The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Kilmarnock are in the 8th position while the guesting St. Johnstone worry at 9th.
- Kilmarnock has the fewest clean sheets (4) in Premiership
- St. Johnstone has the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Premiership
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.
Kilmarnock's stadium, Rugby Park, has a artifical turf surface. St. Johnstone have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for St. Johnstone when playing on artifical turf; 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses from seven matches. They have scored 4 goals in these games and conceded 8.
Kilmarnock form and stats
When playing at home in the Premiership, Kilmarnock, who have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Premiership, have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 11 games.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 207 minutes without scoring a league goal. G. Kiltie was the last player to find the net.
In their previous game, the manager A. Dyer led his Kilmarnock to a defeat in the Premiership match away at Livingston. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Rugby Park. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Hibernian.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premiership game versus Celtic in only three days. This game is also played here at Rugby Park.
The Kilmarnock fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 11 matches. Kilmarnock's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
St. Johnstone form and stats
There's been little loot from St. Johnstone's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 12 away games in the Premiership. St. Johnstone, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Premiership, only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 5 draws. Two points from the last two away games for St. Johnstone, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
St. Johnstone have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Zander Clark. It's been 217 minutes since they last conceded in Premiership.
Johnstone's last game was the home draw against Aberdeen (0-0). Before that, Johnstone secured a home win against Hibernian with the score 3-0.
The visiting Johnstone have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 12 games. Johnstone struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 22 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
St. Johnstone - Kilmarnock 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Kilmarnock, two draws and three wins for St. Johnstone. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  C. Burke 6 goals |  N. Kabamba 5 goals |  G. Kiltie 5 goals |
Kilmarnock missing players
St. Johnstone missing players
| Kilmarnock | St. Johnstone | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 14 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 24 | 15 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 17 | 22 |
| 30 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 22 | 33 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 75% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 60% |
| 33% | 45% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 58% | 36% |
| 17% | 18% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 16% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 17% | 8% |
| 38% | 55% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 75% | 44% |
| 17% | 18% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 24% |
| 46% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | 44% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8.8 | 10 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 10.8 | 11 |
| 2.7 | 3.5 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.6 |
| 38% | 39% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 40% | 33% |
- Kilmarnock has the fewest clean sheets (4) in Premiership
- Kilmarnock have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kilmarnock haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St. Johnstone has the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Premiership
- 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rangers | 26 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 66 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 59 | 72 |
| 2 | Celtic | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 50 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 32 | 49 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 43 |
| 4 | Hibernian | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 40 |
| 5 | Livingston | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 35 |
| 6 | Dundee United | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -14 | 28 |
| 7 | St. Mirren | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 12 | -4 | 26 |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 24 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 18 | -6 | 24 |
| 9 | St. Johnstone | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 22 | -11 | 24 |
| 10 | Motherwell | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -15 | 22 |
| 11 | Ross County | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 50 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 25 | -31 | 20 |
| 12 | Hamilton Academical | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 49 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 29 | -28 | 19 |