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Kilmarnock vs St Mirren Live Stream, Predictions
St Mirren will be the visitors at The BBSP Stadium Rugby Park on Saturday for the Premiership meeting with hosts Kilmarnock.
Full predictions, pre-match stats and user poll for Kilmarnock v St Mirren are shown on this page - plus the latest match odds.
๐ Form Guide
Kilmarnock
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Kilmarnock will be hoping to return to winning ways here after a 3-1 Scottish Cup defeat in their last game at the hands of Aberdeen.
In that game, Kilmarnock managed 47% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 2 on target. For Kilmarnock, the goals were scored by Daniel Armstrong (41') and Stuart Findlay (66' Own goal). Aberdeen got 9 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Jamie McGrath (11') and Graeme Shinnie (33') scored for Aberdeen.
Kilmarnock havenโt been able to stop scoring goals, netting in one hundred percent of their last 6 matches.
They have managed to rack up 9 during that period while also conceding a total of 8.
Coming into this clash, Kilmarnock haven't been beaten in the league by St Mirren in their previous 6 matches.
St Mirren
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St Mirren will go into this meeting following a 2-1 Premiership win to defeat Aberdeen in their most recent outing.
In that game, St Mirren had 68% possession and 14 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. For St Mirren, the goalscorers were Mark O'Hara (96') and Toyosi Olusanya (97'). For their opponents, Aberdeen had 9 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Connor Barron (1') was the scorer for Aberdeen.
In 5 of the prior 6 games involving St Mirren, a relatively low number of goals have gone in between them and their opponents. The overall average goals scored per game during that spell is a paltry 2, with the average goals for The Buddies equalling 1.17. Having said that, weโll just have to find out if such a trend shall be sustained in this upcoming match or not.
Analysis of their past results shows that St Mirren:
- haven't beaten Kilmarnock when they have played them away from home in the previous 10 matches in the league. Not an away record to be proud of.
- remain undefeated by Kilmarnock when they have played them away from home in the previous 4 league games. A very good record, indeed.
- are without an away win for the past 2 league matches.
๐ค๐ค Head to head
A glance at their past head-to-head meetings going back to 12/05/2021 shows us that Kilmarnock have won 2 of them and St Mirren 0, with the tally of draws standing at 4.
A sum of 11 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 7 of them for Killie and 4 being from The Buddies. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.83.
The last league encounter between these clubs was Premiership match day 20 on 27/12/2023 and the score finished St Mirren 0-1 Kilmarnock.
On that occasion, St Mirren had 60% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target.
For their opponents, Kilmarnock had 11 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Marley Watkins (25') scored.
The match was refereed by Euan Anderson.
๐ Team News: Kilmarnock
The Kilmarnock manager Derek McInnes will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this game with a fully injury-free group available to choose from.
In all likelihood, Killie may well use a 4-4-2 system for the game and select Will Dennis, Joe Wright, Robbie Deas, Stuart Findlay, Corrie Ndaba, Daniel Armstrong, Liam Polworth, Liam Donnelly, Rory McKenzie, Marley Watkins and Kyle Vassell.
๐ Team News: St Mirren
Owing to a fully injury-free squad to choose from, the St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson doesnโt have any fitness worries to speak of ahead of this clash.
We believe The Buddies seem likely to make use of a 3-4-3 formation, giving starts to Zach Hemming, Marcus Fraser, Alexandros Gogic, James Bolton, Elvis Bwomono, Hyeok-kyu Kwon, Caolan Boyd-Munce, Scott Tanser, Lewis Jamieson, Mikael Mandron and Greg Kiltie.
๐ง Prediction
Weโre of the opinion that St Mirren have the capability to score against this Kilmarnock side, although that may not be enough to prevent defeat.
Our selection here is for a 2-1 winning score for Kilmarnock at the end of the 90 minutes. It will be interesting to see how this one goes.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite, 14:05 16/03/2024
โฝ๏ธ Team Focus:
Kilmarnock
Formed: 1869
Stadium: The BBSP Stadium Rugby Park (15,003)
Captain: Kyle Vassell
Chairman: Billy Bowie
Manager: Derek McInnes
Competitions: Premiership position 5, Scottish Cup (Quarter-Finals)
๐ Key Player: Daniel Armstrong
Regularly taking up the Right Wing position, Daniel Armstrong was born in Scotland. After having made a senior debut playing for Kilmarnock in the 2022 - 2023 season, the skilful Forward has got 5 league goals in the Premiership 2023 - 2024 campaign so far in 29 appearances.
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29 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 48 | 70 | WWWWL |
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29 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 68 | WDWWL |
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29 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 55 | WWLDW |
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29 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 42 | WLWDW |
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29 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 41 | WDWLD |
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29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | -10 | 36 | WLLDW |
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29 | 8 | 11 | 10 | -7 | 35 | DWDWD |
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29 | 7 | 11 | 11 | -5 | 32 | DLLWW |
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29 | 6 | 10 | 13 | -18 | 28 | LLLWD |
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29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -16 | 27 | DLLLL |
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29 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -24 | 24 | LWDLD |
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29 | 3 | 8 | 18 | -29 | 17 | LWLLD |
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Goals scored | 1.5 |
Goals conceded | 0.9 |
Time first goal scored | 45 |
Time first goal conceded | 40 |
Yellow cards | 1.7 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.9 |
Biggest victory | 3-1 |
Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
Goals scored | 1 |
Goals conceded | 1.3 |
Time first goal scored | 39 |
Time first goal conceded | 48 |
Yellow cards | 2.1 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.4 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
Kyle Vassell | 7 |
Marley Watkins | 7 |
Daniel Armstrong | 6 |
David Watson | 5 |
Matty Kennedy | 3 |
Mikael Mandron | 7 |
Greg Kiltie | 4 |
Mark O'Hara | 4 |
Toyosi Olusanya | 4 |
Jonah Ayunga | 2 |
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