Postpublished at 12:27 British Summer Time 19 August 2017
Kilmarnock v Celtic (12:30)
Kilmarnock and Celtic players make their way on to the pitch.
Summary
FT: Aberdeen 2-1 Dundee (May [2]; Deacon)
FT: Motherwell 2-0 Ross County (Tait, Moult)
FT: Hibs 1-3 Hamilton (Bingham [2], Longridge; Stokes)
FT: St Johnstone 1-0 Partick Thistle (O'Halloran)
FT: Rangers 0-0 Hearts
FT: Kilmarnock 0-2 Celtic (Forrest, McGregor)
Postpublished at 12:27 British Summer Time 19 August 2017
McCulloch braced for 'difficult game'published at 12:19 British Summer Time 19 August 2017
Kilmarnock v Celtic (12:30)
Kilmarnock manager Lee McCulloch: "I think it's going to be a really difficult game.
"We've prepared well all week for it. We won't have the bulk of possession. Quite a nice day for a game of football so we'll just see how it goes.
"To get anything out the game today would be a massive bonus.
"I think [the gulf between Celtic and the rest] is the biggest it's been in a good few years."
Image source, SNSBirthday boy Boydpublished at 12:14 British Summer Time 19 August 2017
Kilmarnock v Celtic (12:30)
Image source, SNSImage caption, Kris Boyd turns 34 yesterday - the striker leads the line for Kilmarnock this lunchtime
No Erwin for Killiepublished at 12:12 British Summer Time 19 August 2017
Kilmarnock v Celtic (12:30)
Kilmarnock striker Lee Erwin is not in the side today, the striker's wife is having a baby.
Image source, SNSSix-game Premiership Saturdaypublished at 12:11 British Summer Time 19 August 2017
All 12 top-flight teams are in action today. After Killie v Celtic at lunchtime, the 15:00 kick-offs are:
- Aberdeen v Dundee
- Hibernian v Hamilton Academical
- Motherwell v Ross County
- Rangers v Hearts
- St Johnstone v Partick Thistle
Killie recruit Brophy and Spencerpublished at 12:06 British Summer Time 19 August 2017
Kilmarnock v Celtic (12:30)
Kilmarnock added two players to their squad yesterday.
Forward Eamonn Brophy has joined from Scottish Premiership rivals Hamilton Academical while midfielder Brad Spencer, son of former Chelsea striker John, is also added to Lee McCulloch's player pool for this season.
Both players are on the bench today.
Image source, SNSImage caption, Eamonn Brophy scored eight goals for Hamilton, including one against Killie
Roberts' return imminent, Armstrong extends dealpublished at 12:03 British Summer Time 19 August 2017
Kilmarnock v Celtic (12:30)
Manchester City winger Patrick Roberts is expected to return to Celtic on loan, having previously spent an 18-month spell in Glasgow.
Meanwhile, midfielder Stuart Armstrong has extended his stay with Celtic until 2019.
Image source, SNSImage caption, Armstrong and Roberts had plenty to celebrate last season as Celtic won the treble
Goals galorepublished at 11:59 British Summer Time 19 August 2017
Celtic's 5-0 win over Champions League play-off opponents Astana on Wednesday took their record in all competitions so far this season to played eight, won seven, drawn one.
Brendan Rodgers' side have scored 22 goals and lost just one over that period.
Image source, SNSKilmarnock v Celtic - a recent historypublished at 11:54 British Summer Time 19 August 2017
Meetings of these two sides at Rugby Park have ended in a Celtic win on 11 of the last 14 occasions.
Killie last beat Celtic at home in 2010 and there have been two draws.
Celtic's last two wins in East Ayrshire have both been 1-0 victories.
Image source, SNSImage caption, Chris Maguire was the last Kilmarnock player to score a winner against Celtic at Rugby Park
'Very daunting' for Killiepublished at 11:50 British Summer Time 19 August 2017
Kilmarnock v Celtic (12:30)
Former Kilmarnock midfielder Gary Holt was on BBC Radio Scotland this morning and said of the task facing the Rugby Park side today: "It’s very daunting.
"You’ve got to have a game plan where you can hurt them, because if you just sit in, as too many teams have done, you find yourselves a goal behind early on and then the game plan is out the window.
"You’ve got to take some threat to Celtic and have a go without being too open that you’ll get demolished."
Image source, SNSImage caption, Holt played for Killie between 1995 and 2001
Pre-match picspublished at 11:46 British Summer Time 19 August 2017
Kilmarnock v Celtic (12:30)
Image source, SNSImage caption, The Celtic players look relaxed out on the Rugby Park pitch before kick-off
Image source, SNSImage caption, Kundai Benyu makes his first league appearance for Celtic today
CHANGESpublished at 11:45 British Summer Time 19 August 2017
Kilmarnock v Celtic (12:30)
Stephen O'Donnell, Steven Smith and Jordan Jones come into the Kilmarnock starting line-up with Lee Erwin, Chris Burke and the suspended Kirk Broadfoot dropping out. Burke is on the bench.
Celtic make six changes. Youngsters Anthony Ralston, Kristoffer Ajer and Calvin Miller come into the defence while experienced midfielders Stuart Armstrong and Callum McGregor are in midfield, along with summer signing Kundai Benyu.
Mikael Lustig, Nir Bitton, Olivier Ntcham, Scott Sinclair and Leigh Griffiths drop to the bench and Jozo Simunovic does not feature.
LINE-UPSpublished at 11:37 British Summer Time 19 August 2017
Kilmarnock v Celtic (12:30)
Kilmarnock: MacDonald, O'Donnell, Wilson, Greer, Taylor, Frizzell, McKenzie, Smith, Thomas, Jones, K Boyd.
Subs: Bell, Waters, Power, S Boyd, Burke, Spencer, Brophy.
Celtic: Gordon, Ralston, Ajer, Tierney, Miller, Brown, Armstrong, Benyu, Rogic, Forrest, McGregor.
Subs: De Vries, Bitton, Griffiths, Sinclair, Ntcham, Lustig, Henderson.
Champions in Ayrshirepublished at 11:30 British Summer Time 19 August 2017
Kilmarnock v Celtic (12:30)
Weekend three in this season's Scottish Premiership kicks off at Rugby Park at lunchtime.
Champions Celtic seek to preserve their 100% record against Kilmarnock, who are still looking for their first points.
The two sides have already met this season in the League Cup, Celtic winning 5-0 in Glasgow.
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