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Celtic prepare to entertain Kilmarnock at Celtic Park on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having taken all the points from 73 of the 92 contests.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Celtic Park was just last season, in November 2004, the The Bhoys carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a Scottish Premier match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sun 23 Oct | Kilmarnock | 0 - 1 | Celtic | SPL |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 30 Jan | Kilmarnock | 0 - 1 | Celtic | SPL |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 06 Nov | Celtic | 2-1 | Kilmarnock | SPL |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Celtic have an excellent home record, winning five and losing just one of the last six games. In this time, The Bhoys have rattled up an impressive 15 goals, and conceded 4.
The Killie have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 9 goals for the Killie, and 11 goals against.
Celtic are leading the way in the Bank of Scotland Scottish Premier, with their 21 games giving them a return of 51 points. Kilmarnock's 33 points from 21 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 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 13 |
| Kilmarnock | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10 |
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 | 7 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Kilmarnock | 5 games since last away draw. No win in the 2 most recent games. |