Scottish Premiership 26/27

Kilmarnock v Celtic

How the SharpXI model rated this Scottish Premiership fixture — every call it made on shots, set against what actually happened on the day.

Kilmarnock1 – 5 Celtic 9 Aug 2026

13~~/14~~

of the model's most-confident calls landed. Every one was published before kick-off and priced the same way as every other fixture. A single game is noise, not a verdict — the season-long record is on the track record.

Before Kilmarnock lost to Celtic 1–5, the SharpXI model made 14 confident calls on the player markets and 13 landed — the strongest being Benjamin Nygren for 1+ shots total (94%, had 3). Its clearest miss: Callum McGregor for 1+ shots total (78%, had 0). Every probability here was published before kick-off, priced the same way as every other fixture — one game is noise, not a verdict.

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Player markets — the model's calls

Each probability is the model's own number for the headline (1+) line, before any bookmaker margin. The result column is what the player actually recorded.

Player	Market	Line	Model	Actual	Result
Benjamin Nygren	shots total	1+	94%	3	✓
Kasper Høgh	shots total	1+	94%	9	✓
Camilo Durán	shots total	1+	89%	6	✓
Sebastian Tounekti	shots total	1+	89%	1	✓
Tyreece John-Jules	shots total	1+	82%	1	✓
Yang Hyun-Jun	shots total	1+	82%	2	✓
Arne Engels	shots total	1+	81%	2	✓
Joe Hugill	shots total	1+	78%	3	✓
Callum McGregor	shots total	1+	78%	0	✗
Benjamin Nygren	shots on target	1+	63%	2	✓
Kasper Høgh	shots on target	1+	63%	5	✓
Kieran Tierney	shots total	1+	62%	4	✓
Aaron Tshibola	shots total	1+	60%	2	✓
Greg Kiltie	shots total	1+	60%	1	✓

How these are modelled: Shots total Shots on target

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Frequently asked

How did the SharpXI model do on Kilmarnock v Celtic?

13 of its 14 most-confident calls landed. The board on this page lists every one with the model's pre-kickoff probability next to what actually happened, hits and misses in the same table.

What did the model get wrong on Kilmarnock v Celtic?

The most confident call it got wrong was Callum McGregor at 78% for shots total — shown in the same table as the hits, marked with a cross. A record that hides its misses isn't a record, so we don't.

Are these probabilities hindsight?

No. Each one is the number the model produced from data available before kick-off, using the same settings as every other fixture on the site — nothing was refitted after the result. That is the only way a per-match report means anything.

Does one match tell you if the model is any good in the Scottish Premiership?

No, and we'd rather say so. A single fixture is a handful of calls and mostly noise; the season-long, market-by-market record — including the markets that fail to beat a naive guess — is on the track record page.

SharpXI models probabilities from public match data; it does not take bets or guarantee outcomes. Prices are entered per leg in the tool. 18+ — please gamble responsibly.

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