The guesting Kilmarnock side are thought to be front runners at St. Johnstone, as the visitors hold a 9 point lead from their ten league fixtures this season.
- St. Johnstone have the fewest scored goals (3) in Premiership
- Kilmarnock have the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in Premiership
It should be mentioned that Kilmarnock play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Kilmarnock on grass are 9 victories, 6 draws and 23 defeats from 38 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 33-58. You can compare this with overall results below.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for St. Johnstone and Kilmarnock.
St. Johnstone form and stats
The total Premiership stats playing at home this season for St. Johnstone, who have the fewest scored goals (3) in Premiership, are 0-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Stress levels are on the rise for St. Johnstone's attacking players as they have now played 234 minutes without scoring in a league game. Costelloe was their last goal scorer.
The followers are hoping that Johnstone will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the match against St. Mirren (placed 3rd). St. Johnstone were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Sprangler (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.14/10. Sprangler dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, St. Johnstone played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Aberdeen.Johnstone aren't scoring a lot here at McDiarmid Park in the league, with only {3 goals} from 4 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 7 goals have been conceded.
Kilmarnock form and stats
0 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Kilmarnock playing as the away team in the Premiership this season.
Vassell and Watkins scored in Kilmarnock's previous match, the home game against Aberdeen that ended 2-0. Attacker Vassell got a player rating of 7.54 in the game. "Man of the match" Vassell scored one goal and hit three key passes.
That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Livingston.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Motherwell in just three days.
Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Kilmarnock have conceded 7 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (St. Johnstone wins - draws - Kilmarnock wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Vassell 4 goals |  D. Armstrong 3 goals |   M. Kucheryavyi 2 goals |
St. Johnstone missing players
Kilmarnock missing players
| St. Johnstone | Kilmarnock | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 78% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 90% |
| 78% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 70% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 50% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 22% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 60% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 30% |
| 78% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 4.4 | 4.5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.8 | 6 |
| 6.7 | 5.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.5 | 4.9 |
| 2.4 | 3 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.3 | 8.2 | 3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13.5 | 13.9 |
| 2 | 2.2 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.9 |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 14.4 | 13.8 | 20 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14.5 | 11.6 |
| 5.7 | 5.5 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.8 | 4 |
- All of St. Johnstone's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Kilmarnock have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Kilmarnock have scored more than double the goals of St. Johnstone.
- Kilmarnock have the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in Premiership
- Kilmarnock have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Premiership
- Kilmarnock have the most matches over the total-line (5) in Premiership
- Kilmarnock have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Kilmarnock have yet to win a game away.
- St. Johnstone have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- St. Johnstone have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- St. Johnstone have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- St. Johnstone have the fewest points (2) at home in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have the fewest scored goals (3) in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have the the worst goal difference (-12) in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have the the worst goal difference (-4) at home in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have yet to win a game.
- St. Johnstone haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 26 |
| 2 | Rangers | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 21 |
| 3 | St. Mirren | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | Kilmarnock | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | Dundee | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 11 |
| 6 | Motherwell | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 11 |
| 7 | Hearts | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 11 |
| 8 | Hibernian | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 10 |
| 9 | Livingston | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 10 |
| 10 | Aberdeen | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | Ross County | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 9 |
| 12 | St. Johnstone | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | -12 | 4 |
