2023-01-07: Celtic 2-0 Kilmarnock, SP

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Trivia

• KO: 15:00; Saturday; Celtic TV Only. League Game 21. Match sold out.
• Third set of league fixtures begin. First match of new year at Celtic Park.
• Sevco won their match so Celtic remain 9pts in front but Celtic have a vastly better goal difference of +20GD. For second week in a row, Sevco’s Goldson gets away with handball that is a blatant penalty but not given with no VAR referral!
• Hatate responds with an excellent match performance after a midweek social media discussion by some Celtic stats analyst questioning his value created a hoo-haa.
• Bernabei, Mooy and Jota start game after being on bench last week.
• Past week has seen heated debates about the controversial & poor decision making over VAR utilisation in recent Celtic games. Authorities batting away accusations. Claims of paranoia.
• Ange has big pop at VAR.
• Minute silence for ex Celt Frank McGarvey, the legendary Pele, Young Celtic fan Shaun Kelly, and Pope Benedict who all passed away recently. RIP
• Celtic fan & centenarian Peter Ciarella (1921-2023) has sadly passed away, RIP. He had attended games under every Celtic manager to date.
• Greg Taylor faces at least two weeks out with a hamstring injury.
• Not a great season to date for ex Celts down south i. Arsenal top of the table (but Kieran Tierney is not a certain starter), Southampton bottom (Ely, Armstrong), Crystal Palace (Eddie not a regular starter) mid table, Liverpool (van Dijk injured) are sixth, Bournemouth (Christie) & West Ham (Moyes) close to relegation zone; And then there’s Brendan Rodgers’ Leicester whose team has been very underpar all season but now out of relegation zone!
• Ex Celt Paul Hartley appointed new manager of Cove Rangers FC.
• Plans for a purpose-built events venue beside Celtic Park look set to be taken forward by a developer.
• Former Italy forward & legend Gianluca Vialli has died aged 58 from cancer, RIP
• South Sudan: Journalists held over film of president appearing to wet himself!

Transfer window open:

• No transfers since last match.

Reports:

• Former Celt Calvin Miller signs for Morton.
• Celtic’s offer to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors for South Korea striker Cho Gue-sung did not meet expectations – his club want £2.2m
• Loanee Mikey Johnston to return to Celtic in the summer.
• Midtjylland opened talks to bring Giorgos Giakoumakis to the club, but then said to have been priced out.
• Abildgaard heading back to Denmark to reunite with his first club Aalborg,

Teams

Celtic

Formation 4-3-3

• 1Hart
• 2Johnston
• 20Carter-Vickers
• 4Starfelt
• 25Bernabei
• 13Mooy Substituted for O’Riley at 63′minutes
• 42McGregor
• 41Hatate Substituted for Turnbull at 83′minutes
• 17Neves Filipe Substituted for Abada at 63′minutes
• 8Furuhashi Substituted for Giakoumakis at 63′minutes
• 38Maeda Substituted forForrestat 83′minutes

Substitutes

• 6Jenz
• 7Giakoumakis
• 11Abada
• 14Turnbull
• 18Kobayashi
• 29Bain
• 33O’Riley
• 49Forrest
• 88Juranovic

Goals:

• Neves Filipe (45′ minutes), 
• Taylor (51′ minutes og) [some argue should be marked as Kyogo goal, but doesn’t appear that Kyogo even touched it…]
  

Assists:

• Maeda (45′ minutes)

Kilmarnock

Formation 5-3-2

• 20Walker
• 2Mayo
• 19Wright
• 5Taylor
• 6Stokes
• 33Chrisene
• 4Power
• Substituted forLyonsat 64′minutes
• 31Polworth
• Substituted forMurrayat 75′minutes
• 7McKenzie
• Substituted forMcInroyat 85′minutes
• 16Robinson Substituted forArmstrongat 64′minutes
• 23Vassell Substituted forDoidgeat 64′minutes

Substitutes

• 1Hemming
• 8Alston
• 11Armstrong
• 14Sanders
• 15Murray
• 17Lyons
• 18Waters
• 21McInroy
• 26Doidge

 

Goals:
Assists:

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Stats

Possession

Home79%

Away21%

Shots

Home24

Away2

Shots on Target

Home9

Away0

Corners

Home4

Away3

Fouls

Home9

Away11

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Articles

Celtic partake in a goalframe challenge as Kilmarnock fortunate to escape with 2-0 defeat

Meet 2023, same as 2022 for Scottish teams pitching up to Celtic Park. They come, they defend, they suffer defeat, usually with Ange Postecoglou’s men graciously sparing them a bleaching through converting only a fraction of their chances.
Andrew Smith
By Andrew Smith
https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/celtic/celtic-partake-in-a-goalframe-challenge-as-kilmarnock-fortunate-to-escape-with-2-0-defeat-3978251

All such customary elements were present and correct as Celtic extended their lead at the top of the cinch Premiership to 12 points with a 2-0 victory over Kilmarnock – a day ahead of Rangers facing Dundee United at Tannadice. The only break from the norm was in the encounter being framed as a dress rehearsal for next week’s Viaplay League Cup semi-final between the teams next Saturday.

The 5-4-1 formation that Kilmarnock Derek McInnes deployed to stifle Celtic – the home team’s early stodginess helping this prove an effective enough ploy for almost a full half – no doubt will be the blueprint for his gameplan in the national stadium. McInnes stated afterwards that the approach had served its purpose in as much as “it was important we didn’t take a sore one” ahead of the semi-final. Yet, the slaps inevitably came. As, surely, they will come for the Ayrshire men in a week’s time.

Celtic’s latest outing allowed them to extend their unbeaten domestic run to 15 matches. The win means their 100 per cent home record in the cinch Premiership now covers 10 games. The majority of these have proved more engaging than what the home denizens were treated to as their team toiled to produce penetration against opponents Postecoglou described as “well structured”. He also acknowledged his own men’s shortcomings ahead of Jota plundering his eighth goal of the season just on the stroke of the interval.
Kyogo Furuhashi forces Kilmarnock defender Ash Taylor to score an own goal for Celtic’s second. (Photo by Craig Williamson / SNS Group)
Kyogo Furuhashi forces Kilmarnock defender Ash Taylor to score an own goal for Celtic’s second. (Photo by Craig Williamson / SNS Group)

“It was a bit sticky, we didn’t really get in the game, our flow. We didn’t make some good choices in the front third. Our decision-making wasn’t great. The boys were disappointed but we got a really good goal, stuff we work on, and then second half I thought we were really good. We dominated and played in the areas we wanted.”

The opener was the turning point, then. A bish, bash, bosh in which the flowing Celtic re-emerged, with Callum McGregor sending Daizen Maeda scurrying down the right before he flipped over a cross that Jota darted in at the front post to glance into the net.

Kilmarnock defender Ash Taylor was the luckless visiting player that required to take the credit – if that’s the word – for the clincher second, only seven minutes into the second period. Doing the right thing in pressurising Kyogo Furuhashi as he sought to get on the end of a diagonal from deep by Reo Hatate, the big defender’s final touch only succeeded in diverting the ball beyond keeper Sam Walker.

A chancefest last 15 minutes then ensued as Celtic’s substitutes appeared to be involved in some sort of bizarre goalframe challenge. Giorgos Giakoumakis had a header and thumping drive that rattled the crossbar, while James Forrest and Matt O’Riley efforts rebound from either post in the space of seconds. Kilmarnock, with Walker also denying the Scotland winger and the Greek striker, might not be so fortunate in part two of the clubs’ double header.

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Ange Postecoglou refuses to ‘fall in love’ with his Celtic players as he addresses Giorgos Giakoumakis future

Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou refuses to give thought to the desirability of not allowing players to move on after being burned over that in his early trackside days.
Andrew Smith
By Andrew Smith
https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/celtic/ange-postecoglou-refuses-to-fall-in-love-with-his-celtic-players-as-he-addresses-giorgos-giakoumakis-future-3978224

An all-action half-hour cameo from substitute Giorgos Giakoumakis in the 2-0 home win over Kilmarnock – the big striker twice hitting the goal frame – appeared to show his commitment and value to Celtic’s cause in the face of incessant speculation he is seeking a fresh challenge, and will be sold.

The Greek’s performance drew plaudits from his manager but asked if he was keen to see the 27-year-old remain at the club, he chose to avoid offering a direct response.

“I don’t think about those things,” he said. “I don’t think about who I want to keep or who wants to leave. I just work on the basis of the group I have in front of me. If anything changes I deal with it. People have their own ambitions in their football career. My goal is to make sure we are supporting them in their endeavours. If they think opportunity is better for them elsewhere then we will go through that process.

“I don’t think about it because I may want to keep all of them but I could get offers in for them. I think it was my first year of coaching that my favourite player left me after two games because he had a better offer so I have never fallen in love with them.

“I just deal with what is in front of me. Jacko has been working hard and Kyogo [Furuhashi] is in great form, scoring every week. So he is having to come on and make a contribution and he hasn’t flinched from that. He has tackled that task. Apart from the fact he was unlucky not to score today, his work-rate, his tracking back, the way he was holding the ball up for us, he was good.”

Following what the Celtic manager termed a “sticky” first period, his side battered the visitors’ goal without much reward on the back of him committing a raft of substitutions. A fact he considered a key takeaway against a Rugby Park side they will meet again in the Viaplay League Cup semi-final next Saturday.

“Jacko he worked his socks off, and he has all the time [and that was true of] all the boys that came on. James [Forrest] had a couple of unbelievable chances, David Turnbull was unlucky a couple of times, Liel [Abada] was great. The guys coming on are making a huge impact for us, which is important. People talk consistently about who starts for us, but it’s just as important who finishes the game. If we are going to be this team that is relentless, people coming on need to make a contribution.”

Celtic increase lead at top of the table after Jota ends Kilmarnock resistance
Jota scores the opening goal for Celtic against Kilmarnock.
Jota scores the opening goal for Celtic against Kilmarnock. Photograph: Ian MacNicol/Getty Images
PA Media
Sat 7 Jan 2023 17.51 GMT
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jan/07/celtic-increase-lead-at-top-of-the-table-after-jota-sinks-kilmarnock
Jota ended Kilmarnock’s impressive resistance on the stroke of half-time to send Celtic on their way to a 2-0 victory that puts them 12 points clear at the top of the cinch Premiership.

Kilmarnock arrived at Celtic Park with only two points gained on the road this season but gave the home side very little encouragement in the opening 44 minutes. However, Jota netted from close range in the final minute of the first half before Celtic added a second shortly after the interval.
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The champions threatened to score several more as they put further pressure on Rangers ahead of their nearest challengers’ trip to Dundee United on Sunday.

There was a pre-match tribute on the big screens to Frank McGarvey after his death on New Year’s Day, as the former Celtic striker was given a minute’s silence along with Pelé and the former pope Benedict XVI.

The Celtic manager, Ange Postecoglou, brought in Alexandro Bernabei for the injured Greg Taylor, while Aaron Mooy and Jota were also recalled.

Postecoglou claimed on Friday there was “zero chance” that major penalty decisions against his team would even themselves out over the course of the season and Killie had an appeal inside 30 seconds when the debutant striker Kyle Vassell went down under the attention of Carl Starfelt. The referee, Nick Walsh, played on after a VAR check.
Kyogo Furuhashi celebrates after his shot is deflected in to double Celtic’s lead.
Kyogo Furuhashi celebrates after his shot is deflected in to double Celtic’s lead. Photograph: Jeff Holmes/Shutterstock

The visitors lined up with five at the back and defended from the front to deny the Celtic midfield time on the ball. The tactic worked for the vast majority of the first half. Celtic took 20 minutes to force a corner and another five before getting their first effort at goal, when Jota’s deflected effort was easily held by Sam Walker.

The visitors also had some moments going forward. Chris Stokes’s cross hit the top of the crossbar and Ash Taylor headed on to the roof of the net. Celtic then had a goal disallowed in the 41st minute when Jota was called offside from Mooy’s lofted pass after the Portuguese winger’s low cross was turned home by KyogoFuruhashi.

But the decision looked straightforward and the away side looked as if they would deservedly go in level at half-time until Bernabei’s pass sent Daizen Maeda in behind Lewis Mayo. The Japan international cut the ball back and Jota knocked it home from close range after Furuhashi had slid in front of Walker.

Walker blocked Jota’s shot with his foot after the break but he was beaten in the 51st minute after a counterattack. Reo Hatate overlapped Mooy and received a pass before sending in a low cross that was diverted towards goal by Furuhashi. The shot appeared to take a deflection off Taylor before finding its way into the back of the net.
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That was effectively game over and the rest of the contest saw Kilmarnock trying to keep the score down amid near-constant Celtic pressure. They managed to do so despite a series of close shaves. Maeda could not make the most of several chances, Walker made a good stop from Hatate’s 22-yard drive and the substitute Liel Abada flashed an effort wide from similar distance.

The chances kept coming for the substitutes. Giorgos Giakoumakis saw a powerful header brilliantly saved and then hit the bar from long range, James Forrest hit Walker and then a post from two glorious quickfire opportunities, and the Kilmarnock goalkeeper also pushed Matt O’Riley’s close-range effort on to the post.

Callum McGregor and Forrest missed further good opportunities to capitalise on Celtic’s second-half dominance before David Turnbull came close from 25 yards.

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Celtic v Kilmarnock
Jota jabbed Celtic in front just before the break

Celtic extended their Scottish Premiership lead to 12 points over Rangers as their attacking persistence paid off against Kilmarnock.

After a dominant half, Jota broke the deadlock for the league leaders just before the break, sliding in to meet Daizen Maeda’s low cross to score his eighth goal of the season.

And Celtic doubled their lead after the break when Kilmarnock defender Ash Taylor deflected Reo Hatate’s cross into his own goal under pressure from Kyogo Furuhashi.

Rangers – in second place – travel to face Dundee United on Sunday (16:00 GMT) with precious little margin for error.

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Celtic had such a glut of chances towards the end of the match that one could be forgiven for forgetting how sore Kilmarnock must have felt at Jota’s opener.

Derek McInnes’ men had defended stoutly for the opening 45 minutes, limiting Celtic to one deflected shot on target, that from Jota who was stymied by Taylor’s desperate block.

Kilmarnock, in truth, were worth no more than parity at the break. Seeking their first league win at Celtic Park since October 2012, they relied on long balls directed at debutant Kyle Vassell for their attacks.

The Englishman was badly isolated, though, and Cameron Carter-Vickers was too fast and composed, routinely dispossessing the striker and setting his side off on another period of Celtic possession.

That was the theme, save for Taylor’s looping header from Liam Polworth’s cross that landed on top of Celtic goalkeeper Joe Hart’s net.

Celtic benefited from the energy of Hatate, Callum McGregor and Aaron Mooy, the midfield trio afforded time to look up for passes to Maeda and Jota, the Portuguese winger switching wings to try to break Kilmarnock down.

Taylor’s own-goal six minutes after the re-start was tough on the big centre-half, for if he had not made contact, Kyogo would surely have scored.

Visiting goalkeeper Sam Walker conceded two goals but had an outstanding match. He kept out an 18-yard drive from Hatate, getting down low to his right to parry, and after the break he dived high to his left to save a powerful Giorgos Giakoumakis header, aided by the woodwork.

The Greek striker smacked the crossbar a few minutes later as the visitors tired and the hosts became energised by the introduction of Giakoumakis, Liel Abada, James Forrest, Matt O’Riley and David Turnbull.

Late in the game, Forrest gave the fans who were still in the ground further excitement with two right-footed shots from eight yards, the first saved by Walker, the follow-up rebounding off the upright.
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Reo Hatate
Hatate was relentless in the Celtic midfield, winning possession and looking to provide Jota and Maeda on the wings. His cross into the box created Celtic’s second goal
Celtic find their rhythm as Kilmarnock wilt – analysis

A list of stats would have made grim reading for Kilmarnock fans before kick-off. Celtic had won nine of their last 10 matches against their team and the hosts had secured 11 home league wins on the trot.

No disgrace, then, for McInnes to employ a containment policy. They had 21% of possession and only two off-target shots to show for their play, and the effort they spent chasing Celtic and closing down space eventually told on them.

Celtic’s enthusiasm for the task did not dim, despite being two goals up. They had willing runners late in the game, were on their toes as Kilmarnock became leaden, and were only denied a much more convincing scoreline by Walker.

McInnes and his coaching team must find a way to change the narrative when the teams meet in the League Cup.
What did they say?

Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou: “It was a sticky first half for us, we couldn’t find our rhythm. Credit to Kilmarnock for making it difficult but I still think we made some poor choices.

“Second half, we took control, played in their half and looked a lot more threatening. To be fair, we probably should have had two or three more [goals].”

Kilmarnock manager Derek McInnes: “The better team won, no doubt about it. I was really pleased with our first-half performance but really sickened to lose the goal on the stroke of half-time. That was harsh.

“The second goal was when we were were attacking and they break on us. From then on, we worked hard. Celtic hit the bar a couple of times and my keeper has made saves, but we did a lot right out of possession and in possession.”

• Match ends, Celtic 2, Kilmarnock 0.

• 90’+6′

  Full Time

  Second Half ends, Celtic 2, Kilmarnock 0.

• 90’+5′

  Post update

  Attempt missed. David Turnbull (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by James Forrest.

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  Attempt missed. James Forrest (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by David Turnbull.

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

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  Attempt missed. Callum McGregor (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Alistair Johnston following a corner.

• 90′

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  Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Lewis Mayo.

• 90′

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  Attempt blocked. David Turnbull (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by James Forrest.

• 90′

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

• 89′

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  James Forrest (Celtic) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box following a corner.

• 89′

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

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  Attempt saved. James Forrest (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matt O’Riley with a cross.

• 89′

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  Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Brad Lyons.

• 88′

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  Attempt missed. Brad Lyons (Kilmarnock) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Fraser Murray with a cross following a corner.

• 88′

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  Corner, Kilmarnock. Conceded by Giorgos Giakoumakis.

• 87′

  Post update

  Corner, Kilmarnock. Conceded by Carl Starfelt.

• 86′

  Post update

  Corner, Kilmarnock. Conceded by Cameron Carter-Vickers.

• 85′

  Substitution

  Substitution, Kilmarnock. Kerr McInroy replaces Rory McKenzie.

• 84′

  Post update

  Foul by Callum McGregor (Celtic).

• 84′

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  Daniel Armstrong (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

• 83′

  Substitution

  Substitution, Celtic. David Turnbull replaces Reo Hatate.

• 83′

  Substitution

  Substitution, Celtic. James Forrest replaces Daizen Maeda.

• 82′

  Post update

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

• 82′

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  Giorgos Giakoumakis (Celtic) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Reo Hatate.

• 81′

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  Giorgos Giakoumakis (Celtic) hits the right post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Matt O’Riley following a set piece situation.

• 80′

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

• 80′

  Post update

  Foul by Joe Wright (Kilmarnock).

• 78′

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  Attempt missed. Daizen Maeda (Celtic) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Matt O’Riley with a cross following a corner.

• 78′

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  Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Brad Lyons.

• 77′

  Post update

  Foul by Matt O’Riley (Celtic).

• 77′

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

• 77′

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  Attempt saved. Giorgos Giakoumakis (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Liel Abada.

• 76′

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

• 76′

  Post update

  Foul by Ash Taylor (Kilmarnock).

• 75′

  Substitution

  Substitution, Kilmarnock. Fraser Murray replaces Liam Polworth.

• 75′

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  Attempt missed. Daizen Maeda (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Reo Hatate.

• 72′

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  Matt O’Riley (Celtic) wins a free kick on the right wing.

• 72′

  Post update

  Foul by Brad Lyons (Kilmarnock).

• 70′

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  Attempt missed. Liel Abada (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Alistair Johnston.

• 68′

  Post update

  Foul by Alexandro Bernabei (Celtic).

• 68′

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

• 68′

  Post update

  Attempt saved. Reo Hatate (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Giorgos Giakoumakis.

• 64′

  Substitution

  Substitution, Kilmarnock. Daniel Armstrong replaces Scott Robinson.

• 64′

  Substitution

  Substitution, Kilmarnock. Brad Lyons replaces Alan Power.

• 64′

  Substitution

  Substitution, Kilmarnock. Christian Doidge replaces Kyle Vassell.

• 63′

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  Alistair Johnston (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

• 63′

  Post update

  Foul by Kyle Vassell (Kilmarnock).

• 63′

  Substitution

  Substitution, Celtic. Giorgos Giakoumakis replaces Kyogo Furuhashi.

• 63′

  Substitution

  Substitution, Celtic. Liel Abada replaces Jota.

• 63′

  Substitution

  Substitution, Celtic. Matt O’Riley replaces Aaron Mooy.

• 62′

  Post update

  Delay over. They are ready to continue.

• 59′

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  Delay in match because of an injury Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic).

• 56′

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  Attempt missed. Reo Hatate (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Alistair Johnston.

• 54′

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  Attempt missed. Daizen Maeda (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Cameron Carter-Vickers following a fast break.

• 51′

• Goal!

  Own Goal by Ash Taylor, Kilmarnock. Celtic 2, Kilmarnock 0.

• 50′

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  Attempt saved. Jota (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Reo Hatate.

• 49′

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  Alistair Johnston (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

• 49′

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  Foul by Kyle Vassell (Kilmarnock).

• Second Half

  Second Half begins Celtic 1, Kilmarnock 0.

• 45’+4′

  Half Time

  First Half ends, Celtic 1, Kilmarnock 0.

• 45’+4′

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

• 45’+4′

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  Foul by Liam Polworth (Kilmarnock).

• 45’+3′

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  Attempt saved. Daizen Maeda (Celtic) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Reo Hatate.

• 45′

• Goal!

  Goal! Celtic 1, Kilmarnock 0. Jota (Celtic) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Daizen Maeda with a cross.

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

• 43′

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  Foul by Liam Polworth (Kilmarnock).

• 41′

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  Offside, Celtic. Aaron Mooy tries a through ball, but Jota is caught offside.

• 39′

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  Foul by Daizen Maeda (Celtic).

• 39′

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  Lewis Mayo (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

• 38′

  Post update

  Foul by Aaron Mooy (Celtic).

• 38′

  Post update

  Alan Power (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

• 38′

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  Attempt missed. Ash Taylor (Kilmarnock) header from the left side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Liam Polworth with a cross.

• 36′

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  Foul by Aaron Mooy (Celtic).

• 36′

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

• 27′

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  Foul by Alexandro Bernabei (Celtic).

• 27′

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  Liam Polworth (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick on the right wing.

• 26′

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  Aaron Mooy (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

• 26′

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  Foul by Joe Wright (Kilmarnock).

• 25′

  Post update

  Foul by Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic).

• 25′

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  Scott Robinson (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

• 25′

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  Attempt saved. Jota (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

• 25′

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

• 25′

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  Foul by Alan Power (Kilmarnock).

• 23′

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

• 23′

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  Foul by Kyle Vassell (Kilmarnock).

• 20′

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  Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Lewis Mayo.

• 19′

  Post update

  Foul by Reo Hatate (Celtic).

• 19′

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  Alan Power (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

• 10′

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

• 3′

  Post update

  Daizen Maeda (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

• 3′

  Post update

  Foul by Joe Wright (Kilmarnock).

• Kick Off

  First Half begins.

• Posted at 15:1115:11

  Post update

  Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

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