Home advantage could prove decisive in Kilmarnock - Ross County battle

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 02.Sep
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: BBSP Stadium Rugby Park (18128 seats)

Kilmarnock are ready to battle it out with Ross County in this Premiership game. Everything you need to learn about the game can be found right here!

Insights:
  • Kilmarnock have the most dropped points from leading position (3) in Premiership
  • Ross County have the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in Premiership

This stadium has artifical turf, which is not Ross County's regular surface at their own ground. When appearing on artifical turf Ross County have performed like this: Played five matches producing 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats with the goal data 7-7 (scored/conceded).

This could be an exciting fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both squads are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!

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Kilmarnock form and stats

The hosts won their first Premiership game here at BBSP Stadium Rugby Park, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Kilmarnock last season were 12 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses from 18 games.

Kilmarnock faced defeat in their previous match, away at Motherwell (1-2). Heartbreak for Kilmarnock in their last match as Motherwell's Paton scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Goalkeeper Dennis got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.02 out of ten. Dennis saved a penalty.

Before that game, a home victory hosting Celtic in the League Cup. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Kilmarnock handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Kilmarnock at home in the league. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Ross County form and stats

Playing away, Ross County have won 0 games, drawn 0 and suffered 1 defeat in the Premiership this season.

The manager Mackay was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Global Energy Stadium. Ross County suffered a 0-2 loss to Rangers (placed 3rd). County goalkeeper Laidlaw could take pride in a fine day vs Rangers, but despite making seven saves the beating could not be evaded. Randall got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, top player of the team. Randall hit one key pass.

Previously, the League Cup victory away at Airdrieonians (after extra-time, 0-0 on penalties). Ross County are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 8 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

Ross County have the goal stats of 2-4 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head numbers (for the last ten meetings): Kilmarnock won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Ross County managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three.

Top Goalscorers

KilmarnockB. Lyons
B. Lyons
1 goals
KilmarnockM. Watkins
M. Watkins
1 goals
Ross CountyC. Randall
C. Randall
1 goals

Kilmarnock missing players

Ross County missing players

Kilmarnock Ross County
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
2 1 0 Scored S 0 2 4
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 4 6
67% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 33%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 33%
67% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
4.3 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 8 6
5 8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 6.3
2.3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.7 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7 11.3
3.7 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 4
18% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 100% 33%
 
13 18 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 18 18
4 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 12 8
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Kilmarnock have the most dropped points from leading position (3) in Premiership
  • Ross County have the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in Premiership

Read more about Premiership

The Scottish Premiership is the top division of football in Scotland, the Scottish Professional Football League. Twelve teams play 38 fixtures to top the league table in a season running from August to May. The teams first meet each other three times. Then the league splits in two for five more games.