On Sat Jan 7th, Kilmarnock will travel to Glasgow to battle Celtic in a meeting of these two Premiership teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 3 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, Celtic recorded a 2-2 draw against Rangers. Daizen Maeda struck first for Celtic in the 5th minute, then Ryan Kent tied it up for Rangers in the 47th minute . Celtic looks to continue their winning ways, having 9 wins in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 9th placed Kilmarnock, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against St. Mirren. Neither Kilmarnock nor St. Mirren could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 12 and 6 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Kilmarnock is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Rugby Park, Celtic won by a score of 5 to 0. Kyogo Furuhashi scored the first goal for Celtic in the 7th minute, then João Filipe added another in the 35th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Kilmarnock couldn’t manage to score, and Celtic took the shutout win.
Kilmarnock is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Danny Armstrong and Ash Taylor each only have 1 goal in their last five. Celtic is glad to have Kyogo Furuhashi in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored five goals.