Football betting preview: Kilmarnock vs St. Mirren

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Mon 02.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: BBSP Stadium Rugby Park (18128 seats)

Kilmarnock are depending on their home fans to aid them when playing this game versus St. Mirren. Who wins at BBSP Stadium Rugby Park?

Insights:
  • Kilmarnock have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Premiership
  • St. Mirren have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

This should be an absorbing match with lots of fun and bustle as both sides are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!

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Kilmarnock form and stats

Kilmarnock have collected 17 points from their Premiership home games so far after 5-2-2. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at BBSP Stadium Rugby Park.

Kilmarnock's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Aberdeen (placed 4th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Wright was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.83 out of 10. The defender Wright scored one goal and won 10 of 14 duels.

A 2-2 draw away before that, with Motherwell the opponent.

Kilmarnock has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Kilmarnock have conceded 14 from these games.

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St. Mirren form and stats

St. Mirren have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Premiership, after 1-1-5 (7 played).

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Livingston (placed 7th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. Fraser was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.04. The defender Fraser hit four key passes and won 6 of 7 duels.

Before that, Mirren secured a home win against Aberdeen with the score 3-1.

Both teams to score? This team's fresh statistics suggest that, having completed 5 league games in a row with one or more goals from each team.

St. Mirren are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 7 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

St. Mirren have won at least one point in the last 5 matches (1-4-0) against Kilmarnock.

Interestingly enough, the last time Mirren kept a "clean sheet" was also meeting this opponent, eight league games ago (St. Mirren - Kilmarnock 0-0).

Top Goalscorers

KilmarnockD. Armstrong
D. Armstrong
5 goals
KilmarnockA. Taylor
A. Taylor
4 goals
St. MirrenM. O'Hara
M. O'Hara
4 goals

Kilmarnock missing players

St. Mirren missing players

Kilmarnock St. Mirren
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 2 7 17
5 5 2 Won W 1 1 7
4 2 0 Drew D 0 1 4
10 2 1 Lost L 1 5 6
17 13 5 Scored S 5 7 21
33 14 4 Conceded C 3 18 25
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
63% 78% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 76%
53% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 86% 59%
37% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 43% 29%
16% 22% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 29% 12%
47% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 47%
16% 22% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 14% 29%
42% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 29%
 
4.2 4.1 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.9 6.1
5.4 5.1 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.1 5.5
2.2 2.1 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3.3 2.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
11.3 13.2 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 10.3 11.2
1.9 2.1 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.3 3.1
47% 68% 71% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 30% 40%
 
12.7 11.7 14 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11.1 11.2
4.7 4.4 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.3 3.3
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • All of St. Mirren's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Kilmarnock have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kilmarnock have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Premiership
  • Kilmarnock haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • St. Mirren have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • St. Mirren have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 Celtic 19 18 0 1 61 15 9 9 0 0 28 7 10 9 0 1 33 8 46 54
2 Rangers 19 14 3 2 44 18 10 9 1 0 28 5 9 5 2 2 16 13 26 45
3 Hearts 18 8 4 6 32 30 8 5 1 2 19 16 10 3 3 4 13 14 2 28
4 Aberdeen 19 8 1 10 33 32 9 6 0 3 24 10 10 2 1 7 9 22 1 25
5 St. Mirren 17 7 4 6 21 25 10 6 3 1 14 7 7 1 1 5 7 18 -4 25
6 St. Johnstone 19 7 3 9 24 29 9 3 2 4 10 9 10 4 1 5 14 20 -5 24
7 Livingston 18 7 3 8 17 27 9 5 1 3 9 9 9 2 2 5 8 18 -10 24
8 Hibernian 19 7 2 10 24 30 10 5 2 3 16 12 9 2 0 7 8 18 -6 23
9 Kilmarnock 19 5 4 10 17 33 9 5 2 2 13 14 10 0 2 8 4 19 -16 19
10 Motherwell 18 5 3 10 22 27 8 1 2 5 7 13 10 4 1 5 15 14 -5 18
11 Dundee United 18 4 4 10 22 33 10 4 1 5 15 18 8 0 3 5 7 15 -11 16
12 Ross County 19 4 3 12 14 32 10 2 2 6 9 19 9 2 1 6 5 13 -18 15

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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.