Kilmarnock vs St Johnstone Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Kilmarnock

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Kilmarnock won’t want a repeat of their last result here following the 2-1 Scottish Cup loss in their previous game against Inverness C.T.

The only player to score from Kilmarnock was Kyle Vassell (3'). Billy McKay (24') and Sean Welsh (50') scored for Inverness C.T.

It has been all too rare in recent games where Kilmarnock have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that Kilmarnock have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 11 goals during that time.

Going into this contest, Kilmarnock are undefeated in their previous 2 league matches at home.

St Johnstone

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After being beaten in their last game against Hearts in Premiership action, St Johnstone and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, St Johnstone had 42% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Hearts got 12 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Josh Ginnelly (21', 63') and Jorge Grant (73') scored for Hearts.

Looking at their form, and St Johnstone have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 11 goals in total. At the back, St Johnstone certainly have room for improvement. Nevertheless, we will just have to wait and see whether such a trend shall be sustained in this next match or not.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head to head meetings going back to 25/01/2020 tells us that Kilmarnock have won 1 of these games & St Johnstone 5, with the number of draws standing at 0.

A total of 16 goals were scored between them in this period, with 6 for Killie and 10 created by The Saints. That is an average goals per game value of 2.67.

The last league clash between these clubs was Premiership match day 13 on 29/10/2022 when the final score was St Johnstone 1-0 Kilmarnock.

On that day, St Johnstone managed 38% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.

On the other side, Kilmarnock had 7 shots at goal with 2 on target. Ash Taylor (4' Own goal) scored.

The match was refereed by Craig Napier.

🗞️ Team News: Kilmarnock

It doesn’t get much better regarding selection, with just one fitness concern for the Kilmarnock gaffer Derek McInnes to be concerned with from an otherwise complete group of players. Ben Chrisene (Torn Knee Ligament) won’t play.

In all likelihood, Killie may well opt for a 3-5-2 formation for the game featuring Sam Walker, Jeriel Dorsett, Ashton Taylor, Joe Wright, Ryan Alebiosu, Rory McKenzie, Blair Alston, Alan Power, Luke Chambers, Daniel Armstrong and Christian Doidge.

📋 Team News: St Johnstone

Thanks to a completely injury-free group available to choose from, the St Johnstone boss Callum Davidson doesn’t have any fitness worries whatsoever coming into this game.

We believe The Saints will likely play in a 3-5-2 formation with a starting lineup of Remi Matthews, James Brown, Liam Gordon, Alex Mitchell, Drey Wright, Melker Hallberg, Graham Carey, Cameron MacPherson, Adam Montgomery, Stevie May and Connor McLennan.

🔮 Prediction

Our feeling is that St Johnstone will have to perform well to find the net against this Kilmarnock team who should manage to get a goal of their own in a winning performance.

We’re therefore seeing a very even match with a 1-0 win for Kilmarnock at the end of this one.

Let’s see.

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Renata Leite, 02:24 14/03/2023