With their 7 point advantage in the league table, Kilmarnock fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Hearts.
Kilmarnock and Hearts should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Hearts play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for Hearts when playing on artificial turf are 5 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats from seven matches. They have scored 12 goals and conceded 5 times in these games.
Kilmarnock form and stats
Kilmarnock have played 7 Premiership games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Hamilton Academical in the Premiership last time out and are looking for a win here. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Aberdeen.
Trouble was brewing at the score 0-2 against Hamilton Academical last time out, but a goal from E. Brophy completed a comeback to a draw result for Kilmarnock.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Kilmarnock have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 2 Lost 2.
The Kilmarnock fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. Kilmarnock have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Hearts form and stats
There's been little loot from Hearts's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 6 away games in the Premiership. Hearts only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 2 draws.
The supporters enjoyed Hearts's previous game versus St. Mirren (placed 12th), a Premiership 5-2 win played at home. A 0-3 defeat away at Rangers before that.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Hearts, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Hearts in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Hearts, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
The attacking power of Hearts when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. As opposed to that, Hearts have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Hearts - Kilmarnock 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 5 Kilmarnock victories, 2 draws and 3 Hearts wins. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 8 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
S. O'Donnell
2 goals
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G. Dicker
2 goals
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E. Brophy
2 goals
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Kilmarnock missing players
Hearts missing players
| Kilmarnock | Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 85% | 71% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 67% | 75% |
| 62% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 58% |
| 46% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 15% | 14% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 38% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 58% |
| 46% | 57% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 25% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 42% |
| 4.8 | 3.7 | 7.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 4.4 | 3.9 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.7 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
- Kilmarnock have won significantly less corners at home than 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 | Celtic | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 29 | 31 |
| 2 | Rangers | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 28 | 31 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 22 |
| 5 | Kilmarnock | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 18 |
| 6 | Ross County | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | -13 | 14 |
| 7 | Livingston | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -3 | 13 |
| 8 | Hibernian | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 12 |
| 9 | Hearts | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 11 |
| 11 | St. Johnstone | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | -16 | 10 |
| 12 | St. Mirren | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 15 | -9 | 8 |