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Celtic prepare to entertain Kilmarnock at Celtic Park on Wednesday evening, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having taken all the points from 78 of the 98 contests.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Celtic Park was less than a year ago, in January 2008, the The Bhoys carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a Scottish Premier match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Wed 29 Oct | Kilmarnock | 1 - 3 | Celtic | SLGC |
| 2008/2009 | Sun 21 Sep | Kilmarnock | 1 - 3 | Celtic | SPL |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 02 Feb | Kilmarnock | 1 - 5 | Celtic | SFAC |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 19 Jan | Celtic | 1-0 | Kilmarnock | SPL |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 03 Nov | Kilmarnock | 1 - 2 | Celtic | SPL |
| 2007/2008 | Sun 05 Aug | Celtic | 0 - 0 | Kilmarnock | SPL |
| 2006/2007 | Sun 22 Apr | Kilmarnock | 1 - 2 | Celtic | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
Celtic are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. In this time, The Bhoys have rattled up an impressive 18 goals, and conceded 5.
Kilmarnock have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The Killie's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 7 against.
Celtic are leading the way in the Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier, with their 12 games giving them a return of 31 points. Kilmarnock's 16 points from 12 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 6th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Celtic | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 13 |
| Kilmarnock | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Celtic may be coming up against a decent side in Kilmarnock, but I do believe that its going to result in a narrow home win for the The Bhoys. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Celtic | Unbeaten in the last 7 home games. Unbeaten run of 5 matches. |
| Kilmarnock | 7 games since last away draw. An overall losing run of 4 games. No win in the 4 most recent games. |