Championship game preview and numbers: Arbroath fight Kilmarnock

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Fri 04.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Gayfield Park (5900 seats)

These two sides are satisfied with a sweet season so far and fixtures like this one could be deciding. Read up on Arbroath - Kilmarnock!

Insights:
  • Arbroath have the most scored goals (35) in Championship
  • Kilmarnock have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Championship

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Kilmarnock have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 7-5-23 (win-draw-loss) from 35 matches.

Both teams have had ample time to rest since their previous game. Let's have faith in that this will be an in-your-face match!

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Arbroath form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Arbroath at their home stadium (Gayfield Park) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat.

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Raith Rovers.

Arbroath have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Gayfield Park with 15 goals in 10 league matches. Arbroath are not conceding a lot of goals here at Gayfield Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 10 matches.

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Kilmarnock form and stats

Kilmarnock's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Kilmarnock collect 24 points from their 12 away matches in the Championship. 7 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).

Kilmarnock won their last game, 1-0 versus Inverness CT played at home.

Kilmarnock have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 16 goals have been scored. Kilmarnock are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These sides met each other earlier on this match year: Kilmarnock - Arbroath 0-1. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Arbroath victory, one draw and zero Kilmarnock wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ArbroathM. McKenna
M. McKenna
13 goals
KilmarnockO. Shaw
O. Shaw
9 goals

Arbroath missing players

Kilmarnock missing players

Arbroath Kilmarnock
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 10 2 Played P 1 12 22
11 4 0 Won W 0 7 12
8 5 1 Drew D 0 3 4
3 1 1 Lost L 1 2 6
35 15 0 Scored S 0 16 28
16 7 1 Conceded C 1 7 15
86% 70% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 95%
68% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 58% 55%
45% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 17% 23%
23% 30% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 18%
5% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 5%
45% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 27%
45% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 58% 50%
23% 40% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 25% 27%
 
6.7 6.8 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.3 5.4
4.3 3.4 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4.2 4.6
1.5 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.3 12.8 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7 10.2 11.1
5 5.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.8 4
32% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 36% 31%
 
7.8 7.4 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11 8.9 8.9
2.9 2.4 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.5 3.3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Arbroath have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Arbroath have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Championship
  • Arbroath have the most points from losing position (12) in Championship
  • Arbroath have the most scored goals (35) in Championship
  • Arbroath have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in Championship
  • Arbroath have the the best goal difference (+19) in Championship
  • Arbroath have the the best goal difference (+8) at home in Championship
  • Arbroath is in the best form (4-1-1) in Championship
  • Kilmarnock have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Kilmarnock have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Championship
  • Kilmarnock have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Championship
  • Kilmarnock have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Championship
  • Kilmarnock have the most clean sheets (7) away in Championship
  • Kilmarnock have the most matches under the total-line (12) in Championship
  • Kilmarnock have won significantly less corners away then 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 Arbroath 22 11 8 3 35 16 10 4 5 1 15 7 12 7 3 2 20 9 19 41
2 Kilmarnock 22 12 4 6 28 15 10 5 1 4 12 8 12 7 3 2 16 7 13 40
3 Inverness CT 23 10 8 5 30 19 11 6 2 3 15 10 12 4 6 2 15 9 11 38
4 Raith Rovers 24 9 10 5 34 27 12 5 5 2 20 17 12 4 5 3 14 10 7 37
5 Partick Thistle 21 10 6 5 34 19 11 6 3 2 14 7 10 4 3 3 20 12 15 36
6 Hamilton Academical 23 6 7 10 25 38 12 3 3 6 11 22 11 3 4 4 14 16 -13 25
7 Dunfermline Athletic 23 4 10 9 22 37 12 2 6 4 12 19 11 2 4 5 10 18 -15 22
8 Ayr United 23 5 7 11 20 36 12 4 4 4 13 16 11 1 3 7 7 20 -16 22
9 Greenock Morton 22 4 9 9 26 33 11 1 6 4 17 21 11 3 3 5 9 12 -7 21
10 Queen of the South 23 4 7 12 24 38 12 2 3 7 7 15 11 2 4 5 17 23 -14 19

Read more about Championship

The Scottish Championship is the second level of the Scottish Professional Football League. Ten teams play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The winner in the league table promotes to the Premiership and a playoff can promote one more team.