Celts pick up another three points with impressive 4-0 home win | OneFootball

Scottish PremiershipSunday, November 9, 2025Celtic Park

CELTIC…4(Kenny 10, Tierney 51, Maeda 85, Engels 90 +3)

KILMARNOCK…0

Celtic picked up another three Premiership points this afternoon with a resounding 4-0 victory over Kilmarnock at Celtic Park.

Early in the game Celtic had a big chance to take the lead when the ball landed at the feet of Daizen Maeda in the box. The move had been started by debutant Jahmai Simpson-Pusey who swung a good cross in to the box, but unfortunately Maeda’s shot sailed over the bar.

Johnny Kenny was the next Celt to go close a few moments later, with his shot cannoning off the inside of the post before it was scrambled clear by the Killie defence.

With his next opportunity though, Kenny fired Celtic in to the lead. Sebastian Tounekti waltzed in to the box and played a pass towards Reo Hatate which wasn’t dealt with by the Kilmarnock defence.

Hatate was able to pick up on the loose ball and found Kenny, who dispatched his effort from close-range to make it 1-0 to Celtic.

But the recent injury concerns were added to midway through the first half when Marcelo Saracchi went down and had to be replaced by Kieran Tierney.

Kilmarnock came close to equalising shortly after Saracchi’s departure when Bruce Anderson found himself in a shooting position in the box but thankfully for the Hoops, the Killie forward rattled the crossbar from close-range.

The visitors began to grow in to the game and Kasper Schmeichel was called into action with 10 minutes of the half remaining when he tipped a shot from Scott Tiffoney over the bar to prevent an equaliser.

Early in the second half, Kieran Tierney fired Celtic in to a 2-0 lead with a brilliant finish from the edge of the box in to the bottom corner.

The left back has a history of scoring top-quality goals against Kilmarnock, with his wonder strike against them at Celtic Park eight years ago worth mentioning at any opportunity.

With the Hoops in a comfortable lead, Martin O’Neill began to make some changes, bringing Benjamin Nygren and Anthony Ralston on for Luke McCowan and Jahmai Simpson-Pusey, the latter having put in a solid performance on his Celtic debut.

The Hoops continued to dominate the match, with their two-goal lead giving Kilmarnock a mountain to climb to try and get back in to the game.

With just over 10 minutes to go, Anthony Ralston went down in the box, prompting big calls for a penalty from the Celtic faithful, but the referee waved play on.

Daizen Maeda got his name on the scoresheet with a few minutes of the match remaining when he picked up on a wonderful through ball from Arne Engels and found the back of the net with a strike from inside the box.

The Japanese forward could have had another goal almost immediately when he fired a shot towards goal from outside the box, but Kilmarnock’s goalkeeper, Eddie Beach was able to make the save.

In the second minute of stoppage time, Yang, who had been brought on for Sebastian Tounekti, was pulled down in the penalty area, giving the Hoops a chance to make it 4-0 from the spot.

Arne Engels stepped up to take the spot-kick, the final action of the match, and the Belgian made no mistake as he sent his shot in to the bottom corner to round off a brilliant afternoon for Celtic.