Football news and preview: Kilmarnock odds-on when Queen of the South visit

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Sat 30.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: BBSP Stadium Rugby Park (18128 seats)

Kilmarnock are pursuing the top places while Queen of the South are more worried about steering clear of relegation. Who wins the prize?

Insights:
  • Kilmarnock have the most clean sheets (7) in Championship
  • Queen of the South have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Kilmarnock nor Queen of the South as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Kilmarnock form and stats

3-0-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Kilmarnock so far this season.

A strong away win for Kilmarnock against Ayr United the last match, as O. Shaw were on target.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Hamilton Academical in a game that was won 2-1.

Kilmarnock has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. 5 goals have been conceded.

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Queen of the South form and stats

There's been little loot from Queen of the South's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Championship. Queen of the South only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 0 draws. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on A. Johnston, the Queen of the South manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Queen are looking to quickly end their 202 minutes long goal drought in the Championship.

Two away games in a row for Queen, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Hamilton Academical in the Championship.

A draw for Queen before that, at their own venue hosting Greenock Morton (0-0).

Queen have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 8 goals have been scored. Queen struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 10 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have fought earlier this season: Queen of the South - Kilmarnock 0-1. Numbers for the former three meetings involving these two squads are: three wins for Kilmarnock, zero draws and zero wins for Queen of the South. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

KilmarnockO. Shaw
O. Shaw
4 goals
Queen of the SouthL. Connelly
L. Connelly
4 goals
KilmarnockS. Robinson
S. Robinson
2 goals

Kilmarnock missing players

Queen of the South missing players

Kilmarnock Queen of the South
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 2 Played P 1 6 11
7 3 2 Won W 0 2 3
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 2 0 Lost L 1 4 7
14 6 3 Scored S 1 8 10
7 5 1 Conceded C 2 10 15
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
55% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 55%
27% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 45%
18% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 18%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 18%
27% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 45%
64% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 27%
18% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 36%
 
5 6.6 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.7 5
4.1 3.6 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 6.8 5.8
1.6 1.4 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.9 10.8 10 Shots (avg) S ( 3 7.5 9.1
3.4 3.6 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4 3.5
38% 33% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 33% 26%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Kilmarnock have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kilmarnock have the most clean sheets (7) in Championship
  • Kilmarnock have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Kilmarnock haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Queen of the South have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Queen of the South haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 11 7 2 2 14 7 5 3 0 2 6 5 6 4 2 0 8 2 7 23
2 Inverness CT 11 7 2 2 13 6 6 5 0 1 9 3 5 2 2 1 4 3 7 23
3 Arbroath 11 5 4 2 19 9 5 2 2 1 8 3 6 3 2 1 11 6 10 19
4 Raith Rovers 11 5 4 2 18 13 6 2 3 1 11 10 5 3 1 1 7 3 5 19
5 Partick Thistle 11 5 2 4 23 14 5 3 1 1 10 4 6 2 1 3 13 10 9 17
6 Ayr United 11 3 3 5 10 15 6 2 2 2 7 7 5 1 1 3 3 8 -5 12
7 Hamilton Academical 11 3 2 6 11 23 6 2 0 4 4 12 5 1 2 2 7 11 -12 11
8 Queen of the South 11 3 1 7 10 15 5 1 1 3 2 5 6 2 0 4 8 10 -5 10
9 Greenock Morton 11 1 5 5 7 14 5 0 3 2 6 8 6 1 2 3 1 6 -7 8
10 Dunfermline Athletic 11 0 7 4 7 16 6 0 4 2 3 9 5 0 3 2 4 7 -9 7

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.