Celtic vs Kilmarnock 1-0

Celtic beat Kilmarnock 1-0 at Celtic Park after Liam Scales scored in the 26th minute and VAR overturned an earlier Celtic goal. Kilmarnock stayed in the game but could not find an equaliser.

The first big moment came in the 15th minute when Mika Baur had a Celtic goal ruled out by VAR. Scales then opened the scoring on 26 minutes, finishing from Camilo Duran to make it 1-0. Celtic led 1-0 at half-time.

Kilmarnock made two changes on 64 minutes, sending on Djenairo Daniels and Michael-John Kamson-Kamara, and later brought on Nicky Clescenco on 70 minutes. Celtic also changed things, with Jota replaced by Yang Hyun-Jun at half-time, James Forrest coming on for Kasper Hogh on 71 minutes and, after a VAR check in the 73rd minute confirmed a penalty, Benjamin Nygren missing from the spot on 76 minutes. Celtic then made two changes on 86 minutes, with Luke McCowan replacing Nygren and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Dane Murray coming on for Mika Baur and Kieran Tierney, before Kilmarnock used their final change with Erik Ring replacing Cathal McCarthy on 89 minutes. The home side kept the lead through that late spell and through Yang Hyun-Jun's booking on 82 minutes.

Celtic had 59% of the possession, 521 passes to Kilmarnock's 359, 20 shots to 7 and 8 corners to 3. They also had 2.29 expected goals to Kilmarnock's 1.53, while Kilmarnock had more saves, 4 to 3, and more fouls, 12 to 7.

Kilmarnock collected five yellow cards, with Tom Lowery booked on 9 minutes, Joe Hugill on 33, Cathal McCarthy on 40, Jamie Brandon on 50 and Tyreece John-Jules on 61. Celtic had one booking, Yang Hyun-Jun on 82 minutes. There were no red cards.