Season ticket holders at Rugby Park haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Kilmarnock languishing in the 11th position so far. The guesting St. Mirren will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Kilmarnock has the fewest clean sheets (2) in Premiership
- St. Mirren has the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Premiership
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Kilmarnock and St. Mirren.
Kilmarnock form and stats
Kilmarnock's results here at Rugby Park in the Premiership have been very modest with 3 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats. The Kilmarnock manager A. Dyer might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The home team returns to Rugby Park after being equal after 90 minutes with Motherwell (placed 7th) on their last time out; the Premiership game ended 0-0. Before that game, the home loss against Livingston with the scoreline 1-2.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Kilmarnock have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost five.
Kilmarnock has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Kilmarnock have conceded 14 in these home matches.
St. Mirren form and stats
As the visiting team in Premiership matches, St. Mirren have produced an overall stat of 4-0-5 so far.
Home advantage was not enough for Mirren in their previous game, as they lost their Premiership-match, hosting Rangers, 0-2. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Ross County.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Mirren playing away and similar expectations, we found three relevant matches. Results were one St. Mirren win, two draws and zero defeats.
The attacking power of Mirren when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. 9 goals have been conceded by Mirren in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result St. Mirren - Kilmarnock 0-1 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Kilmarnock won seven games, one match ended with a draw and St. Mirren has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  C. Burke 6 goals |  N. Kabamba 5 goals |   J. Obika 3 goals |
Kilmarnock missing players
St. Mirren missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 19 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 28 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 27 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 67% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 44% | 60% |
| 43% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 19% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 38% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 30% |
| 14% | 10% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 44% | 30% |
| 52% | 40% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 45% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8.2 | 9.3 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 10.9 | 11.3 |
| 2.5 | 3.7 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| 37% | 36% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 21% | 22% |
- Kilmarnock has the fewest clean sheets (2) in Premiership
- Kilmarnock have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kilmarnock haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- St. Mirren has the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Premiership
- St. Mirren 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 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 51 | 59 |
| 2 | Celtic | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 31 | 43 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 38 |
| 4 | Hibernian | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 36 |
| 5 | Dundee United | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -10 | 25 |
| 6 | Livingston | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | -4 | 24 |
| 7 | Motherwell | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | -3 | 23 |
| 8 | St. Mirren | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | -13 | 21 |
| 9 | St. Johnstone | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -12 | 18 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 25 | -24 | 18 |
| 11 | Kilmarnock | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -9 | 17 |
| 12 | Ross County | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -28 | 13 |