In this 1st week match, on Saturday Apr 10th, Kilmarnock plays host to Ross County in a meeting of these two evenly matched Premiership teams. In their last match, 5th placed Kilmarnock, recorded a 4-1 win against Motherwell. Kyle Lafferty scored the first goal for Kilmarnock in the 1st minute, but Barry Maguire got the equalizer for Motherwell in the 8th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 8 of their last 10, while in their last match, 4th placed Ross County, recorded a 0-1 loss against St. Johnstone. Glenn Middleton struck first for St. Johnstone in the 86th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Ross County couldn’t manage to score, and St. Johnstone took the shutout win. Ross County is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
Kilmarnock and Ross County last played eachother at the Global Energy Stadium on Sat Mar 6th. Ross County won by a score of 3 to 2. Kyle Lafferty scored the first goal for Kilmarnock in the 18th minute, then in the 38th minute, Jason Naismith sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Billy McKay But luckily in the 47th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Leo Fuhr Hjelde.
Billy McKay has been the most prolific scorer on Ross County in his last 5 matches with three goals. Kilmarnock’s most prolific scorer has been Kyle Lafferty. He has netted three goals over the last five matches.