Aug 20, 20231 min read

Kilmarnock v Celtic (Match Preview)

Probabilities for the match are - Celtic 71%, Kilmarnock 11% and 18% the draw.

Kilmarnock lined up against Hearts (away) last week with the following;

1 Will Dennis
5 Lewis Mayo, 6 Robbie Deas and 17 Stuart Findlay
11 Danny Armstrong, 8 Brad Lyons, 12 David Watson, 16 Kyle Magennis and 3 Corrie Ndaba
23 Marley Watkins and 10 Matthew Kennedy

Out of last week's starting line up only Mayo, Armstrong, Lyons and Watson were there from last season. With Mayo signing after a loan spell last seaon from Rangers.

Goalkeeper Dennis is on loan from Bournemouth. Ex-Celt Findlay is on loan from Oxford. and ex-Celt Deas was signed from Inverness. Ndaba is on loan from Ipswich. Magennis was signed from Hibernian and Watkins and Kennedy were signed from Aberdeen.

In last week's game best for xG were Kennedy 0.30 and Deas 0.11.

Best for xA was Watson 0.39.

In the last game against Hearts away it was 0-0 and Kilmarnock restricted Hearts to just 0.39 xG while Kilmarnock had 0.73 xG themselves.

Hearts only had lower than 0.39 three times last season and two of them were against Celtic.

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