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Kilmarnock v Celtic – Team News, Predicted Starting XIs and Where to Watch
Celtic head to Rugby Park tomorrow to ‘first foot’ Kilmarnock’s new grass pitch and hopefully to put on a show with our new strike force of Kasper Hogh and Camilo Duran both looking for their first competitive goals for the club…
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15th February 2026; Rugby Park, Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock versus Celtic; Celtic manager Martin O’Neill arrives for the match. Photograph by Vagelis Georgariou
The game kicks-off ahead of the matches involving both the Rangers and Hearts so there’s a great chance to open a six points lead over Hearts and five over the latest Ibrox club with a win over Neil McCann’s side.
The big questions ahead of the game will be whether Martin O’Neill makes the game after his hospital stay earlier in the week and if there’s a formation change with Camilo Duran joining Hogh in a striking partnership, which would be something that the Celtic support would clearly relish.
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Liam Scales of Celtic in action against AC Milan during Celtic v AC Milan in a pre-season friendly at Celtic Park on July 25, 2026. (Photo by WM Sport Media/Getty Images)
Liam Scales remains sidelined due to his two match suspension for mounting up too many yellow cards last season, so that possibly means we won’t see a 3-5-2 at Rugby Park tomorrow. A 4-4-2 formation is perhaps more likely, although with the manager probably missing it may be sensible to stick with the tried and tested for now.
Yesterday Shaun Maloney confirmed that only Jota is sidelined through injury, with him back in light non-contact training and expected be out until around Halloween. Liam Scales as previously mentioned will sit this one out.
Predicted Celtic Team
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3rd August 2026 Celtic Park, Scottish Premiership Football, Celtic versus Dundee Callum McGregor of Celtic leads the way as Celtic applaud the fans at the end of the match. Photo David Young IMAGO
Viljami Sinisalo will have the gloves for Celtic while the back four will be unchanged from Monday night with Alistair Johnston and Kieran Tierney at full backs and the central defence pairing being Cameron Carter-Vickers and Auston Trusty.
Benjamin Nygren scored the winner against Dundee and he will be in the Celtic midfield alongside the Celtic captain Callum McGregor and Arne Engels.
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3rd August 2026 Celtic Park, Scottish Premiership, Celtic versus Dundee Kasper Hogh of Celtic applauds the fans at the end of the match Photo David Young IMAGO
Kasper Hogh will lead the line with Camilo Duran and Yang playing in the front three.
On the bench for Celtic will be Doohan; McCowan, Tounekti, Osmand, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Hatate, Murray, Forrest and Donovan.
Match Officials
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Referee Ryan Lee Aberdeen v Kelty Hearts, Premier Sports Cup, Football, Pittodrie, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK – 25 July 2026. Photo Russell Cheyne. Shutterstock IMAGO
The Scottish Premiership match between Kilmarnock and Celtic will be refereed by Ryan Lee who will be assisted by Frank Connor and Daniel McFarlane. The fourth official will be Greg Soutar while Andrew Dallas will head up the VAR operation at Clydesdale House assisted by David Dickinson.
Kick-off Time
Kilmarnock v Celtic will kick-off at 1.30pm at the BBSP Stadium Rugby Park o Sunday 9th August.
Where to Watch
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Chris Sutton on Sky Sports duties at Celtic’s recent match against Ross County in Dingwall. Photograph by Vagelis Georgariou
The game will be live on Sky Sports Main Event, Football, and Ultra HDR on Sunday, 9 August. Subscribers to Celtic TV/Player based outside of Britain and Ireland are able to watch the match live while the delayed play-back will happen later tomorrow evening on the club’s streaming service for all other subscribers.
Predicted Score
Celtic picked up maximum points on our two visits to Rugby Park last season but it was far from easy. Both winners came in the final seconds of stoppage time. Hopefully tomorrow will be less dramatic with goals from our two new strikers Kasper Hogh and Camilo Duran giving Celtic a 2-0 victory.
Enjoy the match!
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Celtic supporters at Paradise last night. 3rd August 2026; Celtic Park, Scottish Premiership, Celtic versus Dundee; Celtic fans David Young IMAGO/ Action Plus
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