Kilmarnock vs St. Johnstone: Match guide and preview

Competition: Scotland Premiership
Date: Sat 06.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rugby Park (18128 seats)

It's advantage Kilmarnock so far with their 3rd position in the Premiership table, welcoming St. Johnstone who are placed 7th.

It's no vacation for neither Kilmarnock nor St. Johnstone as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups. This pitch has artificial turf, which is not St. Johnstone's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artificial turf St. Johnstone have performed like this: Played seven matches resulting in 5 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats with the goal stats 13-9 (scored/conceded).

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Kilmarnock form and stats

Kilmarnock have collected 29 points from their home games so far after 9-2-4.

The home team returns to Rugby Park after sharing the points with Hibernian on their last time out; the Premiership game ended 0-0. Ahead of that match, Kilmarnock won a home game hosting Hamilton Academical (5-0).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Kilmarnock handle that role? We have found one game in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W0-D1-L0.

The Kilmarnock fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 27 goals in 15 matches. Kilmarnock are not conceding a lot of goals here at Rugby Park, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 15 matches.

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St. Johnstone form and stats

Playing away, St. Johnstone have won 7 games, drawn 1 and suffered 8 defeats so far this season. St. Johnstone seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

St. Johnstone won their last game, 2-0 versus Dundee played at home. Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Motherwell's place.

St. Johnstone are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 12 wins, 1 draw and 11 defeats. From a total of 24 matches.

The attacking power of St. Johnstone when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored in 16 matches. 22 goals have been conceded by St. Johnstone in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: St. Johnstone - Kilmarnock 0-0. Kilmarnock-St. Johnstone H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Kilmarnock 7 wins, St. Johnstone 2 wins, 1 draw.

Top Goalscorers

E. Brophy
9 goals / 2 assists
M. Kennedy
6 goals
C. Burke
4 goals / 5 assists

Kilmarnock missing players

St. Johnstone missing players

Playername Goals Assist Starts % Started

Kilmarnock St. Johnstone
Total Home Statistic Away Total
32 15 Played 16 32
44 27 Scored 14 32
28 12 Conceded 22 42
84% 93% Over 0.5 94% 94%
66% 80% Over 1.5 69% 72%
44% 60% Over 2.5 38% 38%
19% 20% Over 3.5 12% 16%
9% 7% Over 4.5 6% 6%
50% 53% Both teams to score 31% 34%
41% 33% Clean Sheet 44% 44%
25% 20% Failed To Score 31% 28%
Key stats this season:
  • Kilmarnock is involved in more matches over 2.5 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 D P
1 Celtic 32 24 4 4 71 17 16 15 1 0 43 6 16 9 3 4 28 11 54 76
2 Rangers 32 18 9 5 70 24 16 11 4 1 40 7 16 7 5 4 30 17 46 63
3 Kilmarnock 32 15 10 7 44 28 15 9 2 4 27 12 17 6 8 3 17 16 16 55
4 Aberdeen 32 16 7 9 50 37 17 8 4 5 31 23 15 8 3 4 19 14 13 55
5 Hearts 32 15 5 12 37 39 16 8 4 4 20 12 16 7 1 8 17 27 -2 50
6 Hibernian 32 13 10 9 47 33 16 6 7 3 26 13 16 7 3 6 21 20 14 49
7 St. Johnstone 32 13 5 14 32 42 16 6 4 6 18 20 16 7 1 8 14 22 -10 44
8 Motherwell 32 13 4 15 37 44 15 7 3 5 21 11 17 6 1 10 16 33 -7 43
9 Livingston 32 11 8 13 35 33 17 10 2 5 27 13 15 1 6 8 8 20 2 41
10 Hamilton Academical 32 7 3 22 20 68 15 4 2 9 13 29 17 3 1 13 7 39 -48 24
11 St. Mirren 32 5 5 22 23 60 17 4 1 12 12 25 15 1 4 10 11 35 -37 20
12 Dundee 32 4 6 22 25 66 16 1 4 11 12 30 16 3 2 11 13 36 -41 18

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