Scottish Premiership

FT Saturday, August 19, 2017
Celtic WWWWW 2
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Kilmarnock WWLLL 0
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CEL112
KIL000
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Match Report

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Celtic take comfortable win at Kilmarnock

Goals from James Forrest and Callum McGregor gave a much-changed Celtic side a 2-0 Scottish Premiership win over Kilmarnock at Rugby Park.

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Head to Head

CEL leads series 5-0

Lineups

KIL · 4-5-1

  1. 1Jamie McDonaldG
  2. 20Iain WilsonCD-L
  3. 4Gordon GreerCD-R
  4. 12Greg TaylorLB
  5. 2Stephen O'DonnellRB
  6. 3Steven SmithCM-L
  7. 7Rory McKenzieCM-R
  8. 21Adam FrizzellAM
  9. 11Jordan JonesLM
  10. 15Dominic ThomasRM
  11. 9Kris BoydF

Substitutes

  1. 25Eamonn BrophySUB
  2. 29Chris BurkeSUB
  3. 28Brad SpencerSUB
  4. 18Calum WatersSUB
  5. 6Alan PowerSUB
  6. 16Scott BoydSUB
  7. 26Cameron BellSUB

CEL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Craig GordonG
  2. 63Kieran TierneyCD-L
  3. 35Kristoffer AjerCD-R
  4. 59Calvin MillerLB
  5. 56Anthony RalstonRB
  6. 18Tom RogicAM
  7. 14Stuart ArmstrongLM
  8. 8Scott BrownRM
  9. 49James ForrestF
  10. 26Kundai BenyuAM-L
  11. 42Callum McGregorAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 6Nir BittonSUB
  2. 24Dorus de VriesSUB
  3. 23Mikael LustigSUB
  4. 9Leigh GriffithsSUB
  5. 11Scott SinclairSUB
  6. 21Olivier NtchamSUB
  7. 53Liam HendersonSUB

Timeline

  1. 40' Goal! Kilmarnock 0, Celtic 1. James Forrest (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tomas Rogic.
  2. 59' Stephen O'Donnell (Kilmarnock) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 60' Substitution, Kilmarnock. Eamonn Brophy replaces Steven Smith.
  4. 70' Substitution, Celtic. Nir Bitton replaces Kieran Tierney.
  5. 70' Substitution, Celtic. Leigh Griffiths replaces James Forrest.
  6. 75' Substitution, Kilmarnock. Chris Burke replaces Dom Thomas.
  7. 78' Substitution, Celtic. Mikael Lustig replaces Kundai Benyu.
  8. 85' Rory McKenzie (Kilmarnock) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 88' Goal! Kilmarnock 0, Celtic 2. Callum McGregor (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tomas Rogic.

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