With their 4 point advantage in the league table, Kilmarnock fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against St. Mirren.
St. Mirren could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premiership game only three sleeps ago.
Kilmarnock form and stats
6 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Kilmarnock have to build on here at Rugby Park in the Premiership.
Kilmarnock are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Hamilton Academical. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Aberdeen.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Kilmarnock have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won four times, drawn three and lost zero.
The Kilmarnock fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 15 matches. 15 goals have been conceded.
St. Mirren form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for St. Mirren so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-11 (win-draw-lose).
St. Mirren won their last game, 1-0 versus Hearts played at home. Prior to that match, the St. Mirren manager J. Goodwin faced defeat when travelling to Celtic and losing 0-5.
St. Mirren are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, five draws and five defeats. From a total of twelve matches.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting St. Mirren as they have only managed to score 11 times from 15 away games in the league. St. Mirren struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 28 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; St. Mirren - Kilmarnock 1-0. Kilmarnock-St. Mirren H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Kilmarnock seven wins, St. Mirren two wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. Brophy 9 goals |  J. Obika 8 goals |  C. Burke 6 goals |
Kilmarnock missing players
St. Mirren missing players
| Kilmarnock | St. Mirren | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 15 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 11 | 15 |
| 31 | 20 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 41 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 28 | 41 |
| 90% | 80% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 93% | 83% |
| 63% | 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 67% | 57% |
| 57% | 60% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 53% | 43% |
| 27% | 27% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 20% | 13% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 13% | 10% |
| 47% | 53% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 47% | 40% |
| 27% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 13% | 33% |
| 37% | 27% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 47% | 43% |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| 5.4 | 4.1 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 6.7 | 6.3 |
| 1.7 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 252 | 141 | 49 | Total Shots | T S | 46 | 130 | 280 |
| 98 | 55 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 48 | 87 |
| 32% | 36% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 23% | 28% |
- Kilmarnock have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- St. Mirren has the fewest matches over the total-line (12)
- St. Mirren has the fewest points (8) away
- St. Mirren has the fewest scored goals (24)
- St. Mirren has the fewest scored goals in the second half (14)
- St. Mirren has the most matches under the total-line (17)
- 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.
| 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 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 89 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 70 | 80 |
| 2 | Rangers | 29 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 64 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 45 | 67 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 46 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 45 |
| 5 | Livingston | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 2 | 39 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 27 | -7 | 37 |
| 7 | St. Johnstone | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 20 | -18 | 36 |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 26 | -10 | 33 |
| 9 | St. Mirren | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 28 | -17 | 29 |
| 10 | Ross County | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 60 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 37 | -31 | 29 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 50 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 24 | -20 | 27 |
| 12 | Hearts | 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 52 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -21 | 23 |