On Sun Aug 14th, in week 3, Kilmarnock hosts Celtic at Rugby Park in a Premiership match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Kilmarnock is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Rangers. Antonio Čolak struck first for Rangers in the 51st minute, then Alfredo Morelos added another in the 88th minute In the end, Kilmarnock couldn’t muster any offence and Rangers ran away with the shutout win. Kilmarnock looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 1st placed Celtic, recorded a 3-1 win against Ross County. Kyogo Furuhashi scored the first goal for Celtic in the 48th minute, then Alex Iacovitti got the equalizer for Ross County in the 58th minute on a feed from Owura Edwards. Celtic is looking for direction having 2 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season.
Both David Turnbull and Daizen Maeda have been the hottest scorers for Celtic in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Kilmarnock’s most prolific scorer has been Mitchell Pinnock. The English attacker has netted 2 goals over the last five matches.