Kilmarnock vs Celtic Prediction: Kilmarnock will not allow many goals

The match for the Scottish Premiership between Kilmarnock and Celtic will take place at Rugby Park in Kilmarnock. While the host team are coming off a loss to Aberdeen, Celtic are coming off a victory against a difficult Rangers side.

Following their 2-0 Premiership defeat to Aberdeen in their most recent game, Kilmarnock will be looking to rebound this time. Kilmarnock enjoyed 45% of the game's possession, and 2 of their 16 shots were on goal. Their opponent, Aberdeen, had 13 shots on goal that were on target. Duk scored the goal for Aberdeen in the 1st and 59th minutes. In recent matches, Kilmarnock have kept a clean sheet only occasionally. In actuality, Kilmarnock's defense has been breached in six of their past six games, resulting in 10 goals allowed during that period. According to the form guide going into this game, Kilmarnock had lost all eleven of their prior league games to Celtic.

Celtic's most recent match in the Premiership was a 3-2 victory over Rangers, and they will bring that momentum into this matchup. During that game, Celtic controlled possession for 55% of the time and had 9 shots on goal, with 7 of them finding their intended target. Kyogo Furuhashi scored two goals for Celtic in the twenty-sixth and sixty-second minutes, and Jota scored in the seventieth minute. Rangers had eight shots on goal, with three of them actually hitting the target. James Tavernier in the 45th and 78th minutes scored for Rangers. In the last six games that Celtic has participated in, there have been a total of 24 goals scored, which works out to an average of 4 goals scored per contest. Five of those goals have been scored by opposing teams. Their previous performance demonstrates that Celtic have not suffered a loss to Kilmarnock in any of the five league matches that took place away from their home stadium in the most recent season.

Given that they have faced off 57 times in previous seasons, Kilmarnock and Celtic have a relatively strong head-to-head record, with Celtic winning 45 games to Kilmarnock's four wins. A total of eight of the games played ended in ties. Kilmarnock had a total of 37 goals scored against them in head-to head competition, while Celtic had a total of 139 goals scored.

Despite the fact that they will be competing away from home, our expectation is that Celtic will prevail in this encounter. On the other hand, we anticipate a significant amount of solid defensive performance from the club that will be playing at their home field. Even though we think Kilmarnock will have a decent chance to score here, we think that betting on both teams to score is a very solid alternative as well.