Scrambling Kilmarnock will hope to pull off a surprise when they play enterprising Aberdeen in the next league match. It’s 10th vs 3rd and the home fans will have not-so-high expectations.
- Kilmarnock have the the worst goal difference (-17) in Premiership
- Aberdeen have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Premiership
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premiership game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at St. Mirren. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Kilmarnock form and stats
The total Premiership stats playing at home this season for Kilmarnock are 4-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Kilmarnock travelled for their previous game, a trip to Motherwell that ended 2-2. Kilmarnock salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Motherwell, trailing 0-2 at one point. Not giving up resulted in Polworth equalizing. Polworth was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Motherwell after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Polworth (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.63/10. Polworth scored one goal and had 21 successful passes (of 26 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Hearts (1-3).Kilmarnock has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Kilmarnock defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. When Kilmarnock hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Motherwell, Ross County and Dundee United), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Aberdeen form and stats
There's been little loot from Aberdeen's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 9 away games in the Premiership. Aberdeen only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Aberdeen's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Aberdeen lost away at St. Mirren (1-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Kennedy got a match rating of 7.8 in that game, top player of the team. Kennedy scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 41 successful passes (of 45 total).
A loss against Rangers was the result prior to that, in a home game.Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this club's 12 most recent league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.
The attacking power of Aberdeen when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. For Aberdeen, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Aberdeen have won all of the 4 latest matches versus this side. Another win today?The most recent logged history featuring both these participants is the Aberdeen - Kilmarnock 4-1 played not long ago this season.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Miovski 11 goals |  L. Lopes 7 goals |   D. Armstrong 5 goals |
Kilmarnock missing players
Aberdeen missing players
| Kilmarnock | Aberdeen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 15 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 32 |
| 32 | 13 | 7 | Conceded | C | 6 | 20 | 30 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 61% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 83% |
| 50% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 67% |
| 39% | 38% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 44% | 56% |
| 17% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 39% |
| 44% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 61% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 22% |
| 44% | 12% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 22% | 17% |
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| 5.4 | 5 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 7.1 | 6 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.1 | 12.9 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 12.1 | 11.7 |
| 1.9 | 2.1 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 44% | 65% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 23% | 46% |
| 12.9 | 11.9 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 16.9 | 14.9 |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 6.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.7 | 4.4 |
- Aberdeen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Aberdeen have scored more than double the goals of Kilmarnock.
- Aberdeen have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premiership
- Aberdeen have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Premiership
- Aberdeen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kilmarnock have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Kilmarnock have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kilmarnock have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Premiership
- Kilmarnock have the the worst goal difference (-17) in Premiership
- 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 | Celtic | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 42 | 51 |
| 2 | Rangers | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 23 | 42 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 32 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 25 |
| 4 | Hearts | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 25 |
| 5 | St. Mirren | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -4 | 24 |
| 6 | St. Johnstone | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -4 | 24 |
| 7 | Hibernian | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -2 | 23 |
| 8 | Livingston | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -10 | 23 |
| 9 | Motherwell | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | -2 | 18 |
| 10 | Kilmarnock | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 19 | -17 | 16 |
| 11 | Ross County | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -15 | 15 |
| 12 | Dundee United | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -14 | 13 |
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