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Celtic face a trip to Kilmarnock at Rugby Park at lunchtime on Saturday, looking to further improve upon a decent past record there. So far, the The Bhoys have winning an impressive 52 games, and losing 20.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2007, with Celtic inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Killie in a Scottish Premier match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sun 05 Aug | Celtic | 0 - 0 | Kilmarnock | SPL |
| 2006/2007 | Sun 22 Apr | Kilmarnock | 1 - 2 | Celtic | SPL |
| 2006/2007 | Tue 02 Jan | Celtic | 2 - 0 | Kilmarnock | SPL |
| 2006/2007 | Sun 29 Oct | Kilmarnock | 1 - 2 | Celtic | SPL |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 29 Jul | Celtic | 4 - 1 | Kilmarnock | SPL |
| 2005/2006 | Wed 03 May | Celtic | 2 - 0 | Kilmarnock | SPL |
| 2005/2006 | Sun 09 Apr | Kilmarnock | 1 - 4 | Celtic | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
Kilmarnock are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 7.
Celtic have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the The Bhoys have hit 6 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Kilmarnock's 16 points from 11 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 5th position. Celtic are leading the way in the Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier, with their 11 games giving them a return of 25 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Kilmarnock | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 |
| Celtic | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Nothing appears to be going right for the The Bhoys out on the road recently, yet the Madmen can see a turn around in fortunes as they battle to a victory in a closely fought contest at Kilmarnock. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Kilmarnock | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Celtic | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. Last drawn game 13 outings ago. |