Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Dunfermline Athletic & Kilmarnock face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Dunfermline Athletic have less rest than Kilmarnock in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a League Cup game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Annan Athletic, was also a home game here at East End Park. The away team is better rested.
Dunfermline Athletic form and stats
Dunfermline participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.Dunfermline Athletic have performed here at East End Park this season with 10 wins from 18 League One matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 8 games and lost 0.
Dunfermline Athletic's previous fixture was a League Cup game also played at their own stadium, finishing 4-0 vs Annan Athletic. The home team hope to to repeat that performance.
In the game before, 1-1 away to Raith Rovers (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) (League Cup).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Dunfermline Athletic as they are travelling to their away game against Albion Rovers in the League Cup. That match is three days after this one.
A decent goal production from Dunfermline in their home games so far, with 30 goals from 18 league matches. Dunfermline Athletic have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Kilmarnock form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals.8-6-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Kilmarnock in their League Cup matches away.
The regulars enjoyed Kilmarnock's previous fixture versus Annan Athletic, a League Cup win (3-0) played at home.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Ross County in the Premiership.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Raith Rovers in just four days.
The visiting Kilmarnock have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 22 goals from 18 games. It's not easy to score on Kilmarnock as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Kilmarnock have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive games without losing (2-2-0) when playing Dunfermline Athletic.Dunfermline Athletic missing players
Kilmarnock missing players
| Dunfermline Athletic | Kilmarnock | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 10 | 13 | ||
| 43 | 20 | Scored | S | 9 | 26 | ||
| 22 | 7 | Conceded | C | 21 | 33 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 21% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 57% | 36% | ||
| 6.3 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.9 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 1 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | ||
| 11.5 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 11.4 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.1 | ||
| 37% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 33% | ||
| 10.1 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 10.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Raith Rovers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Kilmarnock | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Albion Rovers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 5 | Annan Athletic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 0 |
| 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 | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 50 | 27 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 23 | 67 |
| 2 | Arbroath | 36 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 54 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 26 | 65 |
| 3 | Inverness CT | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 53 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 19 | 59 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 46 | 40 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 6 | 52 |
| 5 | Raith Rovers | 36 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 50 |
| 6 | Hamilton Academical | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 38 | 53 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 25 | -15 | 42 |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 36 | 47 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 20 | -11 | 40 |
| 8 | Ayr United | 36 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 52 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 27 | -13 | 39 |
| 9 | Dunfermline Athletic | 36 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 36 | 53 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 29 | -17 | 35 |
| 10 | Queen of the South | 36 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 54 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 35 | -18 | 33 |
