Kilmarnock look to Rugby Park supporters for inspiration before Livingston match

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Livingston have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 5-4-3 (win-draw-loss) from twelve matches.

Kilmarnock form and stats

The story so far in the Premiership for Kilmarnock, who have the most clean sheets (5) in Premiership, at their home stadium (Rugby Park) is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Happy days for Kilmarnock in their previous game, a Premiership match away at Hearts (placed 9th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Ross County.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Kilmarnock handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W4-D3-L0.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Kilmarnock here at Rugby Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). As for guarding their own goal, Kilmarnock have only let in 2 goals at home.

Livingston form and stats

1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Livingston playing as the away team in the Premiership this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Livingston have lost on their last two travels.

Livingston won their last game, 2-0 versus Celtic played at home. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Hamilton Academical's place.

Livingston are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

Livingston have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 8 goals from 4 away matches. Livingston have conceded 8 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last eight meetings between these two teams are: 6 wins for Kilmarnock, 1 draw and 1 win for Livingston. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 4 games.

Top Goalscorers

S. Lawless 3 goals / 2 assists

L. Dykes 3 goals

S. O'Donnell 2 goals / 1 assists

Kilmarnock missing players

Livingston missing players