Kilmarnock vs St Mirren - prediction, team news, lineups

Still searching for their archetypal Scottish Premiership points of the caller season, Kilmarnock invited St Mirren to Rugby Park connected Wednesday night.

While Killie beryllium stone bottommost of the table aft 3 matches, the Saints successful 2nd are presently the closest challengers to reigning champions Celtic astatine the acme pursuing an unbeaten commencement to the campaign.

Match preview

Kilmarnock are the lone Scottish Premiership broadside who person started the 2026-27 play with 3 consecutive defeats, with losses to St Johnstone (4-3) and Celtic (5-1) followed by a humbling 4-0 location decision to Dundee United past weekend.

A full of 13 goals person been conceded by the East Ayrshire-based outfit, astatine slightest six much than immoderate different team, but caput manager Neil McCann inactive ‘completely believes’ successful his squad which is “more than bully capable to commencement picking up wins”.

While the new-season optimism has rapidly evaporated from the Kilmarnock supporters, determination is crushed for the nine to beryllium optimistic of occurrence connected Wednesday, arsenic Killie are unbeaten successful their past 4 league encounters with St Mirren (W3 D1), scoring 9 goals and keeping 3 cleanable sheets successful the process.

McCann steered Killie to back-to-back Premiership wins implicit St Mirren earlier this year, with a 4-3 location triumph successful February followed by a 3-0 distant triumph successful May, results which helped the nine decorativeness 1 spot and six points supra the Saints successful the 2025-26 table.

St Mirren suffered a dense 5-1 decision against Rangers successful their astir caller distant lucifer successful the 2nd circular of the Scottish League Cup, earlier they were denied each 3 Premiership points by Motherwell successful melodramatic manner connected Sunday.

The Saints were seemingly connected the cusp of claiming a 3-2 comeback triumph successful Paisley aft goals from Paul Nsio, Declan John and Samuel Ramos wiped retired Motherwell’s aboriginal lead. However, Jardell Kanga netted a 93rd-minute equaliser for the visitors to snatch a constituent from a topsy-turvy contest.

Despite admitting post-match that it was “a sore one” to spot his St Mirren broadside driblet points successful that manner, manager Craig McLeish is assured that his squad “can spell and execute something” if they amusement the aforesaid “level of prime and energy” passim the campaign.

After finishing down successful ninth spot successful the Premiership past season, St Mirren presently beryllium 2nd having picked up 7 points from their opening 3 games this term. They question to Rugby Park this week seeking to extremity a 14-game winless league tally distant against Kilmarnock – not since May 2013 person they celebrated triumph successful beforehand of the Killie assemblage (3-1).

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Team News

Kilmarnock are acceptable to beryllium without antiaircraft stalwart Robbie Deas, who was forced disconnected successful the archetypal fractional of the decision to Dundee United with an ankle injury.

However, Djenairo Daniels recovered from a semipermanent wounded to diagnostic arsenic a second-half substitute past clip out, and helium could beryllium acceptable to commencement against St Mirren, perchance replacing either Joe Hugill oregon Tyreece John-Jules up front.

Cathal McCarthy and Joni Meier some made their debuts successful defence past clip retired and volition anticipation to clasp their starting spots, portion George Stanger, Jamie Brandon, Johnly Yfeko and Bailey Rice are each pushing for recalls.

As for St Mirren, Marcus Fraser and Killian Phillips some missed past weekend’s lucifer with knocks and volition beryllium assessed up of kickoff.

Louis Jackson was precocious signed from Manchester United and the defender volition beryllium hoping to marque his afloat debut, pursuing successful the footsteps of chap caller recruits Calvin Ramsay and Nikolas Agrafiotis who some started against Motherwell.

Samuel Ramos and Killian Phillips person scored a team-high 4 goals each successful each competitions this term, and some players are acceptable to proceed successful precocious midfield positions.

Kilmarnock imaginable starting lineup:

Stryjek; Meier, McCarthy, Stanger, Schjonning-Larsen; McKenzie, O’Hara, Tshibola, Kiltie; Daniels, Hugill

St Mirren imaginable starting lineup:

Chapman; Ramsay, Gogic, Jackson, John; Nsio, Carr; Ramos, Mochrie, Kabia; Agrafiotis

We say: Kilmarnock 1-2 St Mirren

Kilmarnock indispensable drastically amended defensively if they are to travel distant with a affirmative effect from this encounter, though they tin astatine slightest instrumentality comfortableness from their historically beardown location grounds against their midweek opponents.

However, St Mirren person made a mostly affirmative commencement to the caller campaign, and they volition firmly backmost themselves to exploit their hosts' rearguard frailties and outscore them en way to claiming each 3 points.

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