Premiership preview: Can Kilmarnock edge out victory against St. Mirren?

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Date: Sat 26.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rugby Park (17889 seats)

With their 6 point advantage in the league table, Kilmarnock fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against St. Mirren.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Kilmarnock form and stats

Overall Premiership stats at home this season for Kilmarnock, who have the most clean sheets (5) in Premiership, are 2-2-1 (wins-draw-losses).

Kilmarnock's last game was hosting Livingston (placed 7th) and winning 2-1. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Hearts.

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 4 times, drawn 3 and lost 0.

Kilmarnock are traveling soon after this match as the Premiership match at Motherwell awaits in four days.

Kilmarnock are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 5 attempts. Kilmarnock have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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St. Mirren form and stats

St. Mirren, who have the fewest scored goals (5) in Premiership, have been very modest guests so far, leaving with zero points in all their 4 away matches played so far in the Premiership. A depressing four defeats in a row for St. Mirren in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Dundee United.

The supporters enjoyed St. Mirren's previous game versus St. Johnstone (placed 12th), a Premiership 2-0 win played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Motherwell wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

We have checked recent matches where St. Mirren have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were W1-D2-L3.

St. Mirren has another fixture away, a Premiership game, against Celtic in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

St. Mirren are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 4 away games. St. Mirren have conceded 7 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Kilmarnock-St. Mirren H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Kilmarnock 7 wins, St. Mirren 2 wins, 1 draw. 5 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

KilmarnockS. O'Donnell
S. O'Donnell
2 goals / 1 assists
KilmarnockC. Burke
C. Burke
1 goals / 1 assists
KilmarnockG. Dicker
G. Dicker
1 goals

Kilmarnock missing players

St. Mirren missing players

Kilmarnock St. Mirren
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
9 5 1 Played P 2 4 9
4 2 1 Won W 0 0 2
2 2 0 Drew D 0 0 2
3 1 0 Lost L 2 4 5
8 5 2 Scored S 2 2 5
8 3 0 Conceded C 4 7 8
78% 60% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 78%
56% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 44%
33% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 22%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 22%
56% 60% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 44%
33% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 56%
 
4.1 2.2 3 Corners For (avg) C F 1.5 4.2 4.4
3.9 3.8 2 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.5 3.8 5
1.7 1.4 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.4
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Kilmarnock have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kilmarnock have scored at least twice as many goals at home as St. Mirren have scored away.
  • Kilmarnock have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • St. Mirren have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • St. Mirren have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • St. Mirren have lost all their away matches so far.
  • St. Mirren have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • St. Mirren haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Kilmarnock
All Premiership Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup
All Home Away Home vs low
22-09-19 PR Celtic 3 - 1 Kilmarnock
25-09-19 LC Kilmarnock 0 - 0 Hibernian
28-09-19 PR Kilmarnock 0 - 0 Ross County
05-10-19 PR Hearts 0 - 1 Kilmarnock
19-10-19 PR Kilmarnock 2 - 1 Livingston
26-10-19 PR Kilmarnock 16:00 St. Mirren
30-10-19 PR Motherwell 20:45 Kilmarnock
02-11-19 PR Aberdeen 16:00 Kilmarnock
09-11-19 PR Kilmarnock 16:00 Hamilton Academical
23-11-19 PR Kilmarnock 16:00 Hearts
St. Mirren
All Playoffs 1/2 Premiership Championship League Cup Scottish Cup Challenge Cup
All Home Away Away vs mid
14-09-19 PR Ross County 2 - 1 St. Mirren
21-09-19 PR St. Mirren 0 - 0 Hamilton Academical
28-09-19 PR St. Mirren 0 - 0 Hearts
05-10-19 PR Motherwell 2 - 0 St. Mirren
19-10-19 PR St. Mirren 2 - 0 St. Johnstone
26-10-19 PR Kilmarnock 16:00 St. Mirren
30-10-19 PR Celtic 20:45 St. Mirren
09-11-19 PR Hearts 16:00 St. Mirren
23-11-19 PR St. Mirren 16:00 Ross County
26-11-19 PR St. Mirren 20:45 Hibernian

  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 9 7 1 1 28 7 4 4 0 0 19 2 5 3 1 1 9 5 21 22
2 Rangers 8 7 0 1 26 5 5 4 0 1 19 4 3 3 0 0 7 1 21 21
3 Motherwell 9 5 1 3 15 13 5 2 0 3 8 10 4 3 1 0 7 3 2 16
4 Aberdeen 9 4 3 2 13 10 4 2 2 0 8 4 5 2 1 2 5 6 3 15
5 Kilmarnock 9 4 2 3 8 8 5 2 2 1 5 3 4 2 0 2 3 5 0 14
6 Ross County 9 3 3 3 10 17 4 2 1 1 8 7 5 1 2 2 2 10 -7 12
7 Livingston 9 3 2 4 13 13 4 2 1 1 4 3 5 1 1 3 9 10 0 11
8 Hamilton Academical 9 2 3 4 8 16 5 2 1 2 6 6 4 0 2 2 2 10 -8 9
9 St. Mirren 9 2 2 5 5 8 5 2 2 1 3 1 4 0 0 4 2 7 -3 8
10 Hibernian 9 1 4 4 8 18 4 1 2 1 5 5 5 0 2 3 3 13 -10 7
11 Hearts 8 1 3 4 9 13 4 0 2 2 4 6 4 1 1 2 5 7 -4 6
12 St. Johnstone 9 0 4 5 7 22 4 0 1 3 2 8 5 0 3 2 5 14 -15 4

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