FootyMAD's Glasgow Celtic match preview

History of the Glasgow Celtic v Kilmarnock fixture

Kilmarnock face a trip to Glasgow Celtic at Celtic Park on Saturday afternoon, and have come away with little in previous meetings, having taken no points from 72 of the 91 contests.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in January 2004, with Celtic annihilating their visitors 5 - 1 in a Scottish Premier match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2004/2005	Sat 14 Aug	Kilmarnock	2 - 4	Celtic	SPL
2003/2004	Sun 18 Apr	Kilmarnock	0 - 1	Celtic	SPL
2003/2004	Sat 31 Jan	Celtic	5 - 1	Kilmarnock	SPL
2003/2004	Sat 01 Nov	Kilmarnock	0 - 5	Celtic	SPL
2002/2003	Sun 25 May	Kilmarnock	0 - 4	Celtic	SPL
2002/2003	Sun 13 Apr	Celtic	2 - 0	Kilmarnock	SPL
2002/2003	Sun 15 Dec	Kilmarnock	1 - 1	Celtic	SPL

Recent respective form guides

Glasgow Celtic are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. In this time, The Bhoys have rattled up an impressive 18 goals, and conceded 7.

Kilmarnock have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Killie have hit 5 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Celtic are leading the way in the Bank of Scotland Scottish Premier, with their 12 games giving them a return of 31 points. Kilmarnock's 19 points from 12 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 5th position.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Celtic	6	4	0	2	13	10	12
Kilmarnock	6	3	1	2	12	10	10

FootyMad's prediction ...

FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the The Bhoys, as the Killie have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win

Sequence statistics:
Celtic	14 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 10 .
Kilmarnock	8 games since last away draw. 4 games since last defeat.