Football betting preview: Ross County vs Kilmarnock

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 20.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Global Energy Stadium (6541 seats)

Ross County fight Kilmarnock, who have the fewest scored goals (1) in Premiership, for praise and victory.

Insights:
  • Ross County have the most conceded goals in the second half (6) in Premiership
  • Kilmarnock have the fewest scored goals (1) in Premiership

8-4-18 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Kilmarnock when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 30 matches are 24-37 (scored/conceded).

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Ross County form and stats

Ross County's first Premiership home game here at Global Energy Stadium ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats from 14 matches. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Ross County to get some points in this home game.

The club members are hoping that County will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against St. Mirren (placed 8th). Iacovitti, defender, was given a rating of 7.6/10 in that game, top of the team. Iacovitti won 12 of 13 duels.

Ahead of that match, Ross County lost 1-3 at home to Celtic.

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 Ross County have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 4.

Early season league goal statistics from Ross County's 1 home game: 1 goal, 3 conceded.

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Kilmarnock form and stats

Kilmarnock have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Premiership were 8 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats from 18 fixtures.

The attacking players of Kilmarnock have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 180 minutes.

Kilmarnock might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Celtic proved too strong as Kilmarnock slumped to a 0-5 defeat in front of their own fans at Rugby Park. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Celtic was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind. Attacker Shaw got a player rating of 7.04 in the game. "Man of the match" Shaw hit two key passes.

Prior to that match, the Kilmarnock manager McInnes faced defeat when travelling to Rangers and losing 0-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Kilmarnock playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 1 Kilmarnock win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Kilmarnock have the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Ross County victories, four draws and four Kilmarnock wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

CountyA. Iacovitti
A. Iacovitti
1 goals
Ross CountyJ. White
J. White
1 goals
KilmarnockA. Taylor
A. Taylor
1 goals

Ross County missing players

Kilmarnock missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ross County Kilmarnock
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
2 1 0 Scored S 0 0 1
6 3 0 Conceded C 0 2 8
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 67%
 
3.3 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 3
7.3 12 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8 6.7
2.3 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 6 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.3 5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 4 11.7
2.3 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 2
29% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 17%
 
15.7 23 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 17 13
4.3 8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 5.3
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Kilmarnock have the fewest scored goals (1) in Premiership
  • Kilmarnock have the most conceded goals (8) in Premiership
  • Kilmarnock have the the worst goal difference (-7) in Premiership
  • Ross County have the most conceded goals in the second half (6) in Premiership
  • Ross County is in the worst form (0-0-3)
Ross County Last season Kilmarnock
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
2 1   Played P   18 36
0 0   Won W   8 20
0 0   Drew D   6 7
2 1   Lost L   4 9
1 0   Scored S   22 50
5 1   Conceded C   13 27
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 94%
50% 0%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   61% 67%
50% 0%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   22% 36%
50% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 14%
50% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 3%
50% 0%   BTTS BTTS   39% 42%
0% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   44% 42%
50% 100%   Failed to Score F T   28% 22%
 
5 5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 5.4
11.5 15   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4.4
3.5 4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.2 1.3
0 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
6.5 6   Shots (avg) S (   10.1 11.9
3.5 3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 4.7
14% 0%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 30%
 
15 16   Shots against (avg) S A   9.6 8.8
8 6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.7 3.4

  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 3 3 0 0 10 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 8 1 9 9
2 Rangers 3 3 0 0 8 1 2 2 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 7 9
3 Hearts 3 2 1 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 7
4 Motherwell 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 6
5 Livingston 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 6
6 Hibernian 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 4
7 Aberdeen 3 1 0 2 6 6 2 1 0 1 6 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
8 St. Mirren 3 1 0 2 2 5 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 3
9 St. Johnstone 3 1 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 5 -4 3
10 Dundee United 3 0 1 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 5 -4 1
11 Kilmarnock 3 0 1 2 1 8 2 0 1 1 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 -7 1
12 Ross County 3 0 0 3 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 -4 0
Last season 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
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kilmarnock 36 20 7 9 50 27 18 12 1 5 28 14 18 8 6 4 22 13 23 67
2 Arbroath 36 17 14 5 54 28 18 9 8 1 32 14 18 8 6 4 22 14 26 65
3 Inverness CT 36 16 11 9 53 34 18 10 3 5 30 17 18 6 8 4 23 17 19 59
4 Partick Thistle 36 14 10 12 46 40 18 9 4 5 17 13 18 5 6 7 29 27 6 52
5 Raith Rovers 36 12 14 10 44 44 18 5 8 5 23 26 18 7 6 5 21 18 0 50
6 Hamilton Academical 36 10 12 14 38 53 18 5 5 8 16 28 18 5 7 6 22 25 -15 42
7 Greenock Morton 36 9 13 14 36 47 18 3 9 6 23 27 18 6 4 8 13 20 -11 40
8 Ayr United 36 9 12 15 39 52 18 5 7 6 21 25 18 4 5 9 18 27 -13 39
9 Dunfermline Athletic 36 7 14 15 36 53 18 5 8 5 22 24 18 2 6 10 14 29 -17 35
10 Queen of the South 36 8 9 19 36 54 18 4 5 9 13 19 18 4 4 10 23 35 -18 33

Table
  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 3 3 0 0 10 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 8 1 9 9
2 Rangers 3 3 0 0 8 1 2 2 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 7 9
3 Hearts 3 2 1 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 7
4 Motherwell 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 6
5 Livingston 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 6
6 Hibernian 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 4
7 Aberdeen 3 1 0 2 6 6 2 1 0 1 6 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
8 St. Mirren 3 1 0 2 2 5 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 3
9 St. Johnstone 3 1 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 5 -4 3
10 Dundee United 3 0 1 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 5 -4 1
11 Kilmarnock 3 0 1 2 1 8 2 0 1 1 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 -7 1
12 Ross County 3 0 0 3 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 -4 0

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