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Kilmarnock vs Dumbarton Live Stream, Predictions
Not long now until Scottish Cup action scheduled for Saturday when Kilmarnock will play Dumbarton.
Full predictions, pre-match stats and user poll for Kilmarnock v Dumbarton are shown on this page - plus the latest match odds.
📊 Form Guide
Kilmarnock
DWDLLL 📉
Kilmarnock will be wanting a better result here after a 2-3 Premiership losing effort in their last game against Rangers.
In that match, Kilmarnock managed 22% possession and 10 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. For Kilmarnock, goals were scored by Chris Stokes (6') and Joe Wright (85'). For their opponents, Rangers got 13 shots at goal with 7 on target. Alfredo Morelos (23', 72') and Ryan Kent (51') scored for Rangers.
It’s been all too rare in recent times that Kilmarnock have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Kilmarnock have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 10 goals in the process.
Dumbarton
WDDWWL
Following on from a loss in their previous game against Forfar Athletic in League Two competition, Dumbarton and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.
The only scorer from Dumbarton was Ally Love (76'). Ben Armour (58', 67') scored for Forfar Athletic.
Over the course of their previous half-dozen clashes, Dumbarton have amassed a tally of 11 goals. Dumbarton have also scored in every single one of those games. During those fixtures, their defenders have seen 5 goals go into their own net. Nonetheless, we must now wait to see if that pattern might be sustained here in this game.
🤜🤛 Head to head
A glance at their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 19/12/1992 shows that Kilmarnock have won 5 of these and Dumbarton 1, with the tally of drawn results standing at 0.
A sum of 14 goals were produced between them in this period, with 11 of them for Killie and 3 for The Sons. That is an average goals per game value of 2.33.
🗞️ Team News: Kilmarnock
The Kilmarnock boss Derek McInnes doesn’t have any fitness worries whatsoever coming into this match with a fully injury-free group to pick from.
📋 Team News: Dumbarton
Due to a completely healthy group to choose from, the Dumbarton boss Stephen Farrell doesn’t have any fitness concerns at all ahead of this game.
💭 Prediction
In this game, Dumbarton may well find it hard to find the net against a Kilmarnock side who will most probably win well here.
Our tip is for a commanding 3-0 victory for Kilmarnock by the conclusion of the match.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite, 01:44 17/01/2023

🏟️ Team Focus:
Kilmarnock
Formed: 1869
Stadium: The BBSP Stadium Rugby Park (17,889)
Captain: Alan Power
Chairman: Billy Bowie
Manager: Derek McInnes
Competitions: Premiership position 11, Scottish Cup (Fourth Round)
🔑 Star Player: Daniel Armstrong

Regularly played in the Left Wing position, Daniel Armstrong was born in Scotland. After having made a senior debut playing for Kilmarnock in the 2022 - 2023 season, the dangerous Forward has bagged 5 league goals in this Premiership 2022 - 2023 season to date coming from a total of 21 appearances.
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22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 61 | WWDWW |
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22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 52 | WWDWW |
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22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 38 | WWDWW |
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21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 31 | LDDWW |
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22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | -2 | 29 | LLDWL |
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22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 27 | WLLWD |
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21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | -9 | 27 | DDDLL |
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22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | -10 | 24 | LLLLL |
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21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 20 | DLDLD |
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21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -12 | 20 | DWWLD |
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22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -19 | 20 | DWDLL |
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22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -20 | 17 | LLDLD |
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19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 40 | DDWWL |
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18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 36 | LWLWW |
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20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 29 | WLWLD |
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20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 26 | LDLWD |
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20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 25 | WWLWW |
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20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 24 | DWWLD |
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20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | -5 | 24 | LLLWD |
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20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 23 | LLLWW |
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20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | -10 | 23 | DWLLL |
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19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 20 | DDDWL |
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Daniel Armstrong | 6 |
Ash Taylor | 4 |
Joe Wright | 4 |
Chris Stokes | 2 |
Kyle Lafferty | 1 |
Declan Byrne | 5 |
Ally Love | 4 |
Gregg Wylde | 4 |
Gregor Buchanan | 3 |
Stuart Carswell | 3 |
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