DomainJava.com – Kilmarnock vs St Mirren prediction in Scottish Premier match, Two clubs hoping to finish the regular season in the top six will meet at Rugby Park in the Scottish Premier League on Thursday, when Kilmarnock host St Mirren.
The visitors entered the match day in fifth position, but Kilmarnock knew a win would reduce that gap to just three points in the middle of a crowded table.
Match preview
After losing 6-0 to Rangers early last month, Kilmarnock started a very positive run of form, but that ended with a narrow defeat to Hibernian at the weekend.
Derek McInnes has seen his side pick up eight points from four games, drawing away to Dundee United and Motherwell, beating Hearts and beating Aberdeen on Boxing Day, but they narrowly lost 1-0 with 10 men on Sunday.
Killie are down in ninth place but are by no means out of contention for a place in the top six, especially when considering that only eight of their 20 league games so far have been played at home.
Those eight home games have seen them average 1.5 points per game – a performance that could easily take them into the Championship Group when the league is split.
McInnes will know they cannot afford to get carried away after some good recent performances, as the points gap on Hearts in the relegation play-off spot is still just four points.
Having made it into Europe against all odds last season, St Mirren are threatening to do it again, especially after six wins in nine games.
Stephen Robinson's side ended 2024 on the back foot, losing 2-1 at home to Dundee in what will feel like a huge missed opportunity, considering the form they have shown.
It came just three days after victory over Rangers on Boxing Day, which was their third win in a row, but they have now allowed the three teams behind them to catch up.
Sixth-placed Motherwell have a game in hand, and seventh-placed Hibernian are one of the fittest teams in Scotland at the moment, so they will likely need something here to maintain fifth place.
The subsequent trip to Celtic illustrates that more than anything else, but St Mirren have a dismal record against Kilmarnock, failing to win any of their previous 10 head-to-head games, and losing 5-2 on their last visit to Rugby Park a year ago Then.
Kilmarnock will be without Daniel Armstrong after he was sent off in the defeat to Hibs at the weekend, joining the injured Stuart Findley on the bench.
McInnes hopes Matty Kennedy's goals will be available again soon, while top scorer Bruce Anderson should return to the team after scoring three goals in their recent four-game unbeaten run.
Visiting St Mirren will likely be without midfielder duo Conor McMenamin and Mark O'Hara for this match, but the former is edging closer to returning.
Toyosi Olusanya added another goal to his impressive tally this season despite losing to Dundee last weekend, with only four players in the Premiership scoring more goals than his total of six so far.
(source: Sportsmole)
Kilmarnock vs St Mirren Player Predictions
Kilmarnock: McCrorie; Burroughs, Wright, Mayo, Ndaba; Lyons, Polworth, Watson, Murray; Anderson, Vassell
St Mirren : Balcombe; Iacovitti, Gogic, Fraser; Bwomono, Phillips, Smyth, John; Idowu, Spring, Kiltie
Kilmarnock vs St Mirren Score Prediction: 1-1
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