- Kilmarnock have won 9 and lost 1 of their last 10 matches in all competitions.
- Celtic have won 6, drawn 3 and lost 1 of their last 10 in all competitions.
- Celtic have won 2, drawn 1 and lost 1 of their 4 away matches in all current competitions.
Killie in the killers’ zone
Kilmarnock come into this game in cracking form, so it may not be a walk in the park for Celtic FC, as the odds suggest. Killie have won nine and lost one of their past ten in all competitive fixtures, while Celtic have been much steadier, winning six, drawing three and losing one of their 10.
Killie's momentum has built up through a 4-0-1 run in their past five games and they have shown that they can both defend their box and hurt teams at the other end. Greg Kiltie has been a nice outlet for Neil McCann's side, who are a compact, pragmatic and often narrow unit, and his two goals in Killie's last five games provide a measure of their bite in the final third.
Camilo Duran has been Celtic's hot hand, bagging three of the Hoops' eight goals in their five-match run. But their most recent three games have all been standoffs, a 4-1 away loss to Sporting Clube de Portugal followed by back-to-back home draws with Middlesbrough and AC Milan in Friendly Club Matches 2026. Martin O'Neill has got them back to the familiar Celtic FC shape, where they are a possession-heavy side who build up the ball at high tempo and counter-press the life out of their opponents, so they should be the team most likely to suffocate Killie.
Celtic to nick a narrow win
Celtic have owned this fixture in recent seasons, winning five of the last five head-to-head meetings in Premiership 2025/2026 and all current comps with Killie yet to get a positive result. They will fancy their chances of adding another win, but Killie's current shape and steel at home could make this a bit of a scrap, so Celtic to win and both teams not to score - may well be a better play than the odds favor the away win at 7/25. Killie are 42/5 to win and the draw is 22/5.
Killie's recent games have been tight with a 1-0 win over Hamilton Academical FC at home in League Cup Group H 2026 and a 0-0 draw away to Peterhead, which they went on to lose in a penalty shootout, coming into this. Celtic have drawn their previous two games, so we're not looking at an easy victory for the visitors.
