Kilmarnock will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Motherwell.
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.
Motherwell play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for Motherwell when playing on artificial turf are 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats from eight matches. They have scored 10 goals and conceded 10 times in these games.
Motherwell are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Kilmarnock form and stats
The story so far in the Premiership for Kilmarnock at their home stadium (Rugby Park) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 270 minutes without scoring a league goal. D. Del Fabro was the last player to find the net.
In their previous game, the manager A. Alessio led his Kilmarnock to a defeat in the Premiership match away at Ross County. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Rugby Park. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Livingston.
This is expected to be a close game, with Kilmarnock perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Kilmarnock as a small favourite), we find four games. Kilmarnock has won 2 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.
The Kilmarnock fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches. Kilmarnock have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Motherwell form and stats
The visitors are W4-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premiership.
Motherwell failed to get anything from their last game, a Premiership home match vs Rangers (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-2. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Hearts.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Motherwell in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Motherwell, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Motherwell has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 8 games. 10 goals have been conceded by Motherwell in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Motherwell - Kilmarnock 2-1, played this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for Kilmarnock, 2 draws and 4 wins for Motherwell. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 6 games.Top Goalscorers
 
L. Donnelly
5 goals
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C. Long
4 goals
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D. Cole
4 goals
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Kilmarnock missing players
Motherwell missing players
| Kilmarnock | Motherwell | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
|
Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 17 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 29 |
| 21 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 24 |
| 83% | 67% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 88% | 94% |
| 61% | 56% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 83% |
| 50% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 67% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 28% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 11% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 44% |
| 44% | 67% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 38% | 39% |
| 39% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 22% |
| 4.4 | 3.9 | 2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 10 | 6.4 | 5.3 |
| 5 | 4.4 | 5.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 157 | 80 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 73 | 194 |
| 59 | 32 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 30 | 77 |
| 29% | 34% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 40% | 38% |
- Kilmarnock have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Motherwell have won significantly more corners away than 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 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 41 | 46 |
| 2 | Rangers | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 37 | 41 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 32 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 31 |
| 5 | Kilmarnock | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -4 | 23 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -4 | 22 |
| 7 | Ross County | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | -15 | 20 |
| 8 | Livingston | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 22 | -4 | 19 |
| 9 | St. Mirren | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -12 | 15 |
| 10 | St. Johnstone | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | -19 | 15 |
| 11 | Hearts | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -14 | 12 |
| 12 | Hamilton Academical | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -15 | 12 |