Possible nail-biting contest in Dundee - Kilmarnock game

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 23.Sep
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park (11506 seats)

Kilmarnock have come here for an appealing fight against the hosting Dundee. Read up on the fixture with this thorough Premiership preview!

Insights:
  • Dundee have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Kilmarnock have the most dropped points from leading position (3) in Premiership

10-6-22 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Kilmarnock when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 38 matches are 31-53 (scored/conceded).

This promises to be an entertaining game with lots of action and bustle as both teams are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Bring it on!

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Dundee form and stats

Only two Premiership home games for Dundee so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.

No payout for Dundee in their previous match, an away game at Celtic that ended in defeat 0-3. Defender Beck got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.41/10. Beck won 9 of 13 duels.

Preceding that game was the away draw at St. Johnstone that finished 2-2.

This is expected to be a close game, with Dundee perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Dundee as a small favourite), we find 4 games. Dundee has won 1 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Dundee has scored {2 goals} so far and conceded {1 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Kilmarnock form and stats

The Premiership season is young and Kilmarnock have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

Kilmarnock delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Hibernian (placed 10th) in their previous fixture. An inspired comeback made the scores level in Kilmarnock's duel with Hibernian. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 2-2 after Wright found the equalizer. Midfielder Armstrong was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.73. Armstrong served one assist, hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Ross County.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Kilmarnock playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 3 Kilmarnock wins, 0 draws and 6 defeats.

A new game in only three days for Kilmarnock, the League Cup home match versus Hearts. Busy days.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Kilmarnock has managed {1 goals} and let in 2 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Dundee wins - draws - Kilmarnock wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

DundeeL. McCowan
L. McCowan
1 goals
DundeeL. Cameron
L. Cameron
1 goals
DundeeJ. Mulligan
J. Mulligan
1 goals

Dundee missing players

Kilmarnock missing players

Dundee Kilmarnock
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 0 2 5
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
2 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
5 2 1 Scored S 0 1 4
8 1 0 Conceded C 0 2 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 80%
80% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 40%
60% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 40%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
60% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 40%
20% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 40%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 40%
 
4 5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.5 6.2
7.4 10 8 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.5 4.2
0.8 0.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.5 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.4 14.5 12 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12.5 13.2
3 3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 4
33% 33% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 12% 20%
 
13.2 11.5 10 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10.5 11.6
4 4 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 4
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Dundee have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Dundee have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Dundee haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Kilmarnock have the most dropped points from leading position (3) in Premiership
  • Kilmarnock have yet to win a game away.
Dundee Last season Kilmarnock
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   15 30
17 10   Won W   5 15
12 4   Drew D   6 7
7 4   Lost L   4 8
66 42   Scored S   17 42
40 22   Conceded C   13 26
86% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 93%
75% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   60% 70%
50% 72%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   27% 43%
39% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 17%
22% 33%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 3%
53% 56%   BTTS BTTS   47% 50%
44% 44%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 33%
17% 11%   Failed to Score F T   33% 23%
 
6.5 7.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 5.3
4.7 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.6
1.6 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.2 1.3
5 3   Red cards R C   1 2
 
10.6 12.2   Shots (avg) S (   10.2 12.2
4.5 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 4.9
41% 44%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 28%
 
7.2 6.9   Shots against (avg) S A   10.2 9.2
2.9 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4 3.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Celtic 5 4 1 0 11 3 3 2 1 0 7 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 8 13
2 St. Mirren 5 3 2 0 9 6 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 2 1 0 5 3 3 11
3 Motherwell 5 3 1 1 6 4 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 10
4 Rangers 5 3 0 2 8 2 2 1 0 1 4 1 3 2 0 1 4 1 6 9
5 Hearts 5 2 1 2 4 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 7
6 Ross County 5 2 1 2 6 7 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 7
7 Livingston 5 1 3 1 5 8 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 4 7 -3 6
8 Kilmarnock 5 1 2 2 4 5 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 5
9 Dundee 5 1 2 2 5 8 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 0 1 2 3 7 -3 5
10 Hibernian 5 1 1 3 9 10 2 0 0 2 4 6 3 1 1 1 5 4 -1 4
11 Aberdeen 5 0 2 3 3 9 2 0 0 2 1 5 3 0 2 1 2 4 -6 2
12 St. Johnstone 5 0 2 3 2 8 3 0 1 2 2 6 2 0 1 1 0 2 -6 2

Read more about Premiership

The Scottish Premiership is the top division of football in Scotland, the Scottish Professional Football League. Twelve teams play 38 fixtures to top the league table in a season running from August to May. The teams first meet each other three times. Then the league splits in two for five more games.