Kilmarnock 2-1 St. Johnstone: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 23 December 2023

Result

Kilmarnock 2-1 St. Johnstone

Premiership · Saturday 23 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Kilmarnock · St. Johnstone · Premiership predictions

Kilmarnock 2-1 St. Johnstone: match report

Kilmarnock defeated St. Johnstone 2-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 23 December 2023. The half-time score was 2-0.

David Watson opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Kilmarnock's goals came from David Watson (6') and Marley Watkins (17'). St. Johnstone scored through Nicky Clark (61').

Discipline: Kilmarnock received no yellow cards; St. Johnstone received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Kilmarnock were 5th on 24 points from 18 and St. Johnstone 9th on 18 points from 18. Kilmarnock went on to finish that season 4th with 56 points, and St. Johnstone 10th with 35.

Kilmarnock lined up in a 3-5-2 and St. Johnstone in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Danny Armstrong of Kilmarnock (7.8), ahead of Brad Lyons (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Kilmarnock win, 2 draws and 7 for St. Johnstone.

Going into the match Kilmarnock's last five read D-W-W-L-D and St. Johnstone's L-W-D-W-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · David WatsonKilmarnock · 1-0
  • 17'Goal · Marley WatkinsKilmarnock · 2-0
  • 61'Goal · Nicky ClarkSt. Johnstone · 2-1
  • 64'Yellow card · Dimitar MitovSt. Johnstone

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Kilmarnock 1, draws 2, St. Johnstone 7.

Team news

Kilmarnock line-up (3-5-2)

Will Dennis, Lewis Mayo, Robbie Deas, Stuart Findlay, Danny Armstrong, Liam Polworth, David Shankland Watson, Brad Lyons, Corrie Ndaba, Marley Watkins, K. Vassell

St. Johnstone line-up (3-5-2)

Dimitar Mitov, Ryan McGowan, Liam Gordon, Luke Robinson, F. Franczak, M. Kucheriavyi, Daniel Phillips, Matthew Smith, Tony Gallacher, Graham Carey, Chris Kane