Scottish League Cup

FT Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Kilmarnock LWWWL 0
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Celtic WWDWW 5
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Match Report

PA Wire

Celtic youngsters net five in cup win over Kilmarnock

A youthful Celtic side powered through to the Betfred Cup quarterfinals with a 5-0 thrashing of Kilmarnock at Parkhead.

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Head to Head

CEL leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

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. 88Kouassi EboueRM
  9. 9Leigh GriffithsF
  10. 26Kundai BenyuAM-L
  11. 15Jonathan HayesAM-R

KIL · 4-5-1

  1. 1Jamie McDonaldG
  2. 5Kirk BroadfootCD-L
  3. 4Gordon GreerCD-R
  4. 12Greg TaylorLB
  5. 20Iain WilsonRB
  6. 21Adam FrizzellCM-L
  7. 7Rory McKenzieCM-R
  8. 6Alan PowerAM
  9. 11Jordan JonesLM
  10. 29Chris BurkeRM
  11. 22Lee ErwinF

Timeline

  1. 14' Goal! Celtic 1, Kilmarnock 0. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  2. 21' Goal! Celtic 2, Kilmarnock 0. Anthony Ralston (Celtic) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Leigh Griffiths following a corner.
  3. 29' Goal! Celtic 3, Kilmarnock 0. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kieran Tierney.
  4. 40' Substitution, Celtic. Olivier Ntcham replaces Eboue Kouassi because of an injury.
  5. 45' Substitution, Kilmarnock. William Graham replaces Jordan Jones.
  6. 59' Substitution, Kilmarnock. Stephen O'Donnell replaces Iain Wilson.
  7. 61' Rory McKenzie (Kilmarnock) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 64' Substitution, Celtic. James Forrest replaces Leigh Griffiths.
  9. 65' Goal! Celtic 4, Kilmarnock 0. Kieran Tierney (Celtic) left footed shot from more than 35 yards to the top right corner. Assisted by Anthony Ralston.
  10. 70' Substitution, Celtic. Callum McGregor replaces Kundai Benyu.
  11. 71' Goal! Celtic 5, Kilmarnock 0. Stuart Armstrong (Celtic) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Anthony Ralston.

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