Celtic took three Scottish Premiership points on Sunday with a 5-1 win over Kilmarnock at Rugby Park.
The official SPFL results record lists the match as Kilmarnock 1 Celtic 5 on 9 August 2026. Sky Sports also lists the same scoreline for the fixture, confirming a clear away victory for Celtic.
The result gave Celtic five goals away from home in a Premiership match decided by a four-goal margin. Kilmarnock scored once but were beaten on their own ground, leaving Celtic with the points from the Rugby Park meeting.
The SPFL record identifies the game as part of the Scottish Premiership and states that Celtic collected three away points. In league terms, that is the immediate consequence of the result, with the visitors taking the full return available from the fixture.
Rugby Park was the venue for the Sunday match, which ended with Celtic’s attack reflected in a five-goal final score. Kilmarnock’s single goal did not prevent the visitors from recording a substantial away win.
The scoreline stands as the central fact of the afternoon: Kilmarnock 1 Celtic 5. Both the league’s official results record and the broadcaster’s fixtures listing show the same outcome, placing the result firmly in the Premiership programme for 9 August.
Celtic’s victory was recorded as an away success in the league, while Kilmarnock were left with a home defeat by a four-goal margin. The result adds three points to Celtic’s Premiership return from the Sunday fixture.