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Kilmarnock v Ross County : Premiership match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 5th Jan, 15:00 BST, Rugby Park, Kilmarnock

Don Cowie pays counterpart Derek McInnes a visit on Sunday afternoon in the Premiership, as their Ross County and Kilmarnock charges face each other at the Rugby Park. In this preview you'll find the best odds for seventeen different markets, alongside supporting data that updates as you explore. Our predictions run off the last 20 matches, so all statistics are shown from a 20-game perspective. Home vs away and overall performance can be found, while there's also head-to-head history towards the bottom of the page.


Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Kilmarnock or Ross County are in the sort of form that would leave us feeling confident enough to tip a match winner, so instead we've gone for over 1.5 goals. The stats show that both have form in this market, both individually and when facing one another head-to-head. Our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 78% chance of two goals or more.

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 Kilmarnock are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 58% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.70.

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

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Kilmarnock
58%
4/6
9%
7/10
10%
Draw
23%
31/10
5%
29/10
10%
Ross County
19%
10/3
21%
18/5
16%
Kilmarnock 1-0
11%
7/16/1
Draw 1-1
11%
7/16/1
7%
Kilmarnock 2-0
10%
15/2
6%
13/2
Kilmarnock 2-1
10%
15/213/2
Kilmarnock 3-0
6%
12/1
18%
10/1
10%
Draw 0-0
6%
12/1
13%
9/1
17%
Kilmarnock 3-1
6%
12/1
8%
10/1
10%
Ross County 1-0
6%
12/1
24%
11/1
8%
Ross County 2-1
5%
14/1
12%
12/1
13%
Draw 2-2
5%
16/112/1
Kilmarnock 3-2
3%
22/116/1
Kilmarnock 4-0
3%
25/1
24%
18/1
12%
Ross County 2-0
3%
22/1
21%
18/1
17%
Kilmarnock 4-1
3%
25/1
24%
18/1
12%
Ross County 3-1
2%
33/1
17%
25/1
10%
Over 2.5 Goals
53%
4/5
8%
3/4
6%
Under 2.5 Goals
47%
1/1
9%
1/1
7%
Home 1st Goal
55%
4/9
6%
-
Away 1st Goal
41%
15/8
10%
-
No 1st Goal
4%
12/1
13%
-
BTTS - Yes
52%
3/43/4
BTTS - No
48%
1/119/20
3%
BTTS - Home Win
26%
12/5
10%
23/10
10%
BTTS - Draw
17%
9/219/5
9%
BTTS - Away Win
10%
7/1
16%
13/2
12%
Home/draw
81%
1/5
5%
2/11
4%
Away/draw
42%
23/20
10%
23/20
10%
Home/away
77%
2/9
2%
1/4
4%
Over 1.5 Goals
77%
1/4
4%
1/4
4%
Under 1.5 Goals
23%
3/1
11%
27/10
12%
Over 3.5 Goals
31%
2/1
15%
9/5
8%
Under 3.5 Goals
69%
2/5
7%
2/5
5%
Over 4.5 Goals
15%
9/2
10%
4/1
11%
Under 4.5 Goals
85%
1/7
3%
1/7
3%
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
10/1
10%
9/1
18%
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/20
1%
1/25
2%
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/25
1%
1/25
2%
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
12/1
13%
9/1
17%
Home DNB
74%
3/10
8%
2/7
8%
Away DNB
35%
12/5
21%
12/5
15%
Kilmarnock win to nil
32%
2/1
15%
-
Ross County win to nil
10%
7/1
27%
-
Kilmarnock / Kilmarnock
31%
13/8
10%
8/5
13%
Kilmarnock / Ross County
3%
33/1
17%
28/1
Kilmarnock / Draw
6%
14/112/1
Draw / Kilmarnock
18%
7/2
4%
17/5
5%
Draw / Ross County
8%
9/1
17%
8/1
18%
Draw / Draw
14%
5/1
8%
9/2
8%
Ross County / Kilmarnock
4%
20/1
11%
16/1
Ross County / Ross County
11%
7/1
16%
6/1
13%
Ross County / Draw
6%
14/1
12%
12/1
13%
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Win / draw / win Premiership table

Kilmarnock have played 21 matches so far this season and lay in 8th place in the Premiership league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 8 games against teams below in the table, having won 3, drawn 1 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 1 clean sheet and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Kilmarnock have outscored their opponents by 25 goals to 21 goals.

Home League Performance

Kilmarnock have played 9 games at home winning 4, drawing 3 and losing 2 games. They have scored 13 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 10 goals at home.

Ross County are in 10th position in the Premiership on 22 points having played 21 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

5 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 22 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 7 goals in total and failed to score in 6 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

17 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 4 and won 5. Ross County have conceded 29 goals, scored 15, failed to score in 8 fixtures and have kept 5 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Kilmarnock
Ross County
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Celtic194550 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
4-0A
-
Apr 12
l
 
1-2F
l
 
5-0A
Jan 11
-
2
Rangers192139 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
6-0A
Feb 26
-
l
 
0-3A
l
 
6-0A
-
Feb 2
3
Dundee Utd20934 
d
 
3-3A
d
 
1-1A
Feb 1
-
d
 
1-1A
l
 
3-0A
Mar 29
-
4
Aberdeen20434 
w
 
4-0F
l
 
2-0A
-
Feb 22
l
 
0-1A
w
 
1-2F
Apr 5
-
5
St. Mirren21-727 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
2-2A
-
Mar 29
l
 
1-2A
d
 
0-00-0
-
Apr 12
6
Motherwell20-927 
Jan 8
d
 
1-1A
Apr 5
-
w
 
2-1F
d
 
0-00-0
-
Feb 15
7
Hibernian21-425 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
Mar 15
-
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
3-1F
Jan 25
-
8
Kilmarnock H21-1124 
-
-
-
-
w
 
2-1A
Jan 5
Mar 1
-
9
Dundee20-622 
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-3A
-
l
 
3-2F
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-3F
Feb 22
-
10
Ross County A21-1722 
Jan 5
l
 
2-1F
-
Mar 1
-
-
-
-
11
Hearts21-720 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2A
-
Jan 25
d
 
2-2A
d
 
1-1F
-
Mar 15
12
St. Johnstone21-1815 
l
 
0-3A
l
 
1-0A
Feb 15
-
d
 
3-3F
l
 
3-0A
-
Feb 26
Championship Round
Relegation Round
Win / draw / win form
3
Kilmarnock have won 3 consecutive home league games
3
Kilmarnock have kept a clean sheet for 3 consecutive home league games
Kilmarnock 8TH
20 league games
Home
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
Draw
6
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Kilmarnock2 - 0St. Mirren
Kilmarnock4 - 0Aberdeen
Kilmarnock1 - 0Hearts
Kilmarnock1 - 1Dundee
Kilmarnock0 - 2Celtic
Kilmarnock1 - 0Rangers
Kilmarnock3 - 3Dundee Utd
Kilmarnock1 - 1Hibernian
Kilmarnock0 - 3St. Johnstone
Kilmarnock0 - 5Celtic
Kilmarnock0 - 0Hearts
Kilmarnock1 - 0Ross County
Kilmarnock5 - 2St. Mirren
Kilmarnock1 - 2Rangers
Kilmarnock2 - 0Aberdeen
Kilmarnock1 - 0Livingston
Kilmarnock2 - 2Hibernian
Kilmarnock2 - 2Dundee
Kilmarnock2 - 1St. Johnstone
Kilmarnock2 - 1Celtic
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HKilmarnock2 - 0St. Mirren
AKilmarnock0 - 1Hibernian
HKilmarnock4 - 0Aberdeen
AKilmarnock1 - 1Motherwell
HKilmarnock1 - 0Hearts
AKilmarnock1 - 1Dundee Utd
AKilmarnock0 - 6Rangers
HKilmarnock1 - 1Dundee
AKilmarnock0 - 1St. Johnstone
HKilmarnock0 - 2Celtic
AKilmarnock2 - 3Dundee
AKilmarnock2 - 1Hearts
AKilmarnock1 - 2Ross County
HKilmarnock1 - 0Rangers
AKilmarnock3 - 2Dundee
HKilmarnock3 - 3Dundee Utd
AKilmarnock2 - 2St. Mirren
HKilmarnock1 - 1Hibernian
AKilmarnock0 - 2Aberdeen
HKilmarnock0 - 3St. Johnstone
Ross County 10TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
12
Conceded
43
Games: Scored
8 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
12 / 20
W
2
Draw
5
Lost
13
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Aberdeen1 - 2Ross County
Dundee0 - 3Ross County
Hibernian3 - 1Ross County
Celtic5 - 0Ross County
Dundee Utd3 - 0Ross County
St. Mirren0 - 0Ross County
St. Johnstone3 - 0Ross County
Hearts1 - 1Ross County
Rangers6 - 0Ross County
Motherwell0 - 0Ross County
St. Johnstone1 - 1Ross County
Livingston2 - 0Ross County
Kilmarnock1 - 0Ross County
Aberdeen2 - 1Ross County
Hibernian2 - 0Ross County
Dundee2 - 0Ross County
Rangers3 - 1Ross County
Motherwell5 - 0Ross County
Livingston2 - 2Ross County
Celtic1 - 0Ross County
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
38
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ARoss County2 - 1Aberdeen
HRoss County2 - 2Hearts
ARoss County3 - 0Dundee
HRoss County1 - 2St. Mirren
ARoss County1 - 3Hibernian
HRoss County0 - 3Rangers
ARoss County0 - 5Celtic
HRoss County2 - 1Motherwell
ARoss County0 - 3Dundee Utd
ARoss County0 - 0St. Mirren
HRoss County0 - 0Hibernian
HRoss County2 - 1Kilmarnock
ARoss County0 - 3St. Johnstone
HRoss County1 - 2Celtic
ARoss County1 - 1Hearts
HRoss County3 - 3St. Johnstone
HRoss County2 - 0Dundee
HRoss County0 - 1Aberdeen
ARoss County0 - 6Rangers
HRoss County1 - 1Dundee Utd
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Kilmarnock since 2013
Kilmarnock
Ross County
Goals: Scored
24
27
Games: Scored
12 / 18
14 / 18
Clean sheets
4 / 18
6 / 18
KIL
8
D
3
RSC
7
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock1 - 0
0 - 1Ross County
Kilmarnock2 - 1
Kilmarnock1 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
Kilmarnock3 - 1
Kilmarnock3 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Kilmarnock3 - 2
0 - 2Ross County
1 - 2Ross County
Kilmarnock3 - 2
0 - 2Ross County
0 - 4Ross County
1 - 2Ross County
0 - 3Ross County
Draw2 - 2Draw
Kilmarnock2 - 0
League games at Ross County since 2013
Ross County
Kilmarnock
Goals: Scored
26
17
Games: Scored
14 / 15
10 / 15
Clean sheets
5 / 15
1 / 15
KIL
3
D
3
RSC
9
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Ross County
Ross County2 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Ross County3 - 0
Ross County1 - 0
Ross County3 - 2
Draw2 - 2Draw
Ross County1 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
1 - 2Kilmarnock
Ross County2 - 0
Ross County3 - 2
Ross County2 - 1
1 - 2Kilmarnock
Ross County2 - 1
1 - 2Kilmarnock
Goal Statistics

Kilmarnock's defensive record is to be admired, Derek McInnes's men having conceded 1 or less in 5 consecutive Premiership games. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.0 for Ross County makes sense in this context.

Kilmarnock 8th Ross County 10th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.8
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
16%
1
29%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
11%
There is a 84% probability that Kilmarnock will score 1 or more goals
0
38%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 75% probability of Ross County scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+10
Kilmarnock’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-37
Ross County have scored 37% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.6
average goals scored
0.6
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
2.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premiership - 2024/2025 season
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Kilmarnock
PG (predicted goals)
Ross County
1.8
1
Attack rating
7%
better
KIL
RSC
view stats
Games scored14
12
Failed to score7
9
Scored first6
8
Goals scored25
21
Avg. goals scored1.2
1
Avg. shots per game9
7
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for14
14
Avg. XG for1.4
1.1
KickOff rating
+7%
Defence rating
KIL
RSC
6%
better
view stats
Games conceded17
16
Clean sheets4
5
Conceded first15
10
Goals conceded36
38
Avg. goals conceded1.7
1.8
Avg. shots/game conceded9
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate against18%
18%
Avg. XG against1.6
1.6
KickOff rating
+6%

Kilmarnock v Ross County Premiership lLine ups will show here when available.

Kilmarnock Premiership squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19847
L MayoB AndersonD ArmstrongJ Wright
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Mayo DEF20
1
-
C Ndaba DEF191
2
-
B Lyons MID191
3
1
D Watson MID1931
2
-
K Vassell FWD1921
1
-
D Armstrong FWD184
4
1
R Deas DEF17
3
1
R McCrorie GLK16
-
J Wright DEF161
5
2
F Murray MID162
3
-
B Anderson FWD168
-
M Watkins FWD153
1
-
L Polworth MID131
3
-
R McKenzie FWD13
-
I Cameron FWD1311
-
M Kennedy FWD1241
4
-
L Donnelly MID11
4
2
B Wales FWD1111
-
J Burroughs MID10
-
S Findlay DEF9
-
G Mackay-Steven  MID81
-
K O'Hara GLK7
-
O. Bainbridge DEF6
1
-
K Magennis MID5
1
-
Ross County Premiership squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
21536
A WrightR HaleN ChilversC Randall
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Wright DEF213
3
-
R Hale FWD215
2
-
J White FWD214
3
-
C Randall DEF20
6
-
N Chilvers MID2023
2
-
J Brown DEF19
3
-
J. Nisbet MID1931
-
M Efete DEF161
2
-
R Leak DEF16
3
-
K Lopata DEF16
4
-
R Laidlaw GLK15
-
A Denholm MID151
-
G Harmon DEF131
2
-
E. Campbell DEF131
4
1
S Allardice MID13
-
J Grieves FWD132
1
-
A Samuel  FWD1211
-
E Brophy FWD11
-
V Loturi MID9
-
J Reid DEF6
-
C Telfer MID6
1
J Hamilton GLK4
-
W Nightingale DEF3
1
-