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 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.
Key events
- 6'Goal · David Watson
- 17'Goal · Marley Watkins
- 61'Goal · Nicky Clark
- 64'Yellow card · Dimitar Mitov
Head-to-head
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