldn’t be losing and three or four of the goals are avoidable.”

Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou: “We just wanted the intent of playing our football and not letting these things stop us. Obviously there were times we couldn’t do it as fluently as we’d like but the boys’ attitude was first rate.

“In all our games so far, the subs have made a massive impact and that’s something we need to keep up. We’ve got the luxury of one game a week at the moment but pretty soon that won’t be the case and we need more than 11 players to be ready to go.”

• Match ends, Kilmarnock 0, Celtic 5.

• 90’+4′

  Full Time

  Second Half ends, Kilmarnock 0, Celtic 5.

• 90’+2′

  Post update

  James Forrest (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

• 90’+2′

  Post update

  Foul by Brad Lyons (Kilmarnock).

• 90’+1′

  Post update

  Attempt blocked. Calum Waters (Kilmarnock) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lewis Mayo.

• 90’+1′

  Post update

  Corner, Kilmarnock. Conceded by Greg Taylor.

• 90’+1′

  Post update

  Attempt blocked. Daniel Armstrong (Kilmarnock) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Liam Polworth.

• 89′

  Post update

  Foul by Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic).

• 89′

  Post update

  Innes Cameron (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

• 88′

  Post update

  Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Ryan Alebiosu.

• 87′

  Post update

  Offside, Kilmarnock. Calum Waters tries a through ball, but Innes Cameron is caught offside.

• 86′

  Post update

  Greg Taylor (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

• 86′

  Post update

  Foul by Liam Polworth (Kilmarnock).

• 85′

  Booking

  Callum McGregor (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

• 85′

  Post update

  Foul by Callum McGregor (Celtic).

• 85′

  Post update

  Liam Polworth (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

• 84′

  Post update

  Attempt saved. Oli Shaw (Kilmarnock) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Daniel Armstrong with a cross.

• 83′

  Post update

  Foul by Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic).

• 83′

  Post update

  Innes Cameron (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

• 83′

  Post update

  Offside, Kilmarnock. Ash Taylor tries a through ball, but Oli Shaw is caught offside.

• 82′

• Goal!

  Goal! Kilmarnock 0, Celtic 5. Giorgos Giakoumakis (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner.

• 80′

  Post update

  James Forrest (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

• 80′

  Post update

  Foul by Ryan Alebiosu (Kilmarnock).

• 80′

  Substitution

  Substitution, Celtic. James Forrest replaces Jota.

• 80′

  Substitution

  Substitution, Kilmarnock. Brad Lyons replaces Alan Power.

• 79′

  Substitution

  Substitution, Kilmarnock. Liam Polworth replaces Liam Donnelly.

• 79′

  Substitution

  Substitution, Kilmarnock. Innes Cameron replaces Kyle Lafferty.

• 78′

  Booking

  Daniel Armstrong (Kilmarnock) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

• 78′

  Post update

  Jota (Celtic) wins a free kick on the left wing.

• 78′

  Post update

  Foul by Daniel Armstrong (Kilmarnock).

• 78′

  Post update

  Carl Starfelt (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

• 78′

  Post update

  Foul by Kyle Lafferty (Kilmarnock).

• 76′

• Goal!

  Goal! Kilmarnock 0, Celtic 4. Carl Starfelt (Celtic) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.

• 76′

  Post update

  Attempt saved. Carl Starfelt (Celtic) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom left corner.

• 76′

  Post update

  Attempt saved. Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic) with an attempt from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matt O’Riley with a cross.

• 75′

  Post update

  Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Lewis Mayo.

• 72′

  Post update

  Attempt saved. Matt O’Riley (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Liel Abada.

• 68′

  Post update

  Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Lewis Mayo.

• 68′

  Post update

  Attempt blocked. Matt O’Riley (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jota.

• 67′

  Post update

  Offside, Kilmarnock. Rory McKenzie tries a through ball, but Kyle Lafferty is caught offside.

• 66′

  Post update

  Attempt blocked. Liel Abada (Celtic) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.

• 66′

  Substitution

  Substitution, Celtic. Aaron Mooy replaces David Turnbull.

• 66′

  Substitution

  Substitution, Celtic. Giorgos Giakoumakis replaces Kyogo Furuhashi.

• 66′

  Substitution

  Substitution, Celtic. Liel Abada replaces Daizen Maeda.

• 64′

  Post update

  Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

• 64′

  Post update

  Foul by Alan Power (Kilmarnock).

• 62′

  Substitution

  Substitution, Kilmarnock. Daniel Armstrong replaces Fraser Murray.

• 61′

  Booking

  Daizen Maeda (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

• 61′

  Post update

  Foul by Daizen Maeda (Celtic).

• 61′

  Post update

  Ryan Alebiosu (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick on the right wing.

• 60′

  Booking

  Kyle Lafferty (Kilmarnock) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

• 60′

  Post update

  Greg Taylor (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

• 60′

  Post update

  Foul by Kyle Lafferty (Kilmarnock).

• 57′

  Post update

  Carl Starfelt (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

• 57′

  Post update

  Foul by Kyle Lafferty (Kilmarnock).

• 56′

  Post update

  Attempt missed. Ryan Alebiosu (Kilmarnock) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Rory McKenzie.

• 55′

  Substitution

  Substitution, Celtic. Carl Starfelt replaces Moritz Jenz because of an injury.

• 53′

  Post update

  Attempt blocked. Fraser Murray (Kilmarnock) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Calum Waters.

• 52′

  Post update

  Foul by Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic).

• 52′

  Post update

  Oli Shaw (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

• 50′

  Post update

  Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Calum Waters.

• 50′

  Post update

  Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Ryan Alebiosu.

• 50′

  Post update

  Greg Taylor (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

• 50′

  Post update

  Foul by Fraser Murray (Kilmarnock).

• 49′

  Post update

  Attempt saved. Greg Taylor (Celtic) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Daizen Maeda with a headed pass.

• 49′

  Post update

  Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by David Turnbull with a cross following a set piece situation.

• 48′

  Post update

  Daizen Maeda (Celtic) wins a free kick on the left wing.

• 48′

  Post update

  Foul by Ryan Alebiosu (Kilmarnock).

• 48′

  Post update

  Attempt missed. Oli Shaw (Kilmarnock) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Kyle Lafferty.

• 46′

  Post update

  David Turnbull (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

• 46′

  Post update

  Foul by Alan Power (Kilmarnock).

• Second Half

  Second Half begins Kilmarnock 0, Celtic 3.

• 45’+5′

  Half Time

  First Half ends, Kilmarnock 0, Celtic 3.

• 45’+3′

  Post update

  Attempt missed. Kyle Lafferty (Kilmarnock) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Fraser Murray.

• 45’+2′

  Post update

  Attempt saved. Oli Shaw (Kilmarnock) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.

• 45’+1′

• Goal!

  Goal! Kilmarnock 0, Celtic 3. Moritz Jenz (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.

• 45’+1′

  Post update

  Attempt blocked. Callum McGregor (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

• 45’+1′

  Post update

  Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Ash Taylor.

• 45’+1′

  Post update

  Attempt blocked. David Turnbull (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matt O’Riley.

• 44′

  Post update

  Attempt missed. Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by David Turnbull with a cross following a corner.

• 43′

  Post update

  Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Calum Waters.

• 42′

  Booking

  Liam Donnelly (Kilmarnock) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

• 42′

  Post update

  Jota (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

• 42′

  Post update

  Foul by Liam Donnelly (Kilmarnock).

• 41′

  Post update

  Attempt blocked. Alan Power (Kilmarnock) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

• 41′

  Post update

  Attempt blocked. Oli Shaw (Kilmarnock) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fraser Murray.

• 41′

  Post update

  Hand ball by Daizen Maeda (Celtic).

• 40′

  Substitution

  Substitution, Kilmarnock. Calum Waters replaces Jeriel Dorsett because of an injury.

• 39′

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  Attempt blocked. David Turnbull (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Josip Juranovic.

• 37′

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  Attempt saved. Jota (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kyogo Furuhashi with a through ball.

• 36′

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  Foul by Jota (Celtic).

• 36′

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  Alan Power (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick on the left wing.

• 35′

• Goal!

  Goal! Kilmarnock 0, Celtic 2. Jota (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Daizen Maeda.

• 34′

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  Foul by Daizen Maeda (Celtic).

• 34′

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  Fraser Murray (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

• 31′

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  Attempt missed. David Turnbull (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Matt O’Riley.

• 29′

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  Attempt missed. David Turnbull (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.

• 29′

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  Attempt blocked. Callum McGregor (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matt O’Riley.

• 27′

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  Offside, Celtic. David Turnbull tries a through ball, but Jota is caught offside.

• 23′

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  Attempt missed. Fraser Murray (Kilmarnock) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Alan Power.

• 22′

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  Attempt saved. Kyle Lafferty (Kilmarnock) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Oli Shaw.

• 21′

  Booking

  Rory McKenzie (Kilmarnock) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

• 21′

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  Josip Juranovic (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

• 21′

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  Foul by Rory McKenzie (Kilmarnock).

• 20′

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  Corner, Kilmarnock. Conceded by Cameron Carter-Vickers.

• 19′

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  Foul by Callum McGregor (Celtic).

• 19′

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  Rory McKenzie (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

• 18′

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  Greg Taylor (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

• 18′

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  Foul by Fraser Murray (Kilmarnock).

• 16′

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  Greg Taylor (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

• 16′

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  Foul by Rory McKenzie (Kilmarnock).

• 14′

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  Moritz Jenz (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

• 14′

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  Foul by Kyle Lafferty (Kilmarnock).

• 11′

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  Foul by Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic).

• 11′

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  Ash Taylor (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

• 10′

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  Foul by Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic).

• 10′

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  Kyle Lafferty (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

• 9′

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  Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

• 9′

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  Foul by Kyle Lafferty (Kilmarnock).

• 7′

Goal!

• 6′

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  Offside, Celtic. David Turnbull tries a through ball, but Greg Taylor is caught offside.

• 3′

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  Matt O’Riley (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

• 3′

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  Foul by Liam Donnelly (Kilmarnock).

• 1′

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  Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Ryan Alebiosu.

• Kick Off

  First Half begins.

• Posted at 12:3412:34

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  Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

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