Celtic (H) match preview

Celtic (H) – William Hill Scottish Premiership matchday two

Sunday, August 9 – 1.30pm

BBSP Stadium Rugby Park.

LAST TIME OUT

KILMARNOCK

Killie came away with nothing in Perth during the league’s curtain raiser last Sunday.

St Johnstone ran out narrow 4-3 winners at McDiarmid Park, with Greg Kiltie and Joe Hugill on the scoresheet, with an own goal by Saints forced following a Nicky Cleșcenco effort during the second half.

CELTIC

Martin O’Neill’s side commenced their defence of the league title with a home victory over Dundee.

Benjamin Nygren’s header was enough to seal all three points in Glasgow on Monday night.

TICKET INFORMATION

Tickets for the match have been on sale to season ticket holders since Wednesday, July 29.

Non-season ticket holders can purchase tickets for this match if they have purchased tickets for four or more home matches (excluding old firm matches) within the last four years and can be found in our database. If you meet this criteria, you can purchase tickets in person at our ticket office.

Ticket sales from the ticket office for this match will close at 1pm on Saturday 8th August.

The season ticket holders’ online portal will close at 12 Noon on Sunday 9th August.

NO tickets will be available after this time.

Full ticket information available HERE.

RETURN TO GRASS

This weekend marks a return to a natural grass playing surface at BBSP Stadium Rugby Park for the first time in over 12 years.

You could read all about this seven-figure investment by the club HERE.

MATCH COVERAGE

The match will be available to watch live on Sky Sports.

International subscribers can also watch live on Killie TV, with commentary from Kieron Calderwood, Andrew Milligan and Adam Lyon, while live updates will be available across the club’s official social media channels throughout the afternoon.

WEATHER

15C | 70% chance of rain | Cloudy with chance of heavy downpours.

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ryan Lee

Assistant Referee 1: Frank Connor

Assistant Referee 2: Daniel McFarlane

Fourth Official: Greg Soutar

VAR:Andrew Dallas

AVAR: David Dickinson