With their 11 point advantage in the league table, Kilmarnock fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against St. Johnstone.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
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 twelve matches resulting in 6 wins, 0 draws and 6 defeats with the goal stats 14-16 (scored/conceded).
Kilmarnock form and stats
Kilmarnock have collected 15 points from their Premiership home games so far after 4-3-1.
Kilmarnock drew their last game, 2-2 away at Hibernian (placed 6th). Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Hearts.
There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Hibernian as D. Del Fabro's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a point.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Kilmarnock handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W5-D3-L0.
There will be little rest for Kilmarnock after this match as they are travelling to Livingston for a Premiership game in only three days.
The Kilmarnock fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. Kilmarnock have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
St. Johnstone form and stats
St. Johnstone have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Premiership, after 0-3-3 (6 played). St. Johnstone has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
St. Johnstone play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-4 to Motherwell (placed 4th). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Aberdeen.
St. Johnstone lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
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 1 win, 0 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of seven matches.
The attacking power of St. Johnstone when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that St. Johnstone concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own. The St. Johnstone defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 18 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was St. Johnstone - Kilmarnock 0-1, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Kilmarnock 7 wins, 1 draw and St. Johnstone 2 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 8 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Burke 3 goals |  E. Brophy 3 goals |   M. Kennedy 3 goals |
Kilmarnock missing players
St. Johnstone missing players
| Kilmarnock | St. Johnstone | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 17 | 11 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 17 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 18 | 33 |
| 87% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 79% |
| 53% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 57% |
| 20% | 12% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 40% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 47% | 62% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 43% |
| 4.7 | 4.1 | 7.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 8.5 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 6 | 5.1 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 142 | 76 | 29 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 58 | 140 |
| 56 | 31 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 21 | 54 |
| 30% | 35% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 24% | 24% |
- All of St. Johnstone's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Kilmarnock have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Kilmarnock have scored at least twice as many goals at home as St. Johnstone have scored away.
- St. Johnstone has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3)
- St. Johnstone has the most points from losing position (8)
- St. Johnstone has the the worst goal difference (-13) away
- St. Johnstone has the the worst goal difference (-20)
- St. Johnstone have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- St. Johnstone have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- St. Johnstone have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- St. Johnstone have yet to win a game away.
- St. Johnstone haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 36 | 37 |
| 2 | Rangers | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 30 | 34 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 28 |
| 4 | Motherwell | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 25 |
| 5 | Kilmarnock | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 19 |
| 7 | Livingston | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -7 | 14 |
| 8 | Ross County | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | -17 | 14 |
| 9 | Hamilton Academical | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 12 |
| 10 | Hearts | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 11 |
| 11 | St. Mirren | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 17 | -10 | 11 |
| 12 | St. Johnstone | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | -20 | 11 |