Kilmarnock vs St Johnstone

23 December 2023 · Scottish Premiership · 2023/24 · Referee J Beaton

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

  • David Watson 6’
  • Marley Watkins 17’
  • Nicky Clark 61’

Match summary

Kilmarnock beat St Johnstone 2-1. Kilmarnock led 2-0 at half-time.

David Watson put Kilmarnock ahead in the 6th minute, Marley Watkins made it 2-0 in the 17th minute, and Nicky Clark pulled one back to make it 2-1 with a header in the 61st minute.

Shots finished 14-9 to Kilmarnock, with 5 on target for Kilmarnock and 4 for St Johnstone.

Match stats

Kilmarnock St Johnstone
14 Shots 9
5 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 1
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Kilmarnock St Johnstone
Kick-off
David Watson1-0 (Kilmarnock)
6’
Marley Watkins2-0 (Kilmarnock)
17’
Half-time2-0
61’
Nicky Clark2-1 (St Johnstone)
Full-time2-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

St Johnstone
  • Dimitar Mitov

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 St Johnstone attacking Kilmarnock attacking 
4’ Bradley Lyons (Kilmarnock), open play, off target 6’ David Watson (Kilmarnock), open play, goal 10’ David Watson (Kilmarnock), open play, off target 16’ Liam Polworth (Kilmarnock), open play, off target 17’ Marley Watkins (Kilmarnock), open play, goal 21’ Corrie Ndaba (Kilmarnock), open play, blocked 21’ Liam Polworth (Kilmarnock), open play, blocked 23’ Kyle Vassell (Kilmarnock), open play, off target 25’ Unknown (St Johnstone), open play, saved 27’ Kyle Vassell (Kilmarnock), open play, saved 28’ Matt Smith (St Johnstone), open play, off target 34’ Franciszek Franczak (St Johnstone), open play, blocked 41’ Kyle Vassell (Kilmarnock), open play, off target 58’ Robbie Deas (Kilmarnock), from a corner, blocked 61’ Nicky Clark (St Johnstone), set piece, goal 65’ Liam Polworth (Kilmarnock), direct free kick, saved 72’ Nicky Clark (St Johnstone), open play, saved 73’ Tony Gallacher (St Johnstone), open play, off target 79’ Nicky Clark (St Johnstone), open play, blocked 80’ Matt Smith (St Johnstone), from a corner, saved 80’ Matt Smith (St Johnstone), open play, blocked 85’ Stuart Findlay (Kilmarnock), set piece, off target 90+6’ Bradley Lyons (Kilmarnock), open play, saved 4’ Bradley Lyons (Kilmarnock), open play, off target 6’ David Watson (Kilmarnock), open play, goal 10’ David Watson (Kilmarnock), open play, off target 16’ Liam Polworth (Kilmarnock), open play, off target 17’ Marley Watkins (Kilmarnock), open play, goal 21’ Corrie Ndaba (Kilmarnock), open play, blocked 21’ Liam Polworth (Kilmarnock), open play, blocked 23’ Kyle Vassell (Kilmarnock), open play, off target 25’ Unknown (St Johnstone), open play, saved 27’ Kyle Vassell (Kilmarnock), open play, saved 28’ Matt Smith (St Johnstone), open play, off target 34’ Franciszek Franczak (St Johnstone), open play, blocked 41’ Kyle Vassell (Kilmarnock), open play, off target 58’ Robbie Deas (Kilmarnock), from a corner, blocked 61’ Nicky Clark (St Johnstone), set piece, goal 65’ Liam Polworth (Kilmarnock), direct free kick, saved 72’ Nicky Clark (St Johnstone), open play, saved 73’ Tony Gallacher (St Johnstone), open play, off target 79’ Nicky Clark (St Johnstone), open play, blocked 80’ Matt Smith (St Johnstone), from a corner, saved 80’ Matt Smith (St Johnstone), open play, blocked 85’ Stuart Findlay (Kilmarnock), set piece, off target 90+6’ Bradley Lyons (Kilmarnock), open play, saved
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players12 players
Will Dennis
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Liam Polworth Taken off
83′ – – 3 – – – –
90′ 1 – 2 – – – –
90′ – – 2 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Marley Watkins Taken off
90′ 1 – 1 – – – –
Kyle Vassell
90′ – – 3 – – – –
Rory McKenzie Came on as a substitute
7′ – – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Kilmarnock win 57% Avg odds 1.65
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.72
St Johnstone win 17% Avg odds 5.48

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.