📏 Form Guide

St Johnstone

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St Johnstone, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 1-2 Premiership victory against Hibernian.

In that match, St Johnstone had 29% possession and 6 attempts at goal with 2 on target. For St Johnstone, goals were scored by Adama Sidibeh (49') and Tony Gallacher (81'). For their opponents, Hibernian had 13 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Chris Cadden (56') was the scorer for Hibernian.

It’s not been often in recent games that St Johnstone have shown defensive steel. The reality is that St Johnstone have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 9 goals during that time. That aside, we must now wait to see if that trend shall be maintained in this next match.

Going into this one, St Johnstone have not won at home in their last 6 league games. Their fans aren't happy.

Kilmarnock

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Kilmarnock come into this game following a 1-0 Premiership win against Ross County in their previous game.

In that match, Kilmarnock managed 56% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player to score for Kilmarnock was Kyle Vassell (64'). On the other side, Ross County had 10 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.

Kilmarnock have been dangerous up front of late, scoring 11 goals in their previous 6 matches. Having said that, Kilmarnock have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 5 of those same outings.

Their past results show that Kilmarnock:

• haven't won against St Johnstone when they've played them away from home in the last 4 league games. Not good.
• have not been beaten in their last 4 league matches away from home.
• have not won away from home in their last 5 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their past head to head meetings stretching back to 05/10/2022 shows that St Johnstone have won 3 of them & Kilmarnock 2, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

An aggregate of 13 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 7 of them from The Saints and 6 coming from Killie. The average goals per game has been 2.17.

The previous league match between these sides was Premiership match day 19 on 23/12/2023 when the final score was Kilmarnock 2-1 St Johnstone.

On that day, Kilmarnock had 46% possession and 16 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Goals were scored by David Watson (6') and Marley Watkins (17').

On the other side, St Johnstone had 9 shots at goal with 4 on target. Nicky Clark (61') was the scorer.

The referee was John Beaton.

📰 Team News: St Johnstone

The St Johnstone manager Craig Levein will be thankful to have no fitness worries at all coming into this game owing to a completely healthy group available to choose from.

It seems likely that The Saints may well employ a 3-5-2 system this time, beginning the first half with Dimitar Mitov, Ryan McGowan, Andrew Considine, Luke Robinson, David Keltjens, Maksym Kucheryavyi, Daniel Phillips, Matt Smith, Tony Gallacher, Adama Sidibeh and Nicky Clark.

ℹ️ Team News: Kilmarnock

With a fully injury-free group ready to go, the Kilmarnock boss Derek McInnes does not have any fitness worries to speak of before this match.

From our viewpoint, Killie might begin the game with a 4-4-2 formation, starting the game with Will Dennis, Lewis Mayo, Joe Wright, Stuart Findlay, Robbie Deas, Daniel Armstrong, Liam Donnelly, Liam Polworth, Matthew Kennedy, Marley Watkins and Kyle Vassell.

🧠 Prediction

Here is a game where St Johnstone might need a bit of good fortune to hit the back of the net against this Kilmarnock side who we reckon will get a goal themselves and run out victorious.

We’re going for a very even contest with a 0-1 win for Kilmarnock after 90 minutes.

Let’s see what happens.

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Andre Moura, 13:02 13/04/2024