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St. Johnstone v Kilmarnock : Premiership match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 2nd Aug, 14:00 BST, McDiarmid Park, Perth

St. Johnstone and their boss Simo Valakari will be aiming to beat and his Kilmarnock side on Sunday afternoon, as the pair clash at the McDiarmid Park in the Premiership. We want to see our users winning on this match, so every statistics you could realistically need to make a sound selection is laid out below. Flip between seventeen markets or take our top tip. We've got predictions, head to head (H2H) analysis and the best odds for every one.


Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We predict there's very little chance of a bore-draw or a sneaky 1-0 win here, and instead are tipping over 1.5 goals. That means that St. Johnstone and Kilmarnock will score at least two between them during the standard 90 mins. It's a prediction based on form stats for each side, as well as their historic head-to-heads. We give it a probability of 80%. Bookmakers have it available at 1.22.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think St. Johnstone are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 46% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.15.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
St. Johnstone
46%
11/10
12%
23/20
4%
Draw
24%
5/2
3%
5/2
Kilmarnock
30%
11/5
16%
9/4
5%
Draw 1-1
11%
6/1
8%
5/1
St. Johnstone 2-1
9%
8/1
5%
7/1
St. Johnstone 1-0
8%
8/1
10%
7/1
6%
Kilmarnock 2-1
7%
11/1
9%
9/1
5%
St. Johnstone 2-0
7%
10/1
15%
9/1
Kilmarnock 1-0
7%
11/1
9%
9/1
Draw 2-2
6%
12/1
8%
9/1
St. Johnstone 3-1
5%
16/1
11%
12/1
Draw 0-0
5%
12/110/1
Kilmarnock 2-0
4%
16/1
13%
14/1
15%
St. Johnstone 3-0
4%
18/1
17%
14/1
12%
St. Johnstone 3-2
3%
22/118/1
Kilmarnock 3-1
3%
22/1
10%
18/1
12%
Kilmarnock 3-2
3%
28/1
12%
20/1
St. Johnstone 4-1
2%
33/1
17%
25/1
Over 2.5 Goals
58%
4/5
4%
8/11
Under 2.5 Goals
42%
1/1
5%
1/1
2%
Home 1st Goal
51%
8/11
5%
3/4
3%
Away 1st Goal
46%
6/5
10%
6/5
2%
No 1st Goal
3%
12/111/1
BTTS - Yes
60%
8/138/13
1%
BTTS - No
40%
6/56/5
2%
BTTS - Home Win
24%
3/1
8%
29/10
3%
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/33/1
BTTS - Away Win
17%
5/1
20%
9/2
10%
Home/draw
70%
4/11
3%
1/3
2%
Away/draw
54%
7/10
11%
4/6
3%
Home/away
76%
2/7
1%
3/10
Over 1.5 Goals
80%
1/4
2%
2/9
Under 1.5 Goals
20%
3/1
8%
29/10
3%
Over 3.5 Goals
35%
2/1
9%
9/5
2%
Under 3.5 Goals
65%
2/5
3%
2/5
Over 4.5 Goals
18%
9/2
10%
17/4
5%
Under 4.5 Goals
82%
1/7
3%
1/7
Over 5.5 Goals
8%
10/1
10%
9/1
5%
Under 5.5 Goals
92%
1/20
1%
1/25
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1/251/33
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
12/110/1
Home DNB
63%
8/15
12%
11/20
4%
Away DNB
47%
11/8
19%
13/10
7%
St. Johnstone win to nil
22%
3/1
11%
-
Kilmarnock win to nil
14%
5/1
9%
-
St. Johnstone / St. Johnstone
25%
12/5
9%
23/10
3%
St. Johnstone / Kilmarnock
3%
28/1
12%
25/1
St. Johnstone / Draw
7%
12/111/1
Draw / St. Johnstone
15%
9/2
8%
9/2
4%
Draw / Kilmarnock
11%
13/2
15%
13/2
7%
Draw / Draw
14%
5/19/2
Kilmarnock / St. Johnstone
4%
22/120/1
Kilmarnock / Kilmarnock
16%
9/2
22%
4/1
4%
Kilmarnock / Draw
6%
14/1
15%
11/1
Win / draw / win Premiership table
Won
Draw
Lost
St. Johnstone
Kilmarnock
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Celtic000 
Aug 22
Dec 5
Mar 13
-
Aug 9
Nov 7
Apr 3
-
2
Rangers000 
Dec 12
Oct 24
-
Jan 23
Dec 26
Oct 10
-
Feb 3
3
Hibernian000 
Sep 5
Dec 19
Mar 20
-
Dec 2
Aug 22
-
Jan 23
4
Kilmarnock000 
Aug 2
Oct 31
Feb 20
-
-
-
-
-
5
Aberdeen000 
Dec 26
Oct 10
-
Feb 27
Nov 21
Sep 5
-
Apr 10
6
Dundee Utd000 
Oct 17
Nov 28
Jan 30
-
Aug 29
Dec 19
Feb 13
-
7
Dundee000 
Nov 7
Sep 2
-
Feb 13
Dec 12
Oct 28
-
Feb 27
8
Motherwell000 
Oct 28
Jan 2
Apr 10
-
Oct 17
Dec 5
Jan 30
-
9
Hearts000 
Dec 30
Aug 29
-
Apr 3
Sep 19
Jan 2
Mar 13
-
10
St. Mirren000 
Dec 2
Aug 8
-
Feb 3
Sep 2
Nov 28
Jan 9
-
11
St. Johnstone000 
-
-
-
-
Oct 31
Aug 2
-
Feb 20
12
Falkirk000 
Sep 19
Nov 21
Jan 9
-
Dec 30
Oct 24
-
Mar 20
Win / draw / win form
5
St. Johnstone have won 5 consecutive league games
4
Kilmarnock have won 4 consecutive league games
14
St. Johnstone have not lost in 14 consecutive league games
4
St. Johnstone have kept a clean sheet for 4 consecutive league games
St. Johnstone 11TH
league games
Home
Overall
5
Goals: Scored
Conceded
Games: Scored
/ 0
Conceded
/ 0
Clean sheets
/ 0
Failed to score
/ 0
Goals: Scored
Conceded
Games: Scored
/ 0
Conceded
/ 0
Clean sheets
/ 0
Failed to score
/ 0
Kilmarnock 4TH
league games
Away
Overall
4
Goals: Scored
Conceded
Games: Scored
/ 0
Conceded
/ 0
Clean sheets
/ 0
Failed to score
/ 0
Goals: Scored
Conceded
Games: Scored
/ 0
Conceded
/ 0
Clean sheets
/ 0
Failed to score
/ 0
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at St. Johnstone since 2013
St. Johnstone
Kilmarnock
Goals: Scored
14
16
Games: Scored
9 / 16
11 / 16
Clean sheets
5 / 16
7 / 16
STU
7
D
2
KIL
7
League games at Kilmarnock since 2013
Kilmarnock
St. Johnstone
Goals: Scored
24
20
Games: Scored
13 / 19
13 / 19
Clean sheets
6 / 19
6 / 19
STU
8
D
3
KIL
8
Goal Statistics

St. Johnstone have been steady in attack of late, finding the net in 6 consecutive Premiership matches. Their PG of 1.7 against Kilmarnock on Sunday suggests that run is likely to continue.

St. Johnstone 11th Kilmarnock 4th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.7
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
19%
1
31%
2
26%
3
15%
4+
9%
There is a 81% probability that St. Johnstone will score 1 or more goals
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 62% probability that Kilmarnock will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
 
Attack defence ratings
Premiership - 2026/2027 season
St. Johnstone
PG (predicted goals)
Kilmarnock
1.7
1.3
Attack rating
0%
better
STU
KIL
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
0%
better
STU
KIL
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

St. Johnstone v Kilmarnock Premiership lLine ups will show here when available.

St. Johnstone Premiership squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
0000
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Steward GLK
-
K. Thomson GLK
-
R Sinclair GLK
-
C. Hepburn GLK
-
Z Mitchell DEF
-
D Finlayson DEF
-
M Boyes DEF
-
J Baird DEF
-
B Mikulic DEF
-
M Foulds DEF
-
C Diabaté DEF
-
L Smith DEF
-
R McAlear MID
-
M Tait MID
-
M Todd MID
-
S Stanton MID
-
J Holt MID
-
U. Alvarez Oyanguren FWD
-
L Chalmers FWD
-
R Paton FWD
-
T. Steven FWD
-
J Gullan FWD
-
L LLoyd FWD
-
J. Fowler FWD
-
K Fotheringham FWD
-
Kilmarnock Premiership squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
0000
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Ferrie GLK
-
M Stryjek GLK
-
J Brandon DEF
-
R Deas DEF
-
M Schjönning-Larsen DEF
-
E. Brown DEF
-
G Stanger DEF
-
D Thompson DEF
-
J Thomson MID
-
T Lowery MID
-
A Tshibola MID
-
M O'Hara MID
-
B Rice MID
-
E Ring FWD
-
R. Mathurin FWD
-
G Kiltie FWD
-
R McKenzie FWD
-
D. Daniels FWD
-
J Hugill FWD
-
T John-Jules  FWD
-
S Tiffoney FWD
-
N Clescenco FWD
-