A very important fixture in Championship as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Kilmarnock in 1st place and Arbroath located at 2nd, this is almost guaranteed to be an exciting fight. Read on to learn more!
- Kilmarnock have the fewest conceded goals (25) in Championship
- Arbroath have the most scored goals (50) in Championship
The season is still full of potential for Kilmarnock as they can still win the whole Championship. Arbroath are still fighting for top positions and their benefits. This field uses the playing surface artifical turf, unlike Arbroath's home ground. The latest seven games by the visitors on artifical turf have produced 3 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses.
This has all the signs of an engrossing match with lots of spark and bustle as both squads are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!
Kilmarnock form and stats
Kilmarnock have performed here at BBSP Stadium Rugby Park this season with 11 wins from 17 Championship matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 5. Kilmarnock has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at BBSP Stadium Rugby Park. We remember; it was Ayr United.
In their previous game, the manager McInnes led his Kilmarnock to a defeat away at Inverness CT. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at BBSP Stadium Rugby Park.
Before that, Kilmarnock had a home game versus Dunfermline Athletic which ended with a victory 2-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Kilmarnock handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, one draw and four defeats.
Kilmarnock have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at BBSP Stadium Rugby Park with 26 goals in 17 league matches. Kilmarnock have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Arbroath form and stats
8 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Arbroath playing as the away team in the Championship this season.
Arbroath won their last game, 5-1 versus Queen of the South played at home. As mentioned above, Arbroath was the only team on the pitch versus Queen of the South in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Hamilton Academical with the score of 1-0.We have checked recent matches where Arbroath have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were four victories, one draw and five defeats.
Arbroath have scored 21 goals on their travels this season, from 17 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Arbroath as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
These opponents have battled before this season: Arbroath - Kilmarnock 1-0. The ref pulled out his red card when these teams last played each other, and the recipient was Craigen (Arbroath). H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Kilmarnock zero wins, one draw and Arbroath two victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. McKenna 15 goals |   O. Shaw 13 goals |  K. Lafferty 8 goals |
Kilmarnock missing players
Arbroath missing players
| Kilmarnock | Arbroath | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 17 | 34 |
| 19 | 11 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 47 | 26 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 21 | 50 |
| 25 | 13 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 26 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 82% |
| 65% | 71% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 59% | 59% |
| 35% | 47% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 41% | 41% |
| 15% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 24% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 38% | 41% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 41% |
| 44% | 41% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 59% | 50% |
| 24% | 18% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 26% |
| 5.4 | 6 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.5 | 5.9 |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
| 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.8 | 13.4 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.5 | 8.2 | 10.1 |
| 4.6 | 5.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
| 30% | 28% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 32% | 33% |
| 8.6 | 8.2 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
- Arbroath have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Championship
- Arbroath have the most clean sheets (10) away in Championship
- Arbroath have the most points (30) away in Championship
- Arbroath have the most points from losing position (17) in Championship
- Arbroath have the most scored goals (50) in Championship
- Arbroath have the most scored goals in the second half (31) in Championship
- Arbroath have the the best goal difference (+24) in Championship
- Kilmarnock have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kilmarnock have the fewest conceded goals (25) in Championship
- Kilmarnock have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Championship
- Kilmarnock have the most points (34) at home in Championship
- Kilmarnock 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 | Kilmarnock | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 22 | 63 |
| 2 | Arbroath | 34 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 50 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 24 | 62 |
| 3 | Inverness CT | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 48 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 53 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 37 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 7 | 49 |
| 5 | Raith Rovers | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 41 | 43 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 18 | -2 | 46 |
| 6 | Hamilton Academical | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 38 | 47 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 21 | -9 | 42 |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 43 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 17 | -7 | 40 |
| 8 | Ayr United | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 35 | 50 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 26 | -15 | 35 |
| 9 | Dunfermline Athletic | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 35 | 50 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 28 | -15 | 35 |
| 10 | Queen of the South | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 33 | 52 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 34 | -19 | 29 |
