Points have been hard to come by for St. Johnstone so far, and the same description fits Kilmarnock. The bottom dwellers would trade their mothers for some vital points here.
- St. Johnstone have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Kilmarnock have the fewest points (1) away in Premiership
8 - 4 - 20 with 23-41. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Kilmarnock when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Kilmarnock play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
St. Johnstone form and stats
St. Johnstone have played 5 Premiership games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Johnstone enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Hibernian's place. The match ended 2-1 with May and Clark scoring. Sweet to taste a league victory after three games without one. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Davidson when May scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute. Considine, defender, was given a rating of 7.44/10 in that game, top of the team. Considine won 3 of 5 duels.
Heartbreak before that as St. Johnstone lost 0-1 at Livingston's place.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 St. Johnstone have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 4 and lost 3.
Johnstone aren't scoring a lot here at McDiarmid Park in the league, with only {4 goals} from 5 games. St. Johnstone are not conceding a lot of goals here at McDiarmid Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Kilmarnock form and stats
Kilmarnock have only collected 1 point from their away games in the Premiership, after 0-1-5 (6 played).
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Kilmarnock goalkeeper Zachary Hemming is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Kilmarnock go into this game after a win, the home game against Ross County that ended 1-0. Hemming was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.01. The agile goalkeeper Hemming topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, the victory at home against Dundee United in the League Cup (2-1). 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 6 relevant matches. Results were 1 Kilmarnock win, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Goals are few and far between in Kilmarnock's away league games. Only {1 goals} from 6 travels. Kilmarnock have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Kilmarnock - St. Johnstone 2-1 was the outcome when these participants previously did battle, earlier this season. St. Johnstone-Kilmarnock H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Johnstone four wins, Kilmarnock four wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  D. Armstrong 4 goals |   S. May 3 goals |  A. Taylor 3 goals |
St. Johnstone missing players
Kilmarnock missing players
| St. Johnstone | Kilmarnock | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 13 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 17 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 92% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 67% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 58% |
| 67% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 42% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 50% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 42% |
| 17% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 42% | 60% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 83% | 50% |
| 2.9 | 3.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| 6.1 | 6.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| 2.9 | 3.2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.2 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.5 | 8.4 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 8.7 | 11.4 |
| 2.8 | 2 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0.8 | 1.4 |
| 38% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 53% |
| 14.7 | 12.6 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 15.2 | 13.2 |
| 3.9 | 3 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
- Kilmarnock have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Kilmarnock have the fewest points (1) away in Premiership
- Kilmarnock have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Premiership
- Kilmarnock have the the worst goal difference (-8) away in Premiership
- Kilmarnock have yet to win a game away.
- St. Johnstone have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- St. Johnstone have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Kilmarnock have scored 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 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 30 | 30 |
| 2 | Rangers | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 26 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 19 |
| 4 | St. Mirren | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -2 | 19 |
| 5 | Hibernian | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 17 |
| 6 | Livingston | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 16 |
| 7 | Hearts | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 14 |
| 8 | Motherwell | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | St. Johnstone | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 13 |
| 10 | Kilmarnock | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | -10 | 12 |
| 11 | Dundee United | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -14 | 9 |
| 12 | Ross County | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -14 | 9 |
