St Johnstone vs Kilmarnock Live Stream, Predictions (May 03)

📊 Form Guide

St Johnstone

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St Johnstone will be looking for an improved result here after a 3-2 Premiership defeat in their last game at the hands of Motherwell.

In that match, St Johnstone had 55% possession and 16 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. For St Johnstone, the goalscorers were Makenzie Kirk (6'), Sven Sprangler (40' Own goal) and Elliot Watt (66'). On the other side, Motherwell had 17 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Callum Slattery (39') and Tom Sparrow (48') scored for Motherwell.

St Johnstone have really struggled up front in recent times. Their ‘goals for’ figure stands at just 3 versus opposition teams over their previous 6 matches. In those games, St Johnstone have also seen the tally of goals against them total 12.

Heading into this fixture, St Johnstone are unbeaten in their previous 3 home league matches.

Kilmarnock

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Kilmarnock come into this meeting after a 2-0 Premiership win to beat Ross County in their previous match.

In that match, Kilmarnock had 42% possession and 13 shots at goal with 3 on target. For Kilmarnock, goals were scored by Bruce Anderson (36') and Liam Donnelly (69'). On the other side, Ross County got 9 attempts at goal with 1 on target.

In the course of their six previous matches, Derek McInnes's Kilmarnock have slotted home a total of 7 times, giving them the goals per game average of 1.17.

Ahead of this clash, Kilmarnock have not won away from home in their last 11 matches in the league. Their travelling support will be needed here, for sure.

👥 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head duels going back to 01/11/2023, there has been little between the sides with St Johnstone winning 3 of those games, Kilmarnock 3 and 0 being drawn in regulation time.

An aggregate of 16 goals were produced between them in this period, with 8 from The Saints and 8 created by Killie. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.67.

The last league contest between these clubs was Premiership match day 26 on 15/02/2025 when it ended Kilmarnock 3-1 St Johnstone.

On that occasion, Kilmarnock had 39% possession and 13 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Goals were scored by Liam Polworth (9'), Fraser Murray (56') and Bobby Wales (60').

At the other end, St Johnstone got 11 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Graham Carey (91') was the scorer.

The referee was Matthew MacDermid.

🗞️ Team News: St Johnstone

In all likelihood, The Saints look set to kick off with a 3-4-2-1 formation for the game featuring Andrew Fisher, Sam Curtis, Daniels Balodis, Sven Sprangler, Stephen Duke-McKenna, Jason Holt, Graham Carey, Taylor Steven, Josh McPake, Makenzie Kirk and Adama Sidibeh.

ℹ️ Team News: Kilmarnock

It’s our belief that Killie might play in a 4-4-2 lineup with a starting lineup of Kieran O'Hara, Lewis Mayo, Robbie Deas, Stuart Findlay, Corrie Ndaba, Daniel Armstrong, Liam Donnelly, Brad Lyons, Bobby Wales, Fraser Murray and Bruce Anderson.

🔮 Prediction

We believe that St Johnstone will have to play well to hit the back of the net against this Kilmarnock lineup who should manage to score & go ahead.

We’re therefore anticipating a very competitive encounter with a 0-1 victory for Kilmarnock when all is said and done.

Should be an interesting one.

📖 ⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?

Regarding the latest bookmaker odds on the 90 minute result market, staking on St Johnstone can be had for 3.1, going for the draw is 3.4 & taking a punt on a victory for Kilmarnock comes in at 2.25. Those are the best prices offered at the moment.

Lucas Pereira, 12:04 29/04/2025